Job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to be part of the Clinical Education Team within Division 2.
The division cares for a wide variety of patients within the specialities of Renal Dialysis, Renal Medicine and Surgery, Liver and GI Medicine, Liver Surgery and Endoscopy, Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiology as well as Respiratory Medicine and Diabetes. The division also cares for patients undergoing all solid organ transplantation.
We currently have a full time/permanent opportunity for a clinical educator to contribute to the educational needs of the staff within the entire division but also with specific experience and desire to teach staff within one of our divisional specialities.
The division has a desire to ensure the nursing workforce have all the core skills required to ensure our patients have the best care we can give, as well as all the specialist knowledge required to care for the patients we serve in all our wards and departments. The role will require flexibility to work across all sites to deliver education and ensure developmental needs are met, encouraged and nurtured.
Main duties of the job
o Working as part of a professional team delivering education to clinical staff.
o Developing new evidenced based teaching content.
o Teaching on trust specific study days and your own teaching sessions.
o Ensuring speciality areas are up to date with evidenced based knowledge.
o Working multi-site to ensure staff are being supported with education and clinical skills.
o Providing pastoral care and support to al staff within the trust.
o Working closely with the school of nursing and midwifery in the delivery of education.
o Communicating and supporting the wider MDT in the delivery of education and clinical skills.
o Become a core trainer in specific clinical skills such as clinical life support and blood transfusion.
o To help provide and support the trust with clinical simulation.
o To support and develop international nurses coming into the trust.
o To support the trust with recruitment of clinical staff.
o Work towards developing your own professional development such as PG Cert in education.
o Upholding professional standards.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Registered Nurse on the NMC register
- or
- * Registered Operating department Practitioner on the HCPC register
- *
- * Mentoring qualification
- * Evidence of completion of degree level study (level 6)
Desirable
- * Teaching qualification (PGCert (Ed) or equivalent
- or
- * Willing to complete PGCE during time in post
Experience
Essential
- * Recent significant experience in an acute clinical area for the NHS/ healthcare setting.
- * Relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute care environment, including the supervision / education of junior staff
- * Evidence of ability to revalidate with the NMC
- * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development & competence.
- * Experience of being a mentor / preceptor.
- * Evidence of post registration study and personal development.
- * Demonstrate an ability and experience in the following:
- o Team working
- o Time management
- o Role modelling
- o Clinical governance
- o Audit and research
Desirable
- * Ability to demonstrate an active role in teaching in current post
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Demonstrate achievement of numeracy and literacy skills.
- * Good IT skills ability to record information electronically.
- * Ability to act on own initiative with evidence of sound decision making abilities.
- * Ability to communicate articulately (written, verbal and non-verbal)
- * Ability to relate to and motivate others
- * Willingness and enthusiasm for teaching / assessing and supervising others in clinical practice.
- * Willingness to develop competence in a range of skills and expanded practices relevant to the practise settings for the post, and teach, supervises others.
- * Approachable and friendly
- * Supportive
- * Flexible
- * Well organised
- * Good communicator
- * Hardworking
- * Willingness to work shifts
- * Willingness to work across areas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Registered Nurse on the NMC register
- or
- * Registered Operating department Practitioner on the HCPC register
- *
- * Mentoring qualification
- * Evidence of completion of degree level study (level 6)
Desirable
- * Teaching qualification (PGCert (Ed) or equivalent
- or
- * Willing to complete PGCE during time in post
Experience
Essential
- * Recent significant experience in an acute clinical area for the NHS/ healthcare setting.
- * Relevant and recent clinical experience within an acute care environment, including the supervision / education of junior staff
- * Evidence of ability to revalidate with the NMC
- * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development & competence.
- * Experience of being a mentor / preceptor.
- * Evidence of post registration study and personal development.
- * Demonstrate an ability and experience in the following:
- o Team working
- o Time management
- o Role modelling
- o Clinical governance
- o Audit and research
Desirable
- * Ability to demonstrate an active role in teaching in current post
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Demonstrate achievement of numeracy and literacy skills.
- * Good IT skills ability to record information electronically.
- * Ability to act on own initiative with evidence of sound decision making abilities.
- * Ability to communicate articulately (written, verbal and non-verbal)
- * Ability to relate to and motivate others
- * Willingness and enthusiasm for teaching / assessing and supervising others in clinical practice.
- * Willingness to develop competence in a range of skills and expanded practices relevant to the practise settings for the post, and teach, supervises others.
- * Approachable and friendly
- * Supportive
- * Flexible
- * Well organised
- * Good communicator
- * Hardworking
- * Willingness to work shifts
- * Willingness to work across areas
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
