Details

Date posted

14 July 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£45,237 to £51,663 a year depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

U0061-26-0083

Job locations

New Century House
Progress Way Off Windmill Lane
Denton
Manchester
M34 2GP
United Kingdom

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties And Responsibilities Include:

• Act as a subject matter expert for clinical placements, supporting the resolution of complex learner scenarios and providing specialist advice.
• Coordinate and oversee the end-to-end delivery of clinical education pathways, ensuring high-quality, safe and supportive learning environments and experiences across all programmes, including:
  • Student placements (pre- and post-registration).
  • Clinical apprenticeships and workforce development pathways.
  • GP Registrar placements.
  • Work experience and wider learner programmes.
• Be responsible for effective clinical supervision practices, including:
  • Coordination and oversight of others, including competency development, assessment, observation of practice and peer mentorship.
  • Provision of direct clinical supervision support guidance, including case discussion, reflection and feedback to support learners in achieving required competencies and professional standards.
  • Coordination of supervision, assessment and mentoring training programmes (e.g. NMC Standards, clinical supervision programmes), maintaining an accurate register of practice educators.
• Lead and coordinate regular learner progress reviews (minimum 8-weekly), working with learners, line managers and education providers to monitor progress, address challenges and ensure high-quality learning experiences.
• Ensure placement environments are suitable, prepared and compliant, working collaboratively to maintain high-quality learning areas.
• Oversee and coordinate external audit processes relating to placement provision (e.g. NHSE Unified Learning Environment audits), ensuring compliance with required standards.
• Lead and coordinate internal placement base audits, ensuring learning environments are safe, effective and support high-quality learner experiences.
• Monitor and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of placements and programmes, using feedback and data to drive continuous improvement.
• Act as a central point of coordination for trainee data for the organisation, maintaining systems to monitor trainee activity, learner status and funding and ensuring effective communication with internal and external stakeholders and supporting audit, assurance and reporting processes.
• Support the development and ongoing review of policies and processes relating to clinical learning and placement provision.
• Maintain and refine clinical placement documentation (e.g. application forms and guidance), ensuring processes remain professional, accessible and streamlined for learners and partners.
• Design and deliver a range of clinical training, workshops and educational sessions for learners across pre- and post-registration pathways.
• Develop and maintain educational resources including learner timetables, induction booklets, competency frameworks and other materials.
• Identify and develop new learning opportunities and placement experiences to enhance learner provision across the organisation.
• Proactively promote and showcase the academy's high-quality learner experience, including providing representation at external events, contributing to a positive culture of learning and positioning the academy as a provider of choice.
• Contribute to academy communication and marketing materials, leading on clinical content and showcasing the quality of clinical placements at gtd across different platforms.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with HEIs, employers and external stakeholders, supporting collaborative learner development and ongoing engagement across placement settings.
• Work in close partnership with internal stakeholders such as the Clinical Education Lead for TrACP and SCP programmes to ensure alignment of standards, learner experience and workforce development approaches.
• Actively contribute to academy and learning related activities, meetings and forums, representing clinical learners.
• Maintain own clinical competence, professional registration and clinical supervision skills, and take responsibility for ongoing personal and professional development, including CPD, appraisal, revalidation and performance review.

Other Duties:

Any other duties, as agreed with the line manager to meet the needs of the organisation. This may include travel to other sites within the organisation.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of clinical education frameworks (e.g. NMS Standards for Student Supervision & Assessment).
• Knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety and quality standards.
• Awareness of placement quality assurance processes (e.g. audits, ULE).

Desirable

• Knowledge of HEI requirements and pre-registration pathways.
• Understanding of apprenticeship or wider workforce development pathways.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered healthcare professional educated to degree level (or equivalent), with a relevant clinical qualification.
• Professional Registration with the relevant professional body e.g. NMC.
• Relevant clinical supervision, assessment or mentorship qualification such as clinical supervision training (NHSE or equivalent).

Desirable

• Teaching / Assessing Qualification i.e. PGCE, Level 4 Education & Training qualification.

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills.
• Approachable and responsive to learner needs.
• Highly organised and able to prioritise workload.
• Able to assess competence and level of understanding.
• Able to give constructive feedback.
• Able to build rapport and credibility with a range of peers, learners and external partners.
• Maintain a positive approach to learning and placement provision.
• Flexibility to meet service and learner needs.

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working in a clinical environment, ideally primary and/or urgent care setting.
• Evidence of teaching and facilitating learners or trainees.
• Ability to manage complex trainee situations including performance related issues or giving difficult feedback, recognising when to escalate.
• Representing an organisation at external events, such as recruitment fairs or networking.
• Ability to design high-quality, structured timetables and learning programmes that balance clinical exposure with dedicated learning time.
• Acting as a central point of coordination across multiple sites and services.
• Ability to influence and support others without direct line management authority.
• Demonstrates leadership role modelling within clinical education environments.
• Experience using digital learning systems and data tracking tools (e.g. e-