Clinical Education Trainer | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Clinical Education Trainer | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Employer:

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Ellesmere Port, CH65 9HX

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

Yes

Closing Date:

05/02/2026

We have an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant to join our well-established, experienced Clinical Education Team.

We are seeking to recruit a Clinical Education Trainer on a Full time, permanent basis.

You must be highly motivated, have a keen interest in facilitating education programmes, have excellent communication skills and be able to work well as part of a team to help support our staff to be the best they can be.

Our team support staff in both community and in-patient services across the geographical area of the Trust.

CWP’s Clinical Education Team is a small but dynamic team, comprising facilitators who are Mental Health, Learning Disability and Adult Nurses in addition to Clinical Support Workers.

We deliver high quality and innovative education programmes, whilst ensuring the learning environment is a welcoming space, to support staff to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours to deliver high quality care to people who access our services.

Therefore, understanding and experience in all elements of training including developing, facilitating, delivering and evaluating education and training programmes is an important aspect of this role.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 14/01/2026 and the proposed interview date is 23/01/2026. You will need a sound knowledge of current legislation, particularly the MHA Code of Practice, the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Trauma Informed and person-centred care.

As part of our Proactive Approach Training (PAT) course, you will be required to teach physical (restraint) skills.

Other core subjects include Basic Life Support, the Skills For Health Care Certificate programme, Conflict Resolution/Breakaways in addition to many other non-mandatory clinical training programmes.

Please see Job Description for full details Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do.

We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date.

P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you ase download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think…