Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team of Practice Education Facilitators within Clinical Education at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, for a 10 month period to provide service continuity during maternity leave. Our dynamic PEF team ensure the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within the Trust and are a key interface between CCC and regional partners. You will work with the team to support a range of learners and educators across the Trust, contributing to the preparation of reports to evidence the ongoing quality of placements at CCC. You will contribute to the development of learning opportunities and educational programmes.
This Band 6 post is an excellent opportunity to develop skills and experience in an education role. You will bring an existing passion for placement education and an established reputation as a clinical role model. Your excellent communication skills, attention to detail and ability to work autonomously will be challenged and developed within this role.
Clinical Education operates across all CCC sites and hub locations. You will need to be mobile and responsive to the needs of learners and the service. We welcome applications from Healthcare Professionals registered in the UK who have a passion for quality in placement learning.
This post is also suitable for a secondment with prior agreement from applicant's manager.
Main duties of the job
Duties of this job will include:
- Assessing the quality of clinical and other practice learning environments and proposing interventions for improvement.
- Facilitating the development of clinical practice supervisors/assessors/educators and providing supervision and support structures.
- Providing on-site support and continuous professional development activities for staff and practice supervisors, assessors and educators.
- Developing and maintaining links with HEIs to support supervisors/assessors and practice education.
About us
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre is one of three specialist cancer centres in England. With 1,800 specialist staff and three sites, we are one of the largest NHS providers of non-surgical cancer treatment. The Trust has a unique multi-site care model serving the 2.4 million population across Cheshire and Merseyside and is consistently rated by patients as one of the best performing hospitals.
Our vision is to not only maintain this level of commitment to excellence but to work with our academic and healthcare partners across the region to ensure care, treatment and patient outcomes continuously improve in the future. We are very proud of all our expert and loyal staff and we welcome people who share the collective aim of delivering excellence in everything that we do.
Our values represent who we are and what we believe in. They define how we act to deliver the best possible care for our patients and shape The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre as a great place to work.
We are -
Kind
Empowered
Responsible
Inclusive
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details about this exciting role on offer at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent leading to registration as a healthcare professional
- Current registration as a healthcare professional
- Mentorship and/or coaching qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Teaching & assessing qualification or willing to work towards, or equivalent experience
Knowledge and expertise
Essential
- Knowledge of mentorship/supervision, education and development practice
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- Knowledge of professional issues within healthcare
- Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Desirable
- Developed interpersonal and negotiating skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a clinical environment
- Experience of co-ordinating and managing staff and patients
- Experience as a supervisor/assessor and/or have supported learning and assessment in practice
- Experience of, and commitment to, education in practice
- Experience of adapting practice to successfully work alongside individuals that may need adaptations for learning
Desirable
- Facilitation of study events
- Experience of the delivery of training courses/interventions
Work related circumstances
Essential
- Able to demonstrate the Trust core values and behaviours in day to day approach to work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent leading to registration as a healthcare professional
- Current registration as a healthcare professional
- Mentorship and/or coaching qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Teaching & assessing qualification or willing to work towards, or equivalent experience
Knowledge and expertise
Essential
- Knowledge of mentorship/supervision, education and development practice
- Ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team
- Knowledge of professional issues within healthcare
- Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Desirable
- Developed interpersonal and negotiating skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within a clinical environment
- Experience of co-ordinating and managing staff and patients
- Experience as a supervisor/assessor and/or have supported learning and assessment in practice
- Experience of, and commitment to, education in practice
- Experience of adapting practice to successfully work alongside individuals that may need adaptations for learning
Desirable
- Facilitation of study events
- Experience of the delivery of training courses/interventions
Work related circumstances
Essential
- Able to demonstrate the Trust core values and behaviours in day to day approach to work
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).
