Neonatal Clinical Skills Facilitator: Sponsorship Available

Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

Job summary

  • Are you passionate about Neonatal Education and the provision of safe, gold standard care?
  • Are you a skilled registered Neonatal Nurse with excellent interpersonal skills ?
  • Would you like to join a progressive service that will support your professional progression?

If you answered yes we have the perfect role for you!

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the position of Neonatal Clinical skills facilitator who will work across both Maternity and Neonatal environments.

The post holder will work strategically and operationally to promote the teaching, training and ongoing development of staff providing Neonatal care ensuring patient safety, evidence based practice, staff experience and service user experience is an active ongoing process within the teams.

The successful candidate will work in partnership with Neonatal Matron, Ward managers and Neonatal and Maternity Education teams to create a robust staff development , recruitment and retention strategy.

Please see job description for further details.

Main duties of the job

JOB SUMMARY

1The post holder will be responsible for providing support, educational input and development opportunities for all registered and unregistered staff involved in Neonatal care, ensuring staff are encouraged to achieve their full potential and clinical effectiveness.

2. This experienced practitioner will facilitate Neonatal education in any clinical area providing Neonatal Care to support staff, ensuring the development and maintenance of a learning environment where both education and lifelong learning are integral to clinical practice.

3. They will act as an expert practitioner/role model to support staff within to develop and maintain clinical practice knowledge and skills. .

4. They will link with the South west Neonatal network education group to assist in developing, co-ordinating, evaluating and implementing education programmes to be utilised within the clinical setting

5. They will enhance the quality of the learning experience and positively contribute to the development of the workforce, in line with local and national directives.

6. The post holder will support the clinical teams in meeting standards as identified by the Care Quality Commission, British Association of Perinatal medicine, NICE guidance and other professional/regulatory bodies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC registered RN Degree level
  • Qualified in Speciality Neonatal accreditation
  • Mentorship or training qualification
  • Evidence of further study
  • Introduction to teaching qualifiaction or wilingness to work towards

Desirable

  • NLS (Newborn Life support) assessor
  • ARNI (Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn)

Experience

Essential

  • Experienced in teaching Neonatal skills within Neonatal clinical areas.
  • Can evidence working within collaborative teams providing specialist care.

Desirable

  • Experience working in Transitional care unit supporting education

Experience

Essential

  • Post graduate accumulative experience in Neonates

Desirable

  • Change management experience
  • Experience of motivational team work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 25 August 2026

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