Detailed job description and main responsibilities
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNICATION
1. Demonstrate a pleasant, approachable, and proactive manner to create and promote a good working relationship amongst the PG & UG Education Team, Clinical Skills Training Team, within the Christie Institute for Cancer Education and the clinical divisions.
2. Adhere to uniform policy to maintain a professional appearance.
3. Work autonomously managing own workload in designated clinical areas. Work as part of the team to deliver static training sessions.
4. Prioritise, plan and coordinate the delivery of the clinical skills education to nursing, AHP and medical learners. Liaise with the Clinical Skills Training Manager to ensure that current skills and personal learning are up to date.
5. Be responsible for liaising with learners, supervisors and assessor, and educators in designated learning environments to assess needs and monitor competencies and update PARE and team dashboards as appropriate.
6. Attend and actively participate in departmental and Trust committees, providing reports and information relating to the work of the clinical skills training for learners and feedback to PG & UG Education team.
7. Be aware of own limitations and that of others, seeking advice and guidance as required.
8. Act as a specialist resource/support for the Trust in relation to clinical skills education training, preceptorship and medical devices training processes and liaise with the PG&UG Education team, clinical skills team and/or multi-disciplinary team as appropriate.
9. Demonstrate effective written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, with team colleagues, staff in designated learning environments and other staff trust wide and externally, at all levels on a range of matters relating to clinical skills training provision/developments.
10. Manage difficult conversations with staff and learners in designated learning environments maintaining confidentiality at all times and escape to senior colleagues and university advisors/personal tutors as appropriate.
11. Provide pastoral care for learners across all professions and support the Practice Education Coordinator and Undergraduate Education Manager to ensure all learners have a supportive and high-quality learning experience.
12. Demonstrate effective use of Microsoft word, excel and outlook IT packages - adhering to trust and IT governance policies at all times.
13. Demonstrate a professional and keen interest in the overall work of the Christie Institute for Cancer Education.
14. Review and monitor PARE evaluation scores and report internally to senior staff, managers and PELs.
15. Provide advice and guidance and pastoral support for learners in difficulty and liaise with PELs and HEI partners where necessary.
16. Provide advice and guidance for the assessment process for learners and support PELs, educators, assessors and supervisors where required.
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Be accountable to Undergraduate Education Manager for identifying training gaps, raising areas of priority, and develop and deliver clinical skills training programmes and supporting documents and policies to a range of healthcare learners across professions, in large/smalls groups and/or on a 1:1 basis.
2. Evaluate and adapt delivery of training dependent upon assessment of current level of knowledge, skills and experience of the learner.
3. Coordinate, facilitate and deliver formal clinical skills training days e.g. book rooms, speakers.
4. Supervise and monitor in collaboration with the Preceptorship Lead the preceptorship and medical devices training processes in designated clinical areas.
5. Adapt delivery of training dependent upon assessment of current level of knowledge, skills and experience of the learner.
6. Devise, develop and review training materials, presentations and policies under the direction of the Clinical Skills Training Manager.
7. Maintain and develop own knowledge, skills and competence in relation to clinical practice and clinical skills training. Proactively engage in annual appraisal with line manager.
8. Participate in clinical supervision/ professional mentoring/coaching. Support the delivery of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) for preceptees and learners.
9. Practice according to the NMC code and relevant professional guidelines across departments.
10. Ensure own essential training is maintained.
SERVICE IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY
1. Be accountable to the Undergraduate Education Manager when leading on the design, operational collation of data, evaluation, report writing and presentation of results for audits relevant to the work of the Clinical Skills Training Team.
2. Be responsible to the Undergraduate Education Manager when handling the investigation of clinical incidents relevant to the work of the Clinical Skills Training for learners.
3. Lead collating and maintaining training and development records in designated learning environments.
4. Be accountable to the Undergraduate Education Manager to identify, devise, develop and implement new clinical skills training initiatives and educational pathways, ensuring practice is evidence based and adheres to trust standards and policies.
5. With team establish competency standards to ensure the agreed standard of care is maintained.
6. Supervise the professional work of preceptees and learners requiring training in designated areas reporting any concerns to clinical managers and PG & UG Education.
7. Advise and support staff and learners in relation to clinical skills training. Direct and supervise key supervisors and assessors to facilitate nursing learners to learn and develop and assess their competency.
8. Be accountable for evaluating clinical skills training provision, identifying skills gaps and take action to address these to ensure continued improvements, standardisation of training, including the standardisation of link assessors and quality of clinical skills training provision in designated learning environments.
9. Consider opportunities for income generation and budget savings in relation to clinical skills training provision and offer ideas in this regard to senior colleagues.
10. Take reasonable care of own health and safety as per trust policy.
11. Work with Clinical Skills Training Manager and subject matter experts to provide guidance and support to clinical managers in procuring clinical skills equipment and ensuring the best use of resources.
12. Under the guidance of the Clinical Skills Training Manager assist on the trial of relevant clinical skills equipment, its evaluation, reporting and procurement.
13. Report all accidents, incidents and near misses in relation to own sphere of work and/or defects in equipment as per trust policies and communicate as required with departmental managers and senior clinical skills training team colleagues.
14. Using a sound knowledge of the preregistration curriculum and documentation promote consistency in supervision and assessment, including the documentation of student performance.
15. Employ a range of strategies to help supervisors and assessor's welcome students including outlining the values and behaviours expected of them.
16. Maximise student, supervisor and assessor learning opportunities.
17. Encourage clinical staff to develop student learning, by recognising the learning needs and styles, and supporting them to provide safe, compassionate high-quality healthcare.
OTHER
1. Be responsible for ensuring that personal corporate essential training requirements, as dictated by the trust, are met in a timely manner.
2. Be responsible for booking an appointment and completing preparation work for annual PDR appraisal. Engage in the PDR process and take responsibility for drafting a summary of the discussion and objectives.
3. Support the department, division and Trust and at times undertake other activities to ensure the smooth running of the Christie Institute for Cancer Education and the Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional.
* Certificate in teaching and assessing or working towards
* First level degree or working towards.
* PG Cert or willingness to work towards.
Desirable criteria
* Certificate in cancer care / oncology
Experience
Essential criteria
* Post qualifying experience as a Nurse or AHP in an acute care setting.
* Experience of assessing students/learners.
* Teaching small and large groups of staff.
* Experience in using PARE.
Desirable criteria
* Managerial or leadership experience post qualifying.
* Experience of working in an acute oncology setting.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Excellent communication skills. Evidence of effective generic clinical skills.
* Experience of delivering generic clinical skills training e.g., venepuncture, reconstitution and administration, cannulation, CVAD's, NEWS2 and Observations.
* Ability to deliver high standard of patient care.
* Computer literacy - Microsoft outlook, word and excel.
* Utilise evidence-based practice to inform own work.
* Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
* Able to prioritise and manage own workload.
Desirable criteria
* Experience of delivering generic clinical skills training e.g., catheterisation, ECG
* Experience of developing policies and standards.
* Experience of medical devices training and preceptorship processes.
* Experience of Health Care Support Worker supervision and support
* Experience of conducting audits.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Specialist knowledge of oncology and cancer treatments.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of learners and different learning and teaching methodologies.
Desirable criteria
* Demonstrate an understanding of best practice in relation to clinical skills in the oncology setting.
Values
Essential criteria
* Ability to demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Other
Essential criteria
* Committed to own personal development and that of others
* Flexible and adaptable to changing needs of the service.
* Keen interest in education and training
* Proactive and committed
The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.
Application Information
If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.
Sponsorship Information
We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
Pre-Employment Checks
To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:
* Identity verification
* Right to work check
* Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role, payment of this will be the applicants responsibility)
* Professional registration and/or qualification check
* Occupational health assessment
* Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references.
If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.
If You're Offered the Role - you will be agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.
The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
No Smoking Policy
You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.
Additional Information
We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.
We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all our activities. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in any of its forms, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. We are fully committed to acting ethically and with transparency in all our business dealings and relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or supply chains.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* Job Description And Person Specification (PDF, 514.7KB)
* The Christie Values and Behaviours (PDF, 919.5KB)
* Strategy Brochure (PDF, 1.0MB)
* Travel to The Christie (PDF, 3.8MB)
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