Practice Educator - Clinical Skills and Widening Participation
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Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.
Applicants who can demonstrate that they already meet the required competencies may be offered a Band 6 contract upon appointment.
Working for our organisation: University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Whilst the main focus of the post is classroom-based teaching there will be times when you will need to work with learners on the ward or in the clinical areas.
In addition to the delivery of clinical skills training the post holder will be required to support the Trust widening participation, career experience and career activity. The widening participation agenda supports individuals to access employment or education, and we work with several partners including Choices College and The King’s Trust to enable this. We offer on-site/off-site and virtual career experience to young people to help them make career decisions. The off-site career experience will require you to be able to travel offsite (with resources) to local venues.
Responsibilities
* You will be responsible for planning and delivery of clinical skills to trust staff and undergraduate medical students.
* You will contribute to the development of policies, guidance and competencies relating to clinical skills training.
* You will undertake clinical and educational practice, working alongside staff providing supervision, teaching and assessment of competence.
* You will contribute to the widening participation agenda, working with partner organisations to promote careers within the NHS.
Experience
* You should have relevant experience working in a clinical setting and have a passion for education.
* You need to have excellent clinical skills including cannulation and venesection, ECG, catheterisation, wound swabbing, IV drug administration, and suturing as well as good communication skills.
* You will need to be able to travel independently to locations across Southampton to support career events.
* You will need to be able to work flexibly to cover career events that occur in the late afternoon/early evening and to support large scale practical exams for medical students.
Person specification
Trust Values
* Patients First
* Always Improving
* Working Together
Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience
Essential criteria
* Registered Professional (NMC, HCPC etc) OR relevant experience in a clinical or educational setting
* Degree qualification or relevant equivalent experience
* Currently working primarily in a clinical or educational setting
* Evidence of ongoing development and education
* Experience within a related specialty Some experience of educating and developing staff in a workplace setting
* Experience of undertaking audit or service improvement
* Willingness to undertake level 5 teaching qualification to progress to Band 6
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of practice development and management of change
* Competent in relevant expanded practices
* Has experience working within a busy general ward or educational setting
* Research awareness/experience
* Stress management or counselling course.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Education and Training
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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