Teaching - can anybody help me????

allnurses Guide · May 13, 2009

Hi there, to teach nursing your going to need a certificate in education, perferably from a univeristy that has links to a nursing school.

Look at your local further education centres, most of the cert ed courses are heavily subsidised so course fees are minimal.

You could also find positions as clinical educator / clinical tutors that may not require a cert ed.

District46 · May 20, 2009

Yes, to dip your toe in the water you could try and register with Protocol National. I have done a bit of work for them, as long as you are in the process of getting a teaching qualification then you can work as an assessor/tutor. I did some work teaching in nursing homes - I did small group lectures on infection control, moving and handling and dementia. The staff worked through their own folders, and had to get certain skills signed off - by me or a senior staff member and eventually after about 6 months they would finish their book and gain what used to be an NVQ but now they are doing SVQs. It was nice work, and as I said, you could start immediately. I am looking to gain my assessors awards V1 and A1 I think they are called - once I can afford it, and then maybe assess at a higher level.

pussycat66 · Mar 27, 2010

Yes, to dip your toe in the water you could try and register with Protocol National. I have done a bit of work for them, as long as you are in the process of getting a teaching qualification then you can work as an assessor/tutor. I did some work teaching in nursing homes - I did small group lectures on infection control, moving and handling and dementia. The staff worked through their own folders, and had to get certain skills signed off - by me or a senior staff member and eventually after about 6 months they would finish their book and gain what used to be an NVQ but now they are doing SVQs. It was nice work, and as I said, you could start immediately. I am looking to gain my assessors awards V1 and A1 I think they are called - once I can afford it, and then maybe assess at a higher level.

Hi, I'm also interested in becoming a Nurse Tutor/Practice teacher.How did you get into your role? Do you need any special permissions? Are you self employed etc etc? Would really love some advice. Thank you in advance.

PS I have 6 yrs post experience as a Staff nurse in an acute setting & am also a dialysis nurse. Have successfully completed a "train the trainer" course in my own time & have taken over as link nurse for students/mentors. :nurse:

allnurses Guide · Mar 28, 2010

Pussycat it depends on what you want to do. If you want to teach in a university then your going to need to have a certificate in education and be at degree level at a minimum. These positions are employed by the university

Practice educator are generally experienced nurses working with the qualified staff and ours required to have teaching and assessing or the PGCE these are employees of the NHS

Clinical tutors tend to work alongside the students and support them with clinical skills teaching these are again university employees and will require PGCe or similar

pussycat66 · Mar 28, 2010

Pussycat it depends on what you want to do. If you want to teach in a university then your going to need to have a certificate in education and be at degree level at a minimum. These positions are employed by the university
Practice educator are generally experienced nurses working with the qualified staff and ours required to have teaching and assessing or the PGCE these are employees of the NHS
Clinical tutors tend to work alongside the students and support them with clinical skills teaching these are again university employees and will require PGCe or similar

Thanks Sharrie thats really helpful :nurse:

allnurses Guide · Mar 28, 2010

Thanks Sharrie thats really helpful

Your very welcome, I've done the practice educator and the clinical teacher roles. That was enough to make me decide that I didn't want to go into being a university nurse lecturer. Enjoyed both but missed the patients too much

pussycat66 · Apr 5, 2010

Your very welcome, I've done the practice educator and the clinical teacher roles. That was enough to make me decide that I didn't want to go into being a university nurse lecturer. Enjoyed both but missed the patients too much

Yes thats a point but theres always bank & from what our teachers said when I was training, a certain amount of "on the floor" nursing was expected in order to maintain PIN. Thank you again :nurse: