Job summary
An
exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, caring, enthusiastic and
diligent individual to join the fantastic team in the Cardio Respiratory
Clinical Service Unit as a Band 7 Senior Clinical Educator.
The
Cardio-respiratory Clinical Service Unit (CSU) comprises of Adult Cardiology
and Cardiac Surgery based at Leeds General Infirmary, and Adult Respiratory
services based at St James Hospital with a wide range of sub speciality
services on sites within LTHT. Nationally and internationally recognised we
provide a number of secondary care and tertiary services across the Yorkshire
region and beyond.
Expected shortlisting date: 19/09/2024
Planned interview date: 30/09/2024
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will be a proactive role model who will work across the Clinical
Service Unit CSU to support the delivery of excellent patient care and
professional standards. They will play a lead role in ensuring the development
of clinical staff both registered and unregistered and be responsible for a
team of clinical educators and ensuring the quality and development of training
and education across the CSU. The Senior Clinical Educator role will also
include
Supporting the assessment of the
quality of clinical and other practice learning environments and implement
interventions for improvement.
Supporting mentors and assessors and
ensure clinical professional development for preceptorship and other role
developments.
Enhancing the quality of care
delivery from both the registered and unregistered workforce through engaging
clinical teams to learn from incidents, audits, PALs and complaints.
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.
Deputising for the Lead Nurse for
Quality and Governance during periods of absence or when delegated to do so.
Being clinically competent and
maintain competence in all aspects of nursing care and disseminate specialist
knowledge & skills through experience, education, and training.
Identifying,
leading, and completing on
About us
Come
and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our
vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care
and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in
the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.
At
Cardio Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive,
caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of
what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well
as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what
they see as important to how we work.
Our five values are
Patient centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process
of redeploying at risk members of our existing workforce to new roles. As
such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right
to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do
experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please
bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if
you have any questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
job holder will play a lead role in ensuring the development of clinical staff
both registered and unregistered. The job holder will enable the development of
clinical practice mentors, assessors and key trainers, providing supervision
through onsite support and Trustwide 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 mentors and assessors 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 clinical
educator depending on the clinical service unit.
You
will be expected to lead the nursing 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
job holder will play a lead role in ensuring the development of clinical staff
both registered and unregistered. The job holder will enable the development of
clinical practice mentors, assessors and key trainers, providing supervision
through onsite support and Trustwide 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 mentors and assessors 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 clinical
educator depending on the clinical service unit.
You
will be expected to lead the nursing 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.
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
Desirable
- Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse / ODP(RN Adult for adult clinical areas)
- Recognised teaching/ assessing qualification
Desirable
- Masters degree or post graduate level development equivalent to a masters
- Management/ Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a junior leadership role eg Band 6 or equivalent
- Leadership and management experience
- Teaching and assessing experience
- Experience of Audit and standard setting
Desirable
- Line manager experience
- Clinical Experience within the specialty
- Experience of undertaking a Quality Improvement projects
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
Desirable
- Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse / ODP(RN Adult for adult clinical areas)
- Recognised teaching/ assessing qualification
Desirable
- Masters degree or post graduate level development equivalent to a masters
- Management/ Leadership Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in a junior leadership role eg Band 6 or equivalent
- Leadership and management experience
- Teaching and assessing experience
- Experience of Audit and standard setting
Desirable
- Line manager experience
- Clinical Experience within the specialty
- Experience of undertaking a Quality Improvement projects
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).
