Job overview
We are recruiting for a Clinical Practice Educator- Planned Care who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will have excellent communication skills, be able to prioritise and manage your own work load. You will have proven management and clinical skills, be motivated, and have a keen interest in teaching/staff development.
The successful candidate will be highly visible, supporting predominantly Care group 4 in the ongoing development/ training of staff to improve patient safety and practice standards.
You will be pivotal in devising, delivering and evaluating training programmes to support clinical staff of all grades and experience.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
To maintain a high level of visibility within the clinical setting and build positive relationships, excellent communication and organisational skills.
Support the delivery and achievement of workforce development in line with Trust objectives, strategy and CQC requirements.
To devise, deliver and evaluate training programmes to ensure the professional development of all grades of nursing staff within the care groups.
Provide leadership and expert clinical knowledge to a range of health professionals, working with minimal supervision.
Support the development of clinical practice, and address issues that have arisen from incidents, complaints, audits and external regulator reports.
To provide a collaborative education link between all areas within the Trust to support the development of policies and guidelines for the care of patients.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse
* Mentorship qualification
* Evidence of recent and continuing professional development and portfolio of learning
* Educated to Degree level
Desirable criteria
* Teaching qualification or willingness to work towards
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive Surgical Nursing experience
* Sound clinical knowledge underpinned by evidence of theoretical understanding
* Evidence of providing learning support
* Knowledge of change management theories
* Research awareness
Desirable criteria
* Experience of implementing change in practice
* Experience of working in a training and development environment
* Experience in designing, deliverying and evaluating training programmes
* Evidence of nursing research experience
* Staff recruitment and interviewing
Skills
Essential criteria
* Clinically credible and highly motivated who uses imitative with a 'can do attitude'
* Inspirational, motivational and able to challenge traditional thinking
* Be able to demonstrate leadership skills
* Team player with a willingness to be flexible and part of a team
* Ability to take responsibility for own workload, and manage time effectively.
* Good organisational skills, ability to meet deadlines and complete tasks whilst paying attention to detail.
* Creative problem solver who persists in the face of setbacks.
* Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
* Ability to interpret and analyse information, research and audit data to influence and initiate change
* Ability to communicate and cultivate relationships with all levels of staff and build relationships with key stakeholders
* A keen interest in staff wellbeing and supportive strategies
* Produce reports using clinical risk evaluation, complaints and incident reporting
Desirable criteria
* Presentation Skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Current issues/developments in Nursing practice
* Clinical governance
* Standard setting and quality assurance
* Understanding of clinical and professional requirements according to NMC policy and standards
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
* Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
* Role model our Trust values every day