Job summary
Are you passionate
about education and eager to make a meaningful impact in Primary Care? We're
looking for a dynamic and forward-thinking Clinical Nurse Educator to join our
expanding training team.
In this role,
you'll play a key part in shaping and delivering high-quality training
experiences that empower healthcare professionals across Humber and North
Yorkshire as well as nationally and potentially internationally. You'll be
responsible for conducting training needs assessments, designing and delivering
engaging learning programmes, and supporting the development of innovative
educational initiatives through Academicare (our Commercial Brand) and the
Primary Care Workforce and Training Hub (PCWTH).
Main duties of the job
Please note you will be required to work across all of our sites in Hull, York and Scarborough (potentially across the region).
We're particularly interested in candidates who:
- Are qualified, registered, and currently practicing as a General Practice Nurse.
- Have experience or a strong interest in immunisations and vaccinations, travel health, female health, and contraception.
- Are confident delivering training both online and face-to-face.
- Are IT literate and enthusiastic about using educational technology to enhance learning.
- Have experience as a trainer, assessor, or educatoror are keen to develop in this area.
- Hold a teaching/training qualification or willing to work towards one.
- Are collaborative, proactive, and passionate about supporting others to grow and develop.
You'll be part of a supportive team, contributing to curriculum design, managing training interventions, and liaising with practices to provide guidance and mentorship to students and staff.
You'll also be encouraged and supported to maintain your clinical practice and continue developing your leadership and educational expertise.
If you're ready to inspire, educate, and lead the next generation of healthcare professionals, we'd love to hear from you.
About us
Haxby Group is a high-quality, community-based healthcare
organisation, with general practice at its heart. We deliver exceptional care
from 10 GP surgeries across York, Scarborough, and Hull, serving more than
92,000 patients.
Our large and diverse team of Doctors, Nurses and Advanced
Practitioners have decades of expertise, providing a range of care in a safe,
friendly environment, with support from highly experienced Health Care
Assistants, Clinical Pharmacists, and other non-GP clinicians. Supporting the
patients and our clinical team are the large front of house and back-office
teams ranging from Patient Services, Care Navigators, Clinical Administration
Support and more.
We are committed to training all our staff, from our
administrative and managerial roles to our multidisciplinary clinical teams,
and including all stages of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education as
well as a variety of student roles. We also offer training services and courses
to other organisations through our training arm Academicare. As the host for
the Primary Care Workforce and Training hub in Humber North Yorkshire, we
provide training support for a network of local practices, co-ordinating local
schemes on behalf of NHS England, supporting with students, trainees and
workforce development.
We have a clear mission To deliver
high quality, compassionate care to our local communities with an innovative
and ethical mindset.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will play a key part in shaping and delivering
high-quality training experiences that empower healthcare professionals across
Humber and North Yorkshire as well as nationally and potentially
internationally. Youll be responsible for conducting training needs
assessments, designing and delivering engaging learning programmes, and
supporting the development of innovative educational initiatives through
Academicare (our Commercial Brand) and the Primary Care Workforce and Training
Hub (PCWTH).
You will support in the development
and delivery of commercial training products through Academicare. You will also
support in delivering education and training opportunities, projects and
schemes within the remit of the PCWTH, liaising with practices across Humber
and North Yorkshire to provide support and guidance relating to students and
training.
You will be qualified, registered and still
practicing, in a clinical field as a Nurse with excellent communication skills.
You will have experience as a trainer or assessor and have a good understanding
of personal development and management. You will be responsible for overseeing
training implementation and assessing its outcomes. You will be expected and
supported to maintain your clinical skills as well as your educational and
leadership experience.
You will work across many organisations and
departments utilising your clinical training, experience in development,
education, and preferably leadership and management to maximise the development
of training opportunities.
You must work at all times within your own
competence and use your own judgement, knowledge and common sense in your day-to-day
activities.
Teaching/Training Responsibilities:
- Pro-actively working, leading when required, to support and develop the Primary Care Workforce and Training Hub (PCWTH) hosted by Haxby Group.
- Support in the development of education and training opportunities, projects and schemes within the remit of Haxby Group Training and the PCWTH
- Supporting with Practice Learning Facilitator work, liaising with practices and education providers across Humber and North Yorkshire to provide support and guidance relating to students and training.
- Identifying and assessing future and current training opportunities and needs.
- Translating requirements into training services and products that meet opportunities and customer needs.
- Maintaining a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practice.
- Developing a training services plan and assist in building the annual training delivery programme.
- Preparing or overseeing teaching plans.
- Delivering training and courses, deploying a wide variety of training methods delivering content in keeping with relevant local and national evidence and guidance.
- Monitoring and evaluating training programmes effectiveness, success and return on investment and reporting on them.
- Identifying and assessing future and current training needs through job analysis, career paths, annual performance appraisals and consultation with line managers.
- Maintaining a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practice.
- Assist with or lead on projects as appropriate to develop new business opportunities regionally, nationally and internationally.
- Fostering the development of inter-professional learning and the integration of students and trainees into the workplace.
- Liaising with other members of the Haxby Group Training team and key Haxby Group staff to ensure high quality educational provision.
- Being aware of key performance requirements and targets regarding PCWTH and other training commitments and assist in ensuring they are met in a timely manner.
- Developing and maintaining key links between Haxby Group Training and other stakeholders such as educational establishments or organisations; NHS organisational bodies; non-NHS establishments; other practices; actual and potential business clients; and other providers.
- Attending meetings and collaborative groups with external stakeholders as required.
- Maintaining suitable records of communications, reports and other activities, ensuring others have appropriate access as required, utilising Information Technology to maximum benefit.
- Maintaining a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practice.
- Delegating work as appropriate.
- Undertaking additional tasks as required within your role.
Leadership responsibilities:
- Act as a positive role model
- Support the development of others in order to maximise potential
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and external good practice
- Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of practice nursing services, ensuring that the needs of the patients are the priority
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence
- Work with the practice management to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix are available to meet current and future service delivery
- Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work
- Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility
- Contribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards
- Monitor and manage clinical stock and equipment
- Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccine and drugs
- Ensure the principles of infection control and local/national policies and guidelines are applied throughout the practice, monitoring and implementing changes as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will play a key part in shaping and delivering
high-quality training experiences that empower healthcare professionals across
Humber and North Yorkshire as well as nationally and potentially
internationally. Youll be responsible for conducting training needs
assessments, designing and delivering engaging learning programmes, and
supporting the development of innovative educational initiatives through
Academicare (our Commercial Brand) and the Primary Care Workforce and Training
Hub (PCWTH).
You will support in the development
and delivery of commercial training products through Academicare. You will also
support in delivering education and training opportunities, projects and
schemes within the remit of the PCWTH, liaising with practices across Humber
and North Yorkshire to provide support and guidance relating to students and
training.
You will be qualified, registered and still
practicing, in a clinical field as a Nurse with excellent communication skills.
You will have experience as a trainer or assessor and have a good understanding
of personal development and management. You will be responsible for overseeing
training implementation and assessing its outcomes. You will be expected and
supported to maintain your clinical skills as well as your educational and
leadership experience.
You will work across many organisations and
departments utilising your clinical training, experience in development,
education, and preferably leadership and management to maximise the development
of training opportunities.
You must work at all times within your own
competence and use your own judgement, knowledge and common sense in your day-to-day
activities.
Teaching/Training Responsibilities:
- Pro-actively working, leading when required, to support and develop the Primary Care Workforce and Training Hub (PCWTH) hosted by Haxby Group.
- Support in the development of education and training opportunities, projects and schemes within the remit of Haxby Group Training and the PCWTH
- Supporting with Practice Learning Facilitator work, liaising with practices and education providers across Humber and North Yorkshire to provide support and guidance relating to students and training.
- Identifying and assessing future and current training opportunities and needs.
- Translating requirements into training services and products that meet opportunities and customer needs.
- Maintaining a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practice.
- Developing a training services plan and assist in building the annual training delivery programme.
- Preparing or overseeing teaching plans.
- Delivering training and courses, deploying a wide variety of training methods delivering content in keeping with relevant local and national evidence and guidance.
- Monitoring and evaluating training programmes effectiveness, success and return on investment and reporting on them.
- Identifying and assessing future and current training needs through job analysis, career paths, annual performance appraisals and consultation with line managers.
- Maintaining a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practice.
- Assist with or lead on projects as appropriate to develop new business opportunities regionally, nationally and internationally.
- Fostering the development of inter-professional learning and the integration of students and trainees into the workplace.
- Liaising with other members of the Haxby Group Training team and key Haxby Group staff to ensure high quality educational provision.
- Being aware of key performance requirements and targets regarding PCWTH and other training commitments and assist in ensuring they are met in a timely manner.
- Developing and maintaining key links between Haxby Group Training and other stakeholders such as educational establishments or organisations; NHS organisational bodies; non-NHS establishments; other practices; actual and potential business clients; and other providers.
- Attending meetings and collaborative groups with external stakeholders as required.
- Maintaining suitable records of communications, reports and other activities, ensuring others have appropriate access as required, utilising Information Technology to maximum benefit.
- Maintaining a keen understanding of training trends, developments and best practice.
- Delegating work as appropriate.
- Undertaking additional tasks as required within your role.
Leadership responsibilities:
- Act as a positive role model
- Support the development of others in order to maximise potential
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and external good practice
- Act as a clinical leader in the delivery of practice nursing services, ensuring that the needs of the patients are the priority
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessing competence
- Work with the practice management to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix are available to meet current and future service delivery
- Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work
- Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility
- Contribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards
- Monitor and manage clinical stock and equipment
- Ensure safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccine and drugs
- Ensure the principles of infection control and local/national policies and guidelines are applied throughout the practice, monitoring and implementing changes as required
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications/Skills
Essential
- Registered Nurse (NMC)
- Relevant nursing/health degree.
- Aware of accountability of own role and that required of a Practice Nurse.
- Minimum of one-year experience as a Practice Nurse
- Clinical Skills Immunisation and vaccinations, wound care and venepuncture.
- Interest in female health.
- Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Keyboard skills.
- Mentor/teaching qualification
- Ability to deliver a wide variety of teaching/training sessions.
Desirable
- Additional post-registration qualification
- Recognised cervical screening qualification.
- Clinical skills ear care, ECGs, spirometry
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Change management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Able to undertake the requirements of the post.
Desirable
- Reliable.
- Flexible.
- Excellent attendance record.
Competencies/Qualities/Attributes
Essential
- Gets on well with people at all levels.
- Ability to listen and empathise.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- Demonstrable commitment to professional development.
- Practice nursing or other community nursing experience.
- Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision.
- First contact care.
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice.
Desirable
- Experience of Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience of GP Clinical IT systems.
- Experience of audit.
Other
Essential
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work as team player
- Initiative and drive
- Pleasant and articulate
- Able to work under pressure
- Self-motivated and positive
- Empathetic, honest, caring
- Adaptable and forward looking
- Enthusiastic and energetic
- Diplomatic and considered
- Hard working, willing and flexible
- Observance of strict confidentiality
- Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.
- Ability to travel to different locations and deliver teaching/training on different platforms.
Person Specification
Knowledge/Qualifications/Skills
Essential
- Registered Nurse (NMC)
- Relevant nursing/health degree.
- Aware of accountability of own role and that required of a Practice Nurse.
- Minimum of one-year experience as a Practice Nurse
- Clinical Skills Immunisation and vaccinations, wound care and venepuncture.
- Interest in female health.
- Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills.
- Keyboard skills.
- Mentor/teaching qualification
- Ability to deliver a wide variety of teaching/training sessions.
Desirable
- Additional post-registration qualification
- Recognised cervical screening qualification.
- Clinical skills ear care, ECGs, spirometry
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Change management skills and ability to support patients to change lifestyle.
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Able to undertake the requirements of the post.
Desirable
- Reliable.
- Flexible.
- Excellent attendance record.
Competencies/Qualities/Attributes
Essential
- Gets on well with people at all levels.
- Ability to listen and empathise.
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
- Demonstrable commitment to professional development.
- Practice nursing or other community nursing experience.
- Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision.
- First contact care.
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice.
Desirable
- Experience of Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience of GP Clinical IT systems.
- Experience of audit.
Other
Essential
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work as team player
- Initiative and drive
- Pleasant and articulate
- Able to work under pressure
- Self-motivated and positive
- Empathetic, honest, caring
- Adaptable and forward looking
- Enthusiastic and energetic
- Diplomatic and considered
- Hard working, willing and flexible
- Observance of strict confidentiality
- Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense.
- Ability to travel to different locations and deliver teaching/training on different platforms.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
