Clinical Support & Training Facilitator

Company: North Bristol NHS Trust
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Job Overview

We are looking for a Group Temporary Staffing Clinical Support Facilitator to join our Temporary Staffing team, supporting services across the Bristol NHS Group. This key role focuses on supporting our bank Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) and unregistered staff, ensuring safe, high‑quality care and ongoing professional development.

Main Duties

Provide day‑to‑day staff support, including training and competency assessments, responding to queries, and supporting staff performance and development. Assist in recruitment and onboarding processes, helping new starters settle in and meet required standards from the outset. Act as a point of contact for clinical teams, promote consistent standards of practice, and support governance processes such as audits and follow‑up of concerns.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential Criteria

  • Experience working with clinical staff such as HCSWs or unregistered staff in a healthcare setting
  • Knowledge of clinical governance, training, and competency assessment in a clinical environment
  • Experience of team working to achieve clinical and operational objectives

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience supporting learners in the workplace and facilitation of learning/teaching/mentoring

Skills & Abilities

Essential Criteria

  • Proven supervisory and mentoring skills in a clinical setting
  • Proven ability to use own initiative and professional judgement in delivering safe and effective clinical support
  • Ability to work under pressure while maintaining a patient‑focused and staff‑supportive approach

Skills, Qualifications and Training

Essential Criteria

  • Educated to GCSE, grade C or above (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths
  • Business and Administration Level 3 NVQ or equivalent experience

Desirable Criteria

  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role
  • Evidence of training in supervision, mentorship, or clinical education

Aptitudes

Essential Criteria

  • Strong management and organisational skills
  • Reliable and professional in all aspects of work
  • High attention to detail, particularly in competency tracking, training records, and clinical support

Equal Opportunities and Diversity

North Bristol NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to creating a place where everyone belongs. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce at Band 8a and above, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.

Pre‑Employment Checks

Please note that stringent pre‑employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.

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Posted: June 1st, 2026