Job overview
Medicine Board is seeking a highly motivated Band 6 Nurse who is enthusiastic about practice development, infection and medical specialties.
The Clinical Practice Facilitator role is a permanent role, working days Monday to Friday, there is a potential for flexibility with rota.
We are looking for a nurse with experience of inpatient medical wards to work with our teams to contribute to providing the best care for our patients across 2 divisions within medicine board (Infection and Medical Specialties). Our Team is tight knit and work well together and support each other to achieve the best outcome.
This post is also available as a 12 month fixed-term contract. If you are interested in both the permanent and the fixed-term contracts, please do not submit your application twice. Select your preferred option only. You will be then invited to discuss your preferences at the interview stage, and you are welcome to state your interest for both in your application. The link to this advert is: !/job/v7502386.
Main duties of the job
Applicants need to be strong communicators and demonstrate an ability to train, assess, educate and develop others, work well autonomously and within a creative team. Maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures. Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, motivate colleagues, champion patient safety and dignity also drive continuous improvement. As part of the team, you will work with the Medicine board CPF team, Matrons, Sisters and Nurse’s in Charge to develop best practice and nursing skills. There are opportunities to work across several wards and departments and will be required to work with all staff to support with their education and development. Additionally, you will help to develop and implement a training needs analysis and proactively engage with education and research agendas for nursing. Also expected to work with the wider community of Clinical Practice Facilitators, educational staff and others at all levels across the Trust; creating excellent opportunities for your professional development.
This role will provide you with an excellent scope and support for furthering your knowledge of undergraduate and post graduate education, practice based and academic learning.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
·University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
·National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
·Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
·Eastman Dental Hospital
·Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
·University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
·The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
·University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.