Undergraduate Education Senior Clinical Skills Trainer | The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	13 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	12 February 2026
Location:	Manchester, M20 4BX
Company:	The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7731951/413-101822-CICE-AK

Summary

There is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic proactive individual to join our Postgraduate and Undergraduate Education team to deliver clinical skills training to undergraduate learners as a Band 6 UG Education Senior Clinical Skills Trainer.

The UG Education Senior Clinical Skills Trainer within the Christie Institute for Cancer Education delivers and provides specific effective clinical skills training and support to medical and non-medical staff and student groups.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual who will develop the current service, focusing on maintaining and developing standards and upholding trust protocols and guidelines in relation to clinical skills training.

The successful candidate will work closely as part of the Clinical Skills Training Team in supporting Departmental Managers, Clinical Practice Facilitators, clinical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Also, the successful candidate will need to support Senior Clinical Skills Trainers with the supervision of medical devices training processes.

1. Plan and deliver clinical skills training to agreed standards, procedures and policies to a range of pre-registration medical and non-medical students working through their high-risk clinical skills programme. This may be to small groups and or on a 1:1 basis.

2. Evaluate and adapt delivery of training dependent upon assessment of current level of knowledge, skills and experience of the learner.

3. Work alongside pre-registration students in practice supporting them with their high risk clinical skills.

4. Assess the practical clinical skills competencies of pre-registration students to established competency assessment frameworks. Feedback areas of concern to senior colleagues and/or departmental managers.

5. In collaboration with senior members of the team participate in developing and reviewing training materials, presentations and input/comment on policy updates.

6. Maintain and develop own knowledge, skills and competence in relation to clinical practice and clinical skills training.

7.Contribute to the implementation of new clinical skills training initiatives, ensuring practice is evidence based and adheres to trust standards and policies.

8.Participate in evaluating clinical skills training provision and identifying skills gaps to ensure continued improvements, quality and standardisation of training.

9. Provide pastoral support for learners and escalate to manager and HEI where necessary

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.

We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNICATION

1. Demonstrate a pleasant, approachable, and proactive manner to create and promote a good working relationship amongst the PG & UG Education Team, Clinical Skills Training Team, within the Christie Institute for Cancer Education and the clinical divisions.

2. Adhere to uniform policy to maintain a professional appearance.

3. Work autonomously managing own workload in designated clinical areas. Work as part of the team to deliver static training sessions.

4. Prioritise, plan and coordinate the delivery of the clinical skills education to nursing, AHP and medical learners. Liaise with the Clinical Skills Training Manager to ensure that current skills and personal learning are up to date.

5. Be responsible for liaising with learners, supervisors and assessor, and educators in designated learning environments to assess needs and monitor competencies and update PARE and team dashboards as appropriate.

6. Attend and actively participate in departmental and Trust committees, providing reports and information relating to the work of the clinical skills training for learners and feedback to PG & UG Education team.

7. Be aware of own limitations and that of others, seeking advice and guidance as required.

8. Act as a specialist resource/support for the Trust in relation to clinical skills education training, preceptorship and medical devices training processes and liaise with the PG&UG Education team, clinical skills team and/or multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.

9. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, with team colleagues, staff in designated learning environments and other staff trust wide and externally, at all levels on a range of matters relating to clinical skills training provision/developments.

10. Manage difficult conversations with staff and learners in designated learning environments maintaining confidentiality at all times and escalate to senior colleagues and university advisors/personal tutors as appropriate.

11. Provide pastoral care for learners across all professions and support the Practice Education Coordinator and Undergraduate Education Manager to ensure all learners have a supportive and high-quality learning experience.

12. Demonstrate effective use of Microsoft word, excel and outlook IT packages – adhering to trust and IT governance policies at all times.

13. Demonstrate a professional and keen interest in the overall work of theChristie Institute for Cancer Education.

14. Review and monitor PARE evaluation scores and report internally to senior staff, managers and PELs.

15. Provide advice and guidance and pastoral support for learners in difficulty and liaise with PELs and HEI partners where necessary.

16. Provide advice and guidance for the assessment process for learners and support PELs, educators, assessors and supervisors where required.



PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Be accountable to Undergraduate Education Manager for identifying training gaps, raising areas of priority, and develop and deliver clinical skills training programmes and supporting documents and policies to a range of healthcare learners across professions, in large/smalls groups and/or on a 1:1 basis.

2. Evaluate and adapt delivery of training dependent upon assessment of current level of knowledge, skills and experience of the learner.

3. Coordinate, facilitate and deliver formal clinical skills training days e.g. book rooms, speakers.

4. Supervise and monitor in collaboration with the Preceptorship Lead the preceptorship and medical devices training processes in designated clinical areas.

5. Adapt delivery of training dependent upon assessment of current level of knowledge, skills and experience of the learner.

6. Devise, develop and review training materials, presentations and policies under the direction of the Clinical Skills Training Manager.

7. Maintain and develop own knowledge, skills and competence in relation to clinical practice and clinical skills training. Proactively engage in annual appraisal with line manager.

8. Participate in clinical supervision/ professional mentoring/coaching. Support the delivery of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) for preceptees and learners.

9. Practice according to the NMC code and relevant professional guidelines across departments.

10. Ensure own essential training is maintained.



SERVICE IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY

1. Be accountable to the Undergraduate Education Manager when leading on the design, operational collation of data, evaluation, report writing and presentation of results for audits relevant to the work of the Clinical Skills Training Team.

2. Be responsible to the Undergraduate Education Manager when handling the investigation of clinical incidents relevant to the work of the Clinical Skills Training for learners.

3. Lead collating and maintaining training and development records in designated learning environments.

4. Be accountable to the Undergraduate Education Manager to identify, devise, develop and implement new clinical skills training initiatives and educational pathways, ensuring practice is evidence based and adheres to trust standards and policies.

5. With team establish competency standards to ensure the agreed standard of care is maintained.

6. Supervise the professional work of preceptees and learners requiring training in designated areas reporting any concerns to clinical managers and PG & UG Education.

7. Advise and support staff and learners in relation to clinical skills training. Direct and supervise key supervisors and assessors to facilitate nursing learners to learn and develop and assess their competency.

8. Be accountable for evaluating clinical skills training provision, identifying skills gaps and take action to address these to ensure continued improvements, standardisation of training, including the standardisation of link assessors and quality of clinical skills training provision in designated learning environments.

9. Consider opportunities for income generation and budget savings in relation to clinical skills training provision and offer ideas in this regard to senior colleagues.

10.Take reasonable care of own health and safety as per trust policy.

11.Work with Clinical Skills Training Manager and subject matter experts to provide guidance and support to clinical managers in procuring clinical skills equipment and ensuring the best use of resources.

12.Under the guidance of the Clinical Skills Training Manager assist on the trial of relevant clinical skills equipment, its evaluation, reporting and procurement.

13.Report all accidents, incidents and near misses in relation to own sphere of work and/or defects in equipment as per trust policies and communicate as required with departmental managers and senior clinical skills training team colleagues.

14.Using a sound knowledge of the preregistration curriculum and documentation promote consistency in supervision and assessment, including the documentation of student performance.

15. Employ a range of strategies to help supervisors and assessor’s welcome students including outlining the values and behaviours expected of them.

16. Maximise student, supervisor and assessor learning opportunities.

17. Encourage clinical staff to develop student learning, by recognising the learning needs and styles, and supporting them to provide safe, compassionate high-quality healthcare.

OTHER
1. Be responsible for ensuring that personal corporate essential training requirements, as dictated by the trust, are met in a timely manner.
2. Be responsible for booking an appointment and completing preparation work for annual PDR appraisal. Engage in the PDR process and take responsibility for drafting a summary of the discussion and objectives.
3. Support the department, division and Trust and at times undertake other activities to ensure the smooth running of the Christie Institute for Cancer Education and the Trust.


This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Jan 2026

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