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From the employer's advert, checked 26 October 2026.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors as “Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust” (Skilled Worker). Register checked 23 October 2026.
About the job
Job summary
Full Time Permanent Post
The post holder will have responsibility for leading, facilitating and developing education, training and workforce development across the Theatre Departments at Southport and Ormskirk sites. The role will provide visible clinical and educational leadership, ensuring staff are supported to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies required to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based perioperative care.
The role will be undertaken on a 50% clinical / 50% education basis, maintaining regular clinical practice within the theatre environment whilst leading the education and development agenda. This dual role will ensure training programmes remain clinically relevant, responsive to service needs and aligned with best practice.
Please note the JD and PS are sbuject to AfC review
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership through maintaining a 50% clinical role within theatre services.
- Lead and coordinate education, training and workforce development activities across Southport and Ormskirk theatres.
- Support student placements and practice learning environments.
- Lead on medical device training and competency assurance.
- Promote evidence-based practice, research and quality improvement.
- Support workforce planning, succession planning and staff retention initiatives.
- Contribute to policy development and clinical governance activities.
- Develop collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Support achievement of operational, quality, workforce and financial objectives.
- Act as a professional role model and advocate for high standards of perioperative care and education.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 20th October 2026
Closing date: 28th October 2026
Shortlisting date: 29th October 2026
Proposed Interview date: W/C 2nd November 2026
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Job description
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