The Education Department has an exciting opportunity for 1 Registered Nurse or AHP to join the Practice Education Team. The role will positively influence and improve the quality of the clinical learning environment by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for all learners within the practice setting. This will include Trainee Nursing Assistants, Apprentices, Student Nurses and, new recruits and Preceptee Nurses.
You will be required to provide best practice advice for supervisors and assessors in relation to clinical practice and governance. You will have regular patient contact when working with learners and this will include carrying out personal and clinical care. When supporting staff in clinical areas you will role model standards of care and contribute to the identification of practice requiring further development. You will develop and use personal clinical knowledge and skills to promote excellence in care delivery.
You must maintain records relating to supervisors, assessors and learners in the clinical learning environment. You must be IT literate as there is a requirement to use a computer for this role.
As a Practice Educator a major job responsibility is to teach a range of learners, devising and developing clinical learning opportunities and programmes of study.
As an NMC/HCPC registrant you will actively seek feedback on your performance, contribute to your appraisals and NMC/HCPC revalidation, and provide constructive feedback to those you supervise.
You will observe a personal duty of care in relation to the safe use equipment and resources used in the course of your work.
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting
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