Clinical Educator

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The education and learning team are a small team passionate about learning and building and delivering a high quality and innovative learning offer.

Working across the whole hospice, this 4 day per week role will take the lead in clinical skills education and all other areas of clinical learning. The role will be expected to represent St Margaret's on key working groups as well as lead projects when necessary.

Job Purpose

Creating and supporting a learning environment, enabling learners to become skilled practitioners

Working within the Education and Learning team, the post holder will work collaboratively with key stakeholders and external partners to contribute to building a highly skilled workforce and advocating for the best end of life care in Somerset.

Building a skilled workforce

The post holder will support all grades and discipline of clinical staff to achieve professional objectives in order to bridge the gap from theory to practice through the development, implementation and monitoring of training and development needs of an integrated clinical team. The post holder will also work across the hospice to support organisational priorities.

Developing the clinical workforce of the future

The postholder will lead on upskilling staff and ensuring that excellent care is maintained

Working as part of a team

The post holder will be responsible as a member of the team for the maintenance of a high standard of education and learning aligned to the organisations values

Working with the Clinical Education Lead and the Education and Learning team in the ongoing development of training and education programmes for clinical staff at the Hospice, in order to ensure high quality care and patient safety.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the Clinical Education Lead to:

• Plan and produce appropriate training courses and resources for both St Margaret's Staff and external audiences.
• Lead the planning and delivering ECHO the online community of practice for external audiences planning and delivering programme, advertising, and monitoring.
• Working with IPU and community teams, plan and deliver a programme of clinical skills upskilling for all level staff including support to competencies
• Support students on placements across the hospice
• Contribute to innovation in learning e.g., development of VR in learning
• Evaluate learners progress and performance, varying the approach and resources as required.
• Actively contribution to smile, the learning management system content, compliance, development, and maintenance
• Work closely with key clinical stakeholders such as clinical governance and leadership of IPU and community teams.
• Have a flexible approach to the working week, being prepared to travel to Yeovil and other training venues. Taunton is the work base.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse
• Experienced clinical educator
• Car driver
• Experience of educating in a health care setting

Desirable

• Further qualification in clinical education
• Coaching qualification
• Experience of End-of-Life care

Self Awareness

Essential

• Being a good role model with high standards of clinical expertise.
• Ability to create a positive learning environment to individuals within a diverse group
• Open to learning with a growth mindset
• Confidence to teach a variety of groups
• Empathy and engagement with staff volunteers and patients

Working with others

Essential

• Thorough and up to date knowledge of best practice in clinical education
• Experience in teaching and supervising clinical learners
• Have knowledge of practice placement requirements, and knowledge of current local and national guidance and priorities related to this role.
• Experience of student Nurse or allied health professional placements and key relationships with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

Outcome & Results

Essential

• Good communication and documentation skills are essential to ensure continuity of training within the team
• Understanding the theory and application of clinical governance
• Digital skills including the ability to and experience to deliver blended learning experiences/maintain the smile Learning Management System experience

Leading in your area

Essential

• Strong organisational skills - prioritising complex situations
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Able to accept responsibility for area of work, working under own initiative within the boundaries of role
• Ability to act as facilitator, mentor and supervisor
• Current knowledge of education and health care field

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).

Employer details

Employer name

St Margaret's Somerset Hospice

Address

St Margaret's Hospice Care, Heron Drive,

Taunton

Somerset

TA1 5HA

Employer's website

https://www.st-margarets-hospice.org.uk/home-page (Opens in a new tab)