Clinical Practice Educator- Cancer
Cheshire: The Wilmslow Hospital, Cheshire with occasional travel to London and Manchester
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Shifts: Monday - Friday
Fixed Term Contract 12 months
Salary: Competitive (DOE)
We’re looking for a Clinical Practice Educator to join our Cancer team at The Wilmslow and The Christie Private Hospital, currently rated “Outstanding” by the CQC.
Dedicated to delivering world-class healthcare, the hospital is equipped with the latest, cutting edge technology and packed with a team of experienced nurses and consultants – all working in a vibrant, modern setting that puts patients and colleagues at ease.
At HCA UK we care about what you care about. We care that you want to deliver the very best care. We care that you want a career you can be proud of. We care that you want working conditions that support your health and wellbeing. Let us care for you and your career, the same way you do for others.
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. The CPE actively collaborates in the orientation/onboarding process for nursing and other healthcare staff. This includes participating or leading the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating on-boarding and orientation programmes
2. Design and deliver professional practice and provision of quality care within the Cancer department
3. The CPE must promote and integrate evidence-based practise (EBP) in order to continuously improve practice in the clinical setting. In addition, you will promote research, EBP, and QI into patient care settings
4. You will collaborate with partners & stakeholders to share experience in planning and decision making to achieve the desired results
5. Understand nursing department/wards/units results to identify opportunities to support improvement in internal or external customer satisfaction and/or patient experience
6. Supports strategic planning and business development within the clinical education area of responsibility that may include technology advances and other opportunities to drive differentiation support the growth agenda
What you’ll bring:
7. Current Registered Nurse with NMC registration
8. Ability to demonstrate an uncompromising commitment to delivering exceptional care to create an unmatched value proposition for our clinicians and patients
9. 3+ years of experience in clinical education; 3+ years, experience in nursing specialty in an acute care hospital within cancer
Why HCA UK?
Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we’re one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing.
We believe that by caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That’s why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a CPE at The Wilmslow Hospital, you’ll be eligible for:
10. 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you
11. Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals
12. Private pension contribution which increases with length of service
13. Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme
14. Group Life Assurance from day one
15. Critical illness cover
16. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay
17. Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland
18. Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you
19. Discounts with over 800 major retailers
Culture and values
At HCA UK we believe exceptional care starts with our people. We celebrate the unique perspectives and different experiences each of us bring as we know that when you feel seen, heard and supported you can be at your best for our patients, and each other.
Our mission is simple, above all else we’re committed to the care and improvement of human life, a clear statement that extends to both our patients and colleagues. To achieve this, we live and breathe four core values:
20. Unique and Individual: We recognise and value everyone as unique and individual
21. Kindness and compassion: We treat people with kindness and compassion
22. Honesty, integrity and fairness: - We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness
23. Loyalty, respect and dignity: We trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family with loyalty, respect and dignity
Reasonable adjustments
We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. As a Disability Confident committed organisation, we’re happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.
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