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Job overview
Are you passionate about supporting supporting Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) to deliver excellent patient care? Do you enjoy being an exemplary role model who demonstrates safe and effective practice? If so this role may be suitable for you.
You will be working as a member of the ASCR Ward Practice Facilitator Team.
You will be responsible for:
1. Facilitating Education Pathways for HCSWs band 2 and 3 of varying ages and abilities within ASCR wards.
2. Facilitating Education and guidance involvingone to one support and assessment in practice.
3. Plan, facilitate and deliver teaching on HCSW orientation and study days.
4. Schedule, plan and facilitate meetings with HCSWs to monitor their progress with skills and competencies relevant to their roles.
5. Working within policies and procedures and providing information for internal quality assurance as required.
You will also work alongside others in the Practice Facilitator team to help develop a workforce with the skills, knowledge, and competence necessary to deliver effective patient care and to enhance the quality-of-service delivery.
Main duties of the job
6. Facilitate HCSWs within ASCR wards to carry out best practice regarding patient care, skills and competence.
7. Lead on the HCSW workstream within the Practice Facilitator team.
8. Plan, facilitate and deliver teaching on HCSW orientation and study days.
9. Support wider team with simulation sessions.
10. Schedule, plan and facilitate meetings with HCSWs to monitor their progress with skills and competencies relevant to their roles.
11. Identify HCSWs who are failing to meet targets and initiate action plan with SMART objectives to address any issues.
12. Report any concerns to the line manager identifying those issues that maybe outside their level of competence.
13. Support the wider Practice Facilitator Team within scope of practice.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the knowledge, training, experience and skills set out in the attached job description.
Person specification
Education/Training/Qulaifications
Essential criteria
14. Registered Nursing Associate with NMC registration
Desirable criteria
15. Supporting students in practice course (SSIP)
Work Experience
Essential criteria
16. Substantial experience of working in an acute ward environment
17. Confident working with IT systems
18. Evidence of continual professional development
19. Experience of teaching or supporting learners in the workplace
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
20. Effective verbal and written communication skills
21. Competent in all the following skills - physiological measurements, wound care, ANTT, catheter care, ECG, blood glucose measurement & venepuncture
22. Assess clinical skills
23. Able to work to agreed deadlines
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
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