Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the UCLH Theatres and Anaesthesia team as a Clinical Practice Facilitator for Recovery and Day Surgery Unit (DSU) for a 12-month secondment starting 02/06/2025.
Your role will be working as a Clinical Practice Facilitator in Recovery and DSU at working time equivalent.
As Clinical Practice Facilitator, you must have a good knowledge and experience in perioperative practice and an excellent understanding of peri-anaesthesia care.
In order to practice the role, you must be an Operating Department Practitioner registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) OR a NMC registered Nurse (with relevant Recovery room experience and/or qualification).
You will be required to function effectively as a part of the theatres education team providing peri-operative learning and development support to staff and students in the department. You must be organised, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with experience of supervising a multi-disciplinary team providing the highest standard of patient care and learner supervision across a varied caseload.
You must be motivated and enthusiastic, as well as the ability to work well under pressure and flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring a welcoming, caring and safe environment, as well as promoting, maintaining and monitoring standards in accordance with the guidelines of the NMC/HCPC and CQC.
Main duties of the job
Support and develop Band 5 and 6 Theatre Practitioners and Band 2 and 3 Theatre Support/Circulating Assistants (TSA/TCA) through facilitation in clinical practice and promotion / implementation of relevant education and development pathways, with focus (but not limited to) the recovery and DSU staff groups
Facilitate acquisition of the necessary skills, knowledge and competency by learners and their mentors in designated areas within the trust
Act as an expert recovery practitioner and assume leadership roles in the clinical area as needed
Support the training and development programme initiated by the Division to ensure staff members achieve their full potential.
Maximise use of clinical and academic resources, implementing best practice in assessment and supervision learners in the clinical setting
Ensure E-rota and electronic patient records are implemented and used to their full potential.
In addition you must have:
Registration with the Health Professions Council as an ODP or a NMC registered Nurse
Extensive experience of providing care in a post-operative environment
A recognised qualification and experience of supporting learners in the perioperative environment.
Demonstrates a good working knowledge and compliance with CQC Standards
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
1. University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
2. National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
3. Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
4. University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
5. Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
6. University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
7. The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
8. University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.