Senior Clinical Nurse Educator
NHS AfC: Band 7
Main area Education Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 3 months ( hours split over Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm) Hours Part time - hours per week Job ref -MED-6- Site Medical Annexe Town Derby Salary £, - £, pa, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing //6 :
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
A 3 month acting up post has become available from band 6 to band 7 AFC, with the possibility for the post to become permanent following review.
The role involves Undergraduate Medical Education for students from Nottingham University, with a particular emphasis on managing a team of Lived Experience Facilitators in order to embed Lived Experience of mental ill health into medical education.
The post holder will also be required to use their own lived experience in the role.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of the role is to develop and deliver medical education to enable medical students to grasp community and inpatient care in psychiatry in all its aspects, but particularly with regard to the involvement of lived experience. This will involve taking a lead role in the performance of the Psychiatry medical education placement.
A comprehensive knowledge of psychiatry is required for this, as the successful applicant will need to form the positive links between voluntary, independent, and statutory services so that students are able to absorb and participate in all activities relevant to care pathways.
To ensure systems are in place for clinical supervision to team members including appraisals and annual professional development plans. Identifying the need for specific training within the area of psychiatry based on learning objectives.
Overcoming barriers in engaging and supporting clinical staff in teaching medical student areas. To be a lead specialist in undergraduate medical education.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
The teams are made up of different disciplines, including Nurse Educators and Consultant Psychiatrists.
Benefits include:
1. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible.
2. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service pro rata.
3. Regular appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
4. Generous NHS pension scheme
5. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
6. Health service discounts and online benefits
7. Incremental pay progression
8. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
9. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
10. Health and wellbeing opportunities
11. Structured learning and development opportunities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Actively support the trusts development of professional roles and guidelines. Empower all team members to participate in implementing change by using problem solving, considering potential conflicts and planning resolution.
The post holder will ensure that the staff they are responsible for attend relevant statutory training as identified by the trust.
The post holder will support the development of annual skills profiling of their team.
To ensure that all clinical staff are offered opportunities to develop skills and knowledge, and keep up to date with current practice, attend accredited courses and engage in own continuous professional development. .
The post holder will ensure good communication systems are in operation within the clinical area that enhance high quality care and teaching for example, IT, verbal, interpersonal, written.
Develop strategic thinking skills, promoting an umbrella view of clinical academic perspectives for the multi-professional team. Ensure that awareness of clinical and resource management information is used analytically to inform decisions that balance service user, student and educational objectives.
Promote the use of critical analysis points and innovative approaches to ensure education is reviewed according to student learning objective and university directions.
The post holder will ensure high standards of medical education are maintained within the team both through delivery and management.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
13. Teaching Qualification
14. Evidence of leadership and management training
Skills
Essential criteria
15. Demonstrate ability to teach small and large groups
16. Demonstrate leadership skills such a motivation, facilitation, mentorship etc.
Desirable criteria
17. Ability to develop robust proposals relating to the development of the lived experience programme
18. Skills in preparing presentations and public speaking including presenting work at conferences
Knowledge
Essential criteria
19. Significant management experience, including managing people with lived experience of mental ill health.
20. Own experience of mental ill health either directly or as a carer.
Desirable criteria
21. Experience of promoting and utilising the benefits of lived experience within medical education
22. Knowledge and understanding of the benefits engaging in a lived experience programme can have on experts and/or carers
Further details / informal visits contact
NameDavid HackettJob titlePsychiatry Teaching Unit Service ManagerEmail numberAdditional information
Natalie Dean -
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