Band 5 Clinical Educator- TNA Education Team

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

At UHB we are committed to developing our Nursing Associate workforce at scale and are looking for experienced registered nurses who have a proven commitment to educating and supporting learners in clinical practice.

The post holder's primary focus is on developing a Trainee Nursing Associate workforce across all UHB sites. The post holder will ensure staff are equipped with the skills, knowledge and confidence to be able to provide consistent high quality, safe care in partnership with others to patients within the associated practice settings. The post holder will be integral to the design, development, co-ordination and delivery of clinical educational programmes to support service situated learning opportunities linked to the requirements of the Trainee Nursing Associate programme.

The post holder will be a visible role model, providing clinical support to TNA's. 80% of the post holders time will be spent in the clinical environment, which includes clinical practice settings, clinical skills labs/training and education facilities. The post holder will work in line with the Knowledge of Standards for student supervision and assessment NMC 2018.

Main duties of the job

Applicants will need to demonstrate sound knowledge of the role of the Nursing Associate and National developments within the role to date, have significant post registration experience with recent NHS experience in an acute practice area and experience of formal and informal teaching. In addition we will be looking for enthusiasm, commitment, excellent interpersonal skills, confidence and vision.

The post will involve working across sites at UHB.

Support Trainee Nursing Associates and Nursing Associates across all sites within UHB with their clinical development, achievement of proficiencies and provide pastoral support.Work alongside Trainee Nursing Associates in the clinical enviroment to support them in clinical practice.Be a clinically credible practitioner who promotes innovation and up to date evidenced based practice. Collaborate with relevant teams to support the delivery of the Trainee Nursing Associate Programme across UHB.

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

11 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-52559PM

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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 (E)
Qualified Nurse who has been trained as a (Gold Kudos/ equivalent) Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor in accordance with NMC standards (E)
Continuing professional development (E)

Desirable

Level 5 Diploma in Education, Training and Learning (D)

Experience

Essential

Significant experience working as Registered Nurse in an acute healthcare setting (E)
Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team (E)
Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information (E)
Evidence of training, assessing, supervising and developing staff in providing nursing care (E)
Recent experience of supporting/ facilitating learning (E)

Desirable

Experience of working with multiple internal and external education stakeholders (D)

Additional Criteria

Essential

Flexibility to meet service needs (E)
Ability to work and travel across all UHB sites as required by the role (E)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse on the NMC Register (E)
Qualified Nurse who has been trained as a (Gold Kudos/ equivalent) Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor in accordance with NMC standards (E)
Continuing professional development (E)

Desirable

Level 5 Diploma in Education, Training and Learning (D)

Experience

Essential

Significant experience working as Registered Nurse in an acute healthcare setting (E)
Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team (E)
Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information (E)
Evidence of training, assessing, supervising and developing staff in providing nursing care (E)
Recent experience of supporting/ facilitating learning (E)

Desirable

Experience of working with multiple internal and external education stakeholders (D)

Additional Criteria

Essential

Flexibility to meet service needs (E)
Ability to work and travel across all UHB sites as required by the role (E)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).