CAMHS Clinical Educator/Mental Health Practitioner

This is a brilliant opportunity for a dedicated Registered Nurse with an interest in Education to develop and support the practice based education of the Nursing workforce within the MFT CAMHS service. You’ll be working with Core services within a community setting, training and upskilling the workforce to allow continuing improvement to standards of care. You will lead on Induction, appraisal, revalidation and participate in audit and research. You’ll be assessing current skill mix, highlighting where further support is required to ensure the workforce is fit for purpose.We’ll rely on you to ensure the workforce has achieved an agreed set of competencies and supporting staff where necessary.  This is a varied and extremely rewarding role, contributing to the education of students, supporting current staff, partnership with local higher education institutions and enabling change through a quality improvement framework. There are 5 Core Services within MFT CAMHS.  You will be aligned to support one Core Service. This role is based at Salford.. You will have experience in either a mental health or paediatric setting.   Wherever your interests lie, we’ll support you to develop your skills to become an expert in your field.

With current NMC registration alongside a relevant teaching qualification, such as Mentorship or Education in Practice, you will undertake competency assessments.

The post in split between 2 days working clinically and 3 days working as a Clinical Educator. 

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As Clinical Educator you will contribute to the development and delivery of the induction and probation programme

Using your knowledge of practice based education, you will contribute to the development of the student placement programme, liaising with higher education institutions and the wider Education Team

Using your experience of working within a nursing team, you’ll undertake skill mix analysis and formulate plans for ongoing education, in collaboration with the Service Manager and wider Education Team.

Dedicated to providing an environment that encourages learning, you’ll undertake audits, participate in research and ensure any learning is shared with the wider multi-disciplinary team.

As part of the Clinical Educator role, you’ll oversee and audit supervision, appraisal and revalidation. You will contribute to the development of training, ensuring standards are met and informing trust policy.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.