Clinical Nurse Educator | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 06 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | Ashford, TN24 0JZ |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7740223/344-0223SAC |
Summary
We have a fantastic career opportunity in a forward thinking critical care environment.
We have a full time opportunity for a Band 7 Clinical Nurse within the Critical Care Unit at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent.
We pride ourselves on delivering consistently high standards of holistic care. This is reflected in our CQC reports, ICNARC data, performance metrics and feedback from patients, relatives and visitors to our unit.
We have a busy, mixed level unit admitting emergency and elective patients from a variety of specialties.
Our Critical Care Unit is fully committed to audit and research and provides a dynamic environment conducive to gaining additional knowledge and skills.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, energetic, innovative and self- motivated Nurse Educator to join our well established friendly and diverse team. As a Nurse Educator you will be expected to act and lead our large workforce, to set and maintain the high clinical standards we all aspire to. The ideal candidate will have had experience as a Band 6 in critical care and will need to demonstrate a pro-active and adaptive approach to leadership and management with a positive mind-set and hold an interest in working within a fast moving unit. They must be an effective communicator, who can demonstrate problem solving skills with the ability to work under pressure, managing staff and delivering patient focused care. They will be able to demonstrate flexibility to meet the varied demands of the role as required. They need to be able to demonstrate an education based approach and able to deliver format teaching in classrooms.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for eligible Band 5 roles and above.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.
If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
This advert closes on Friday 13 Feb 2026