Hospice in the Weald is recruiting a Clinical Practice Educator to lead day-to-day clinical education that strengthens care for patients and those important to them across our services. The post sits with the Head of Quality Assurance and Risk and works closely with In-Patient and Hospice Outreach Heads of Service.
The role covers planning and coordinating the education programme, delivering real-time bedside and ward teaching, supporting orientation and preceptorship, and helping colleagues achieve role-specific competencies and revalidation. Keeping personal clinical practice current, sharing learning with partner hospices, maintaining accurate training records, using ICT well, and contributing to audit and service improvement are all part of the brief. Our valuesHonest, Kind, Learning, Sustainable, Ambitious, Effectiveshape how the work is done.
Main duties of the job
Actas a role model to others in the delivery of high-quality patient care.
Incollaboration with the head of the In-Patient unit and Hospice OutreachService, coordinate and plan clinical education.
Facilitatenurse education within own knowledge and competencies.
Providereal time in situ training for staff in clinical settings.
Liaisewith other stakeholders, including other hospices, to promote collaborationregarding opportunities for shared learning and clinical education.
Exploreand utilise in-house expertise to facilitate and deliver training.
Supportnew staff in attainment of clinical competencies relevant to their role.
Maintainown clinical professional practice which is underpinned with best practice andnew developments.
Becompetent in the use of appropriate technology to support education andtraining. Undertake clinical audit as required.
THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE AND IS SUBJECT TOREVIEW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POST HOLDER AND ACCORDING TO FUTURECHANGES/DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SERVICE.
About us
Hospice in the Weald is a registered charity andnot part of the NHS. We rely on support from the community we serve, to enableus to develop and deliver our services. It costs over £7 million to run theHospice every year the majority of which comes from voluntary contributionsfrom the general public. In addition, we have over 1000 volunteers giving theirtime to the Hospice by helping in every Service and Department.
We expect all members of staff to support thefundraising activities of the Hospice. We encourage every staff member to helpout at, at least two fundraising activities every year. Opportunities tosupport fundraising activities are varied, and could include helping atfundraising or shop events, attending a cheque presentation or giving a shorttalk about the work of the Hospice to an interested group in the community.
Your manager will ask you which events you havehelped out at, when you meet for one to one meetings and as part of the AnnualReview process.
Job responsibilities
Act as a role modelto others in the delivery of high-quality patient care.
In collaboration withthe head of the In-Patient unit and Hospice Outreach Service, coordinate andplan clinical education.
Facilitate nurseeducation within own knowledge and competencies.
Provide real time insitu training for staff in clinical settings.
Liaise with otherstakeholders, including other hospices, to promote collaboration regardingopportunities for shared learning and clinical education.
Explore and utilisein-house expertise to facilitate and deliver training.
Support new staff inattainment of clinical competencies relevant to their role.
Maintain own clinicalprofessional practice which is underpinned with best practice and newdevelopments.
Be competent in theuse of appropriate technology to support education and training.
Undertake clinicalaudit as required.
Management &Leadership
Support new clinicalstaff during their orientation and mentorship period.
Support newlyregistered nurses during their preceptorship period.
Work with colleaguesto support student nurses and enabling completion of their practice placementobjectives.
Work collaborativelywith colleagues and other services to ensure that clinical staff are affordedopportunities for clinical and professional development.
Support clinicalstaff in preparation for revalidation with the relevant regulator.
Completion ofaccurate records such as training attendance records.
To recognise when towork autonomously and when to seek advice and guidance
In addition to therole and responsibilities of Clinical Practice Educator,
Undertake MandatoryTraining as required by Hospice in the Weald and participate in additionalrequired training and development activities.
Take an active rolein identifying gaps in knowledge and skills and how to address these.
Take responsibilityfor setting own goals and achieving them.
General
Maintainprofessionalism in accordance with the HitW values and the NMC Code.
Maintain personaldevelopment through the Hospice Annual Review process, continuously updatingand improving knowledge and skills and applying that knowledge.
Engage in the use ofinformation and communication technology (ICT) and achieve the required levelof competence.
Recognise the growingneed for 24/7 working patterns and flexibility.
Strive for excellenceat all times.
Any other duties thatmay be reasonably requested.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Degree in health-related subject
* Relevant teaching/mentoring qualification
* Evidence of continual professional development
Experience
* Registered Nurse
* Degree in health-related subject
* Relevant teaching/mentoring qualification
* Evidence of continual professional development
* Ability to communicate effectively with staff and management at all levels and to act at all times with tact and diplomacy.
* Able to apply personal organisation strategies and processes to prioritise and effectively manage workload, working to short and long-term objectives
* High level of ICT skills including MS Word, PowerPoint
* Strong time management skills, able to anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles and juggle competing priorities and work to tight deadlines.
* Minimum of 4 years post registration experience
* Expert clinical skills.
* Evidence of teaching and supporting learners.
* Experience of developing, mentoring and assessing clinical staff.
* Experience of audit and implementing change.
* PNA Course of working towards.
* Ability to plan and deliver teaching programs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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