Job summary
The post holder will assist the Lead Nurse for Student Experience and Talent Management and supervisors/assessors with the facilitation of learning for a range of pre-registration nursing students across all areas of clinical practice. The post-holder will be working with the support of the clinical learning and placement manager, community student placement facilitators, practice development nurses and other members of the learning and development team
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a motivated nurse willing to join our energetic and enthusiastic Clinical Education team. We are seeking an individual who shares our vision and values and who is interested in further developing a career in clinical education.
Your role will be a Band 6 Practice Development Nurse and will have the responsibility to support Pre-Registration Nurses in the hospital and community.
The post holder will be key in supporting the learning and development of the trainees in the clinical environment and will liaise with a variety of stakeholders to support trainees through their programme.
The post holder should possess excellent communication, assessment and planning skills, willing to work with change and challenge to ensure patients' care is delivered safely. The individual should possess teaching qualification or any equivalent and have experience working with students and newly qualified nurses.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work in the clinical environment supporting the learning needs of all levels of student nurses and supervisors/assessors.
- Work one to one clinically with students, providing them with constructive feedback on their achievement.
- Provide detailed feedback/evidence to the programme providers in relation to a students achievement or lack of achievement.
- Assess the students total performance.
- Liaise with others (e.g. practice assessors/supervisors, practice development nurses, link lecturers) to provide feedback, identify any concerns about the students performance and agree action as appropriate.
- Develop and deliver clinical skills training for all levels of student nurses, including moving and handling training.
- Assist with delivering training sessions around practice assessment/supervision.
- Collect data for the Trust supervisor/assessor database.
- Support the students in their final year of training in order to prepare for employment.
- Monitor evaluation of student learning and assessment experiences proposing aspects for change resulting from evaluation.
- To assist with the recruitment onto to the pre-registration nursing programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work in the clinical environment supporting the learning needs of all levels of student nurses and supervisors/assessors.
- Work one to one clinically with students, providing them with constructive feedback on their achievement.
- Provide detailed feedback/evidence to the programme providers in relation to a students achievement or lack of achievement.
- Assess the students total performance.
- Liaise with others (e.g. practice assessors/supervisors, practice development nurses, link lecturers) to provide feedback, identify any concerns about the students performance and agree action as appropriate.
- Develop and deliver clinical skills training for all levels of student nurses, including moving and handling training.
- Assist with delivering training sessions around practice assessment/supervision.
- Collect data for the Trust supervisor/assessor database.
- Support the students in their final year of training in order to prepare for employment.
- Monitor evaluation of student learning and assessment experiences proposing aspects for change resulting from evaluation.
- To assist with the recruitment onto to the pre-registration nursing programme
Person Specification
Skills & ability
Essential
- Effective oral and written communication
- proven ability to facilitate and support learners
- ability to prioritise
- Proven teaching and assessing skills
- Competent in assessment of clinical skills
- Ability to produce reports
- IT literate
Desirable
- Ability to use research in clinical practice
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- RN
- Degree in Nursing
- Practice supervisor/assessor
- CPD evidence
- Relevant clinical course/skills
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Masters
Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching and assessing
- Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures
- Experience of working in MDT
- Experience of implementing teaching programmes
Personal qualities
Essential
- assertive
- active listener
- articulate
- Highly motivated and motivating
- Good interpersonal skills
- Flexible attitude
- Positive approach to work/team player
- Displays personal integrity
Person Specification
Skills & ability
Essential
- Effective oral and written communication
- proven ability to facilitate and support learners
- ability to prioritise
- Proven teaching and assessing skills
- Competent in assessment of clinical skills
- Ability to produce reports
- IT literate
Desirable
- Ability to use research in clinical practice
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- RN
- Degree in Nursing
- Practice supervisor/assessor
- CPD evidence
- Relevant clinical course/skills
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Masters
Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching and assessing
- Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures
- Experience of working in MDT
- Experience of implementing teaching programmes
Personal qualities
Essential
- assertive
- active listener
- articulate
- Highly motivated and motivating
- Good interpersonal skills
- Flexible attitude
- Positive approach to work/team player
- Displays personal integrity
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).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
