Responsibilities
A Vacancy at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The role is Paediatric Emergency Department Clinical Practice Facilitator.
Support continuous improvement of patient care within the Paediatric service, working collaboratively with clinical teams across the Trust to identify opportunities to maintain and enhance standards of care, ensuring safe, effective and innovative practice.
Provide professional leadership, guidance and clinical expertise to support staff development and the implementation of evidence-based practice.
Lead on the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, oversee audit activity to monitor effectiveness, and contribute to the education and training of multidisciplinary teams.
Act as a visible, credible and effective role model, demonstrating high professional standards and supporting a culture of learning, innovation and quality improvement within paediatric nursing services.
Maintain flexibility to support staff where needed, including participation in shift working patterns (days, nights, weekends and bank holidays) to provide hands‑on clinical leadership and support.
Promote communication across the multidisciplinary team, representing the service at local and national forums, and contribute flexibly to service management and clinical leadership in line with senior team arrangements.
Provide inspirational clinical and professional leadership, acting as a highly visible role model for nursing staff across high dependency and acute care environments, and drive excellence in practice by leading, coordinating and delivering high‑quality education and training programmes that ensure staff competence, regulatory compliance and continuous professional development aligned with service and organisational priorities.
Champion outstanding, safe and personalised patient‑centred care through robust assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing practice; actively support and advise staff, patients and families, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to maintain exceptional standards of care and experience.
Embed evidence‑based practice by leading the implementation, review and monitoring of policies, guidelines, audit activity and clinical governance frameworks; play a key role in service development, quality improvement and audit initiatives in collaboration with the senior nursing and matron team.
Maintain a safe, effective and responsive clinical environment by proactively managing incidents, investigations and learning from adverse events.
Support workforce planning and resource management, including rota coordination, skill mix optimisation and effective use of financial and physical resources.
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