Job summary
Our Clinical Education Team is committed to improving patient care and experience through enhanced clinical skills and effective teamwork. We deliver high-quality training, including bedside coaching, competency-based development programmes and study events.
We are currently recruiting a Band 7 Clinical Practice Educator for a Trust-wide role across Imperial's three hospital sites: St Mary's, Charing Cross and Hammersmith. This post offers the opportunity to work within an Academic Health Science Centre and a Pathway to Excellence accredited hospital.This is a varied and demanding role requiring strong leadership, motivation and evidence-based clinical practice. In return, you'll continue to develop your own skills while supporting others. Alongside clinical coaching, team members lead site-specific and cross-site projects aligned with service needs and personal interests.
Formal teaching experience isn't essential, as development opportunities are available. However, excellent communication skills, enthusiasm, and a commitment to improving surgical patient care are vital. You'll need a strong work ethic, self-awareness and a drive for continuous improvement.We're a supportive, high-performing team offering variety, challenge and the chance to shape education across Imperial. If you're a Registered Nurse with substantial surgical experience, some critical care skills and current team leadership experience, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- You will maintain an effective educational environment through 'on the job' coaching and staff development in a variety of clinical settings, whilst working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to enable delivery of high quality effective care, thus improving the patients' experience.
- You will act as an expert practitioner, resource and role model, encouraging evidence based practice, providing support and supervision for all staff, including those on professional development courses.
- You will be responsible for the development of programmes of education and training; whilst demonstrating awareness of cultural and learning diversity in the workplace and the need to adapt training accordingly.
- You will collaborate on strategy development and be responsible for the achievement of educational targets.
- You will contribute to ensuring a conducive work environment and be a change agent with a strong professional and clinical focus.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Minimum requirement of Degree qualification and post registration qualification applicable to specialist area
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent, demonstrable experience
Desirable
- Critical Care qualification or ALS/ILS
- MSc
Experience
Essential
- Experience in acute surgical speciality
- Recent experience in managing or supervising a clinical team
- Experience caring for Level 2/3 critically unwell patients
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
Essential
- A professional role model. Practices according to policy and NMC Code
- Self-motivated, with drive and initiative. Able to work autonomously and within a team
- Able to process, retain and manage multiple, and complex, pieces of information
- Able to care effectively and compassionately for a group of patients if required
- Comfortable with challenging any poor practice
- Experienced in change implementation
- Demonstrates awareness of cultural and learning diversity
- Aware of, and recognises the need to adapt and flex (verbal and non-verbal) communication according to the needs of the receiver
- Able to adapt and interact positively towards varied behaviours and personalities
- Cognisant of different management, leadership and learning styles
Desirable
- Research and/or audit experience
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Minimum requirement of Degree qualification and post registration qualification applicable to specialist area
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent, demonstrable experience
Desirable
- Critical Care qualification or ALS/ILS
- MSc
Experience
Essential
- Experience in acute surgical speciality
- Recent experience in managing or supervising a clinical team
- Experience caring for Level 2/3 critically unwell patients
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
Essential
- A professional role model. Practices according to policy and NMC Code
- Self-motivated, with drive and initiative. Able to work autonomously and within a team
- Able to process, retain and manage multiple, and complex, pieces of information
- Able to care effectively and compassionately for a group of patients if required
- Comfortable with challenging any poor practice
- Experienced in change implementation
- Demonstrates awareness of cultural and learning diversity
- Aware of, and recognises the need to adapt and flex (verbal and non-verbal) communication according to the needs of the receiver
- Able to adapt and interact positively towards varied behaviours and personalities
- Cognisant of different management, leadership and learning styles
Desirable
- Research and/or audit experience
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).
