Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Clinical Educator
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An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Neonatal Team Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
If you are ambitious, confident, self-motivated and compassionate, looking to develop your career in neonatal nursing and make a difference, this post offers you the opportunity to play a key role as part of the Neonatal Services.
There has never been a more exciting time to join our neonatal team as we expand our neonatal service. The New Neonatal Unit has opened since November 2025.
The post holder will need to have good team building skills and be able to demonstrate how they motivate and support students. He/she will be required to work flexibly as a member of the neonatal team to ensure standards are being maintained, evaluated and where necessary improved.
Join us and make a real difference in a hospital that values innovation, collaboration, and compassion.
The purpose of this role within Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is to support learners in practice and adhere to the quality standards set by the NMC and Health Education England to ensure effective practice placements requirements are met.
The post holder will work alongside our approved education institution providers. They have a central role in supporting the students and monitoring their achievement whilst on placement to ensure the development of a suitable professional and future employee of the organisation, support with recruitment and transition process from student nurse to staff nurse through the Paediatric preceptorship programme and organising robust rotation programmes for newly qualified staff.
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The post holder will promote effective learning within clinical settings among all students and staff by providing individualised support and guidance to enhance knowledge, skills and behaviours through working alongside individuals on a 1:1 basis on the clinical area.
To encourage unit's capacity and capability to develop and empower the future workforce.
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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
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We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Silvia Manuela Lemos Sampaio
- Job title: Neonatal Governance Lead
- Email address: silvia.lemossampaio@bedsft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 07759684006
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