Emergency Department Practice Educator (Band 6)
NHS AfC: Band 6
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At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated Registered Nurse with excellent communication and clinical practice skills to prepare for, support and deliver training to our nursing team within the Emergency Department.
Working under the direction of the Practice Development Lead, the post holder will assist in delivery of a comprehensive training programme to all roles within the nursing team, including registered nurses and health care support workers.
Main duties of the job
The Practice Educator is responsible for working alongside our registered and unregistered nursing workforce in the Emergency Department to ensure they receive the highest standard of support, education and supervision with specialist clinical skills.
The post holder will help the nurses & HCSW’s to learn, develop and complete their clinical competencies in conjunction with members of the clinical team.
The role will involve working in practice and the post holder will need to be clinically competent and sufficiently experienced to do so. You will provide support and advice to the clinical teams, Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors.
The role aims to enhance the quality of patient care and positively contribute to the future healthcare professional workforce.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
* Cycle to Work
* Travel Scheme
* Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
* Onsite Nursery
* Buying and Selling Annual Leave
* Car Leasing
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Employee Health and Wellbeing
* Extensive Reward Scheme
* Counselling Service
* Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
* Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
* Committed to Quality of Care
* Compassion
* Working together for patients
* Improving Lives
* Everyone Counts
* Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* SLIP or ENB 997/998 Teaching or equivalent
* Generic Instructors Course – PGCert Education
* ALS or APLS instructor.
* Willingness to study for a teaching qualification
* Leadership or management qualification or postgraduate study
Knowledge
* Ability to use NHS IT systems
* Understanding of Health and Safety
* Understanding of Data Protection and Confidentiality
* EPR experience (Systm1 / Cerner)
Experience
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience of teaching to small and large groups or presenting ideas and projects.
* Experience of teaching clinical skills in a clinical setting
* Experience of assessing clinical skills
* Teaching in an academic setting
* Previous clinical education or practice development role.
* Teaching resuscitation at BLS, ILS or ALS level.
* Experience of developing teaching materials and teaching programmes
Skills
* Communicating effectively and managing conflict
* Provide pastoral support to staff and learners in stressful and emotional situations
* Complete ED Clinical Skill Set
* Recruitment and selection Training
* Quality Improvement Bronze award – Improvement Academy
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.
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You are encouraged to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
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