Senior Clinical Educator for LD and Autism (XR07)

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION AND PERSON SPECIFICATION

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1. JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Senior Clinical Educator - Learning Disabilities and Autism

Reports to: Lead Professional for Learning Disabilities and Autism

Accountable to: Head of Nursing

Band: 7

Unit/Department: Learning Disabilities and Autism Team

CSU Directorate: Corporate Nursing

Location Cross city

AfC Job No: 3596

2. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

The job holder will play a lead role in ensuring the development of clinical staff both registered, unregistered and medical. The job holder will enable the development of staff, providing supervision through on-site support and Trust wide continuous professional development activities. The post holder will be responsible for leading clinical education and associated resources in their designated clinical areas. The successful candidate will provide a high standard of education.

The job holder will support the assessment of the quality of clinical and other practice learning environments, and implement interventions for improvement. The job holder will support the Learning Disability and Autism and ensure clinical professional development for preceptorship and other role developments. They will enhance the quality of care delivery from both the registered and unregistered workforce. The post holder may be line managing a junior colleagues within the Learning Disability and Autism Team, including people with living experience of Learning Disability and Autism.

You will be expected to lead the Learning Disability and Autism contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care. The job holder will lead on the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical guidelines, audit and research. They will function as a role model for registered and unregistered staff within the clinical area and Trust, enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross city working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care.

The role of the Senior Clinical Educator Post is essential for the organisation to ensure staff work within the applicable governing standards set by professional and regulatory bodies. The job holder will support, educate and develop registered and unregistered staff in their clinical role and competency, to meet the standards required to deliver high quality evidence based care for service users.

The job holder will deliver education on a Trust wide basis which impacts on a wide range of clinical areas and departments. The post holder will contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of education and training of registered and unregistered workforce. They will work in collaboration with the senior management team to maintain and project the vision and objectives of the service and ensure that they are embedded in practice. They will identify and celebrate good practice and share with local and Trust teams. The post holder will lead by example; will be responsible for disseminating good practice and actively challenging assumptions, practice and performance where appropriate.

3. ORGANISATIONAL CHART

4. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Leadership

Support in providing leadership to the clinical team.

Provide line management to junior colleagues within the team

Support and inspire staff to provide efficient, effective, safe, quality care to patients

Deliver a positive patient experience

Support in the delivery of an effective, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope

Anticipate problems and take preventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available

Able to make comparison of a range of factors to enable analysis of a number of options

Collates and records quantitative and qualitative data to provide evidence of productivity, outcomes and quality, through audit and research

Leads the development, management and promotion of the service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost-effective care.

Support and participate in local and trust-wide recruitment events

Provide support to the clinical teams to develop new ways of working

Provide effective leadership in the development of staff at all levels

Motivate staff in the delivery of quality patient care

Contribute to the recruitment and selection process

Contribute to Nursing, Midwifery & AHP objectives and service improvement.

Understanding of performance management strategies.

Provide complex, sensitive information where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training or empathic skills are required, e.g. through. supporting remedial actions to improve an individuals performance

Promote the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams.

Work with Matron to lead the development of ward/department nursing practice, reflecting the Clinical Service Unit and Trust business plans

Deputise in the Matrons absence.

Motivate staff in the delivery of quality patient care.

Supervise clinical delivery of care competencies.

Delegate and empower staff whilst maintaining overall, continuing responsibility and accountability.

Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.

Clinical

Work in Partnership with Matron, Team Leaders, Senior Sisters/Charge Nurses in the development of department/ward practice, reflecting LTHT strategic education and workforce delivery plans.

Contribute to the training needs analysis for individuals and clinical need.

Responsible for the direct delivery of clinical education (this will include the teaching and demonstration of a range of clinical skills and medical devices).

Provide high quality care as an expert practitioner and act as a role model and resource for advice, support and guidance.

Deliver complex information to patients and staff

Act in accordance with the relevant professional code ie. NMC or HCPC

Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.

Ensure and promote the maintenance of a safe, clean and secure working environment.

Assist with maintenance of accurate training records using LTHT documentation and electronic staff records (ESR).

Undertake duties on wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies.

Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes.

Supervise clinical staff to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards.

Provide a visible clinical lead and role model to the team by delivering high quality compassionate care as an expert practitioner.

Instigates and manages change within a complex environment.

Ensure that documentation standards are maintained in accordance with NMC, HCPC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.

Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients

Help to set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance.

Set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in local and national guidance.

Quality Improvement

Has a responsibility to improve the quality and safety of our services.

Be proactive in promoting and supporting the Leeds Improvement Method.

Contribute to quality improvement programmes as required

Keep up to date with and communicate service developments, advances and research.

Through the use of audit, local research, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice that needs improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.

Make judgements which involve complex situations that require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options to facilitate improvement

Actively promote patient involvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positive patient experience

Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements until they are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area

Education and Training

Lead and promote an effective learning environment within the workplace.

Participate in the delivery and development of organisational and local induction and preceptorship programmes, ensuring these reflect the needs of LTHT

Collaborate with the Lead Nurse for Education and with Organisational Learning in the provision of training and education locally and across the organisation

Be responsible to provide education to support the safe use of equipment within the team

Lead, support and guide junior colleagues in the workplace ensuring continuity in assessment and addressing inconsistencies;

Contribute to the maintenance of detailed and accurate records regarding staff education, including monthly and quarterly reports;

Contribute to the development and evaluation of educational programmes to ensure clinical areas are able to achieve and maintain an accredited educational learning environment for all students, registered and unregistered staff;

Collaborate with other members of the team in clinical areas and departments to ensure that the provision of education and training is high quality and meets the needs of the Trust and Clinical Service Unit.

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Leadership and management skills
• Develops new skills in response to emerging knowledge and techniques.
• Preceptorship skills
• Organisational and Time management skills
• Quality improvement skills
• Understanding of evidence based practice research conscious
• Evidence of continuous professional development of clinical skills
• Learns from incidents and complaints
• Conflict resolution and Managing stress
• Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
• Ability to teach, supervise and assess registered and unregistered staff
• Able to deliver feedback effectively
• Audit / benchmarking skills
• Risk, People and Change management skills
• Routinely plan and deliver teaching session/programmes in a range of settings e.g formal/informal

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree level Registered Learning Disability Nurse
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or demonstrable record of teaching experience
• Masters degree or post graduate level development equivalent to a masters. Evidence of continued professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in a junior leadership role eg Band 6 or equivalent.
• Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
• Support speciality specific knowledge, skills and competency eg supporting services to introduce reasonable adjustments Clinical Experience within the specialty
• Audit and standard setting
• Significant post registration experience in a junior leadership role eg Band 6 or equivalent
• Experience of clinical audit and standard setting
• Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
• Evidence of service development and or facilitation of change management
• Understanding of performance management strategies
• Significant experience within a leadership position
• Clinical experience within the specialty
• Support and assist in Identifying learning needs of individuals and teams and develop learning programmes to ensure these are met
• Facilitate staff to achieve competencies
• Facilitate a culture of shared learning
• Act as a clinical role model, demonstrating evidence based practice, promoting best practice and providing challenge when appropriate

practical skills or Additional Requirements

Essential

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
• Good self-motivation and able to motivate staff
• Assertiveness, influencing and persuasion skills
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ensures personal and professional behaviour and integrity at all times
• Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
• Compassionate and caring
• Positive approach to change
• Able to deliver feedback effectively
• Ability to monitor, maintain and improve service delivery

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).