Job responsibilities
Introduction to Team Care
Shooting Star Childrens Hospices Teams
Care Directorate: Led by the Director of Care and
Medical Director. The Care Teams are the heart of our organisation, consisting
of dedicated Drs, nurses, healthcare assistants, allied health professionals and
support staff. They provide compassionate and personalised care to children
with life-limiting conditions, and those at the end of their lives focusing on
pain management, symptom control, emotional support for both the child and
their family and bereavement care after death. Holistic care is tailored to
each child and familys needs.
Practice Education
Team: Led by the
Clinical Education Lead, the practice education team consisting of clinical
educators and an associate clinical educator aims to support and empower
our clinical workforce to ensure staff are equipped with the necessary skills,
values, and behaviours to deliver compassionate, evidence based, patient-focused
care.
Job Profile
a) Job summary
SSCH recognises that
excellent education and training for all our clinical staff is essential to
provide safe, effective services and to ensure the highest possible standards
of patient care.
The post holder will
lead the education team in delivering an education program across all clinical
settings including inhouse hospice services, psychosocial services, community
hospice care and specialist palliative care.
The postholder will work
across SSCH and contribute to the building of a learning culture throughout the
organisation and work closely with other clinical services, quality team and
wider organisation, to ensure the provision of an excellent and equitable
education service.
The post holder will
lead and deliver a range of projects to meet the requirements set out in the
organisational strategy and care directorate business plan. The postholder will
also support network wide educational programs and engage with the regional
paediatric palliative care educational programs.
b) Main duties and key responsibilities
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
To monitor and measure success against agreed
performance indicators
To ensure that service users and carers are
actively invited and involved in the development, delivery and evaluation of
education
To share learning and development both internally
and externally with our partners including presentations at events and
conferences
To support the Clinical Educators in leading and
delivering against workforce development projects
To support medical, nursing and AHP colleagues to
challenge practice and identify competency issues
To maintain a professional portfolio demonstrating
clinical practice and skills
To develop an annual internal and external
education program
To develop a multimodal educational portfolio to
meet the needs of clinical care teams working across care settings
To engage with the local and regional paediatric
palliative care network, supporting educational opportunities and collaboration
to optimise educational opportunities
To lead on student nursing and nurse associate
placements
To engage with educational research, where
appropriate, with the research team
To champion higher education opportunities and
internal educational development pathways for the workforce
Leadership
Develop strong internal and external partnerships
to meet the requirements of the organisation
To lead and motivate staff to ensure a high
standard of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness, fostering a culture
of continuous quality improvement.
To review and make any necessary changes to care
competencies
Horizon scan for any changes that would benefit
practice at SSCH
To be responsible for the ongoing development and
sustainability of high quality and innovative practice and educational
development within the organisation
To establish and maintain an effective
communication network both within the services and with key stakeholders across
the organisation
To work closely with the Deputy Director of Care,
Clinical Educators, Clinical Governance Facilitator and wider Heads of Care and
service Leads, in the identification of services learning and educational
needs, that reflect workforce development and strategic priorities
To ensure all education aligns with other
activities across the organisation to promote efficient ways of working and an
inter-professional approach to education
To develop the annual education curriculum for both
internal and external audiences
Managerial
To participate in supervision in accordance with SSCH
policy
To line manage a team of Clinical Educators and
ensure that the broader education team is kept abreast of and involved in
training developments
To manage projects within agreed timescales
utilising project management skills to ensure projects are delivered and
acceptable to key stakeholders
To be responsible for the staff development and
training budgets
To support in the financial forecasting of current
and future training & development programmes
To support the Hospices commitment to patient,
carer and public involvement in the way services are planned, developed and
provided and to incorporate this approach in a way which respects issues of
equality and diversity in all aspects of work
To maintain external links with national bodies and
paediatric palliative care networks and community to ensure our practice is in
line with national guidance
Students
Responsible for overseeing and managing student placements,
monitoring progress and assessments and supporting the signing off a student's
placement at the end. This includes recognising difficulties and rapid solution
finding during placements to support process, personal and academic
difficulties
Provide pastoral support to students, including
signposting to university support: Identify and address issues relating to
student health and wellbeing, referring to the Deputy Director of Care for
guidance as appropriate. Identify any concerns about student conduct,
professionalism and/or health, and refer to Clinical Supervisor and/or Lead
Tutor where appropriate.
Support the placement of students based in clinical
teams, including providing clinical experiences for students in line with the
Learning Outcomes of the module; Provide oversight of medical students in the
clinical environment; Offer formative feedback to students. Contribute to
regular evaluation of placement, review student feedback and contribute to
Annual Quality Reviews.
Act as a single point of contact for our partner
universities in mapping student placements, both planned and elective and oversee
our student enquiries inbox
Attend student LEL/CPF meetings as a representative
of SSCH, sharing key points with the student link nurses in the organisation
Work with the student link nurses to maintain
adequate levels of practice supervisors and practice assessors to support
students in practice. Aswell as undertaking an annual education audit in partnership
with the clinical governance facilitator which gives assurance to SSCH and our
partner universities that students are supported adequately within the
organisation
Have oversite of other student placement
opportunities across SSCH (physiotherapy/nursing associate/advanced practice)
Continue to develop the student placement offer
across SSCH as needs present
