Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time band 6 (0.5 WTE) Clinical Practice Facilitator to join the Surgical Specialties Division at UCLH. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their career and has a passion for education.
You will join a team of Clinical Practice Facilitators within the division to support the education and professional development of the nursing and health care assistant staff, whilst promoting a culture of continuous learning. As a Clinical Practice Facilitator you will be responsible for supporting the Matrons, ward managers, deputies and working with the CPF team, to ensure that our service users' needs are met through the delivery of evidence based high-quality care.
This is a great chance to further develop your nursing career and your clinical, educational and leadership capabilities. If you are a motivated individual striving to develop practice that will demonstrate the ULCH values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving we want to hear from you. In return, we can offer you career development opportunities.
We are looking for candidates who show the following attributes:
- A passion for education and a high standard of nursing care
- Act as a role model promoting evidenced based best practice
- Courage to challenge others if they are not upholding the trust values
- Enjoys working autonomously and also part of a team
- Excellent communication skills
Main duties of the job
Main duties would include:
- Maintaining high visibility within clinical practice settings
- Working collaboratively with the CPF's, ward managers and key clinical educational leads to ensure quality education is delivered
- Support staff in meeting essential and desirable clinical skills e.g. oral & IV Medication administration, Venepuncture & Cannulation, blood administration and inserting NGTs
- Supporting the implementation of educational programmes within the ward/department
- Promoting current evidence based practice and sharing knowledge
- As a change agent in response to the department's needs, firstly understanding the department culture prior to change
- Explore new ways of providing clinical learning experiences, promoting the implementation of new methods and ideas where appropriate
- Participate in teaching for the wider trust e.g. OSCE's, In-house training programmes
- Assisting in the support of personal development plans in relation to clinical competence
- Assist with recruitment and selection of staff e.g. recruitment centre and interviews
- Work with other members of staff within the trust to facilitate educational sessions, both virtual and face to face
- Supervision of staff when required
- Maintain accurate records of all training carried out
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
- University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
- University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
- Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
- University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
- The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
- University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and detailed description of the role, all applicants are advised to read the attached Job Description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full and detailed description of the role, all applicants are advised to read the attached Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- a. Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register
- b. Teaching or mentor course
- d. BSc /degree or working towards
Desirable
- c. Qualification in this specialty
Experience & Specific Requirements
Essential
- a. Minimum 18 months' post-registration experience, plus
- b. Minimum 18 months' relevant clinical experience at Band 5 (or above)
- c. Demonstrates evidence of being part of change implementation
- d. Demonstrates evidence of well developed clinical practice
- e. Flexible approach to shift patterns
Communication
Essential
- a. Demonstrates the importance of working as part of a multi -disciplinary team.
- b. Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
- c. Communicates with patients, carers and colleagues in an empathetic manner
- d. Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
Personal And People Development & Service Improvement
Essential
- a. Demonstrates evidence of professional development in line with KSF, maintains updated Portfolio for revalidation
- b. Demonstrates awareness of the role of preceptor/facilitator
- c. Reflective in Practice
- d. Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
- e. Prioritises own workload
- f. Demonstrates awareness of research and evidence-based practice
- g. Willing to provide support to other clinical areas within the division
Desirable
- h. Demonstrates awareness of change methodology and practice
Health, Safety And Security & Quality
Essential
- a. Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others
- b. Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security
- c. Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual e.g. Risk Management, audit & quality
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- a. Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual
- b. Understands the implications of Equal Opportunities in practice
Assessment and Care Planning to Meet Health and Wellbeing Needs
Essential
- a. Prioritises own workload
- b. Prioritises workload of others
- c. Acts on own initiative and problem-solves utilising resources available
Provision of care to meet health and wellbeing needs
Essential
- a. Articulates reasons for desire to work in this clinical areas
- b. Committed to providing safe, effective and timely patient-centred care in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and Trust Core standards
Information collection and analysis
Desirable
- a. Able to use IT to disseminate information e.g. e-mail, Power Point, and Excel
- b. Able to support staff to achieve computer literacy
Learning and Development & Capacity and capability
Essential
- a. Able to work on/under own initiative
- b. Demonstrates commitment to act as preceptor/facilitator
- c. Demonstrates understanding of research- based practice
- d. Able to support staff in acquisition of essential clinical skills and non-technical skills
Desirable
- e. Able to educate and teach others in a range of settings, e.g. formal/informal, trust-wide/local
- f. Able to plan and deliver teaching sessions/programmes
- g. Demonstrates awareness of contemporary issues in nursing and health care
- h. Able to evaluate the impact of practice development activities
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- a. Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register
- b. Teaching or mentor course
- d. BSc /degree or working towards
Desirable
- c. Qualification in this specialty
Experience & Specific Requirements
Essential
- a. Minimum 18 months' post-registration experience, plus
- b. Minimum 18 months' relevant clinical experience at Band 5 (or above)
- c. Demonstrates evidence of being part of change implementation
- d. Demonstrates evidence of well developed clinical practice
- e. Flexible approach to shift patterns
Communication
Essential
- a. Demonstrates the importance of working as part of a multi -disciplinary team.
- b. Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
- c. Communicates with patients, carers and colleagues in an empathetic manner
- d. Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
Personal And People Development & Service Improvement
Essential
- a. Demonstrates evidence of professional development in line with KSF, maintains updated Portfolio for revalidation
- b. Demonstrates awareness of the role of preceptor/facilitator
- c. Reflective in Practice
- d. Demonstrates evidence of ability to educate others
- e. Prioritises own workload
- f. Demonstrates awareness of research and evidence-based practice
- g. Willing to provide support to other clinical areas within the division
Desirable
- h. Demonstrates awareness of change methodology and practice
Health, Safety And Security & Quality
Essential
- a. Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others
- b. Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security
- c. Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual e.g. Risk Management, audit & quality
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- a. Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual
- b. Understands the implications of Equal Opportunities in practice
Assessment and Care Planning to Meet Health and Wellbeing Needs
Essential
- a. Prioritises own workload
- b. Prioritises workload of others
- c. Acts on own initiative and problem-solves utilising resources available
Provision of care to meet health and wellbeing needs
Essential
- a. Articulates reasons for desire to work in this clinical areas
- b. Committed to providing safe, effective and timely patient-centred care in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and Trust Core standards
Information collection and analysis
Desirable
- a. Able to use IT to disseminate information e.g. e-mail, Power Point, and Excel
- b. Able to support staff to achieve computer literacy
Learning and Development & Capacity and capability
Essential
- a. Able to work on/under own initiative
- b. Demonstrates commitment to act as preceptor/facilitator
- c. Demonstrates understanding of research- based practice
- d. Able to support staff in acquisition of essential clinical skills and non-technical skills
Desirable
- e. Able to educate and teach others in a range of settings, e.g. formal/informal, trust-wide/local
- f. Able to plan and deliver teaching sessions/programmes
- g. Demonstrates awareness of contemporary issues in nursing and health care
- h. Able to evaluate the impact of practice development activities
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).
