Job summary
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to move into practice
education and training?
Are you interested in a new opportunity to develop yourself and
others?
If so, then this is the
role for you. We are extremely committed to the development of our nursing
teams and look forward to welcoming applications from candidates that are
equally as passionate about healthcare, staff development and improving patient
care.
We are seeking an enthusiastic,
highly experienced Level 1 (Adult) Registered Nurse with strong clinical skills,
leadership skills and current or recent community nursing expertise to join our
CHS Clinical Education Team as a Clinical Trainer/Practice Development Nurse.
This is a fantastic opportunity
for a proactive, dynamic nurse to apply their clinical nursing skills and
knowledge to Clinical Education. You should be committed to
fostering a learning culture which delivers high quality patient care,
evidence-based practice, research, and innovation and have a proven track record of supervising,
assessing, mentoring, and developing a range of nursing staff.
Our team
works mainly Monday to Friday during office hours but with the expectation that
some occasional weekend or out-of-hours work may be required to meet training
needs.
Main duties of the job
The job role: The full job description and person specifications are
attached to this advert, but the key elements for the role include:
- Working with minimal
supervision in contributing to the design and delivery of high-quality
effective training, learning and development interventions, to ensure that the
Community Health Services (CHS) directorate workforce has the requisite
knowledge, skills, and competence to deliver safe, effective patient care.
- Being responsible
for providing expert advice, guidance, and support in relation to clinical nursing
practice within our Community Nursing teams.
- Working in partnership with
key stakeholders (internal and external), and educational establishments to
provide appropriate consistent learning opportunities.
- Working alongside all
members of the wider education service (including service users/patients),
assisting in the development and implementation of quality education programmes
that reflect contemporary practice and promotes high quality patient care,
whilst incorporating national guidance and supporting the Trusts local agenda.
- Supporting the assessment of
clinical competence within clinical practice areas by working alongside
clinicians.
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Level 1 (Adult)
- Educated to degree level/working towards or committed to undertaking a degree
- Significant post registration and post graduate level nursing experience
- Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification or have completed a Practice Assessor course
Desirable
- Recognised or relevant teaching qualification e.g. Practice Teacher, ENB 998, City & Guilds 730
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration and post-graduate experience as a senior nurse in a relevant area of practice
- Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centred nursing care and patient education
- Experience of teaching, assessing, supervising, and giving feedback to individuals and teams
- Can demonstrate evidence of continued professional development
- Is able to demonstrate ability to initiate and be involved in audit and service improvement
- Can provide evidence of excellent communication skills that promote partnership working and engage individuals and teams
- Has a good understanding of teamwork and can provide examples of own involvement in team work
- Can provide evidence of strong leadership
Desirable
- Experience of developing and delivering training to a variety of professional groups
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Can demonstrate a sound awareness of current Nursing/AHP issues within a community health service setting
- Can demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date policy and guidance
- Can provide and demonstrate knowledge of teaching and learning strategies
- Can demonstrate knowledge of facilitation strategies
- Has a good knowledge of national strategies and evidence- based Nursing practice
- Ability to manage competing demands and meet deadlines
- Able to use analytical and problem-solving skills to apply to own practice
- Can demonstrate excellent organisation and supervisory skills
- Can demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Has IT skills sufficient to write reports, create spread sheets, prepare presentations, and power point slides, and use MS Teams
- Competent to work clinically with CHS nursing teams and individuals
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated to teach, support and develop staff to achieve their full potential
- Can demonstrate confidence, leadership and self-motivation
- Able to work on own initiative without direct supervision
- An innovative and creative thinker
- Must be flexible, adaptable and resilient with a can do attitude
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN Level 1 (Adult)
- Educated to degree level/working towards or committed to undertaking a degree
- Significant post registration and post graduate level nursing experience
- Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification or have completed a Practice Assessor course
Desirable
- Recognised or relevant teaching qualification e.g. Practice Teacher, ENB 998, City & Guilds 730
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration and post-graduate experience as a senior nurse in a relevant area of practice
- Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centred nursing care and patient education
- Experience of teaching, assessing, supervising, and giving feedback to individuals and teams
- Can demonstrate evidence of continued professional development
- Is able to demonstrate ability to initiate and be involved in audit and service improvement
- Can provide evidence of excellent communication skills that promote partnership working and engage individuals and teams
- Has a good understanding of teamwork and can provide examples of own involvement in team work
- Can provide evidence of strong leadership
Desirable
- Experience of developing and delivering training to a variety of professional groups
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Can demonstrate a sound awareness of current Nursing/AHP issues within a community health service setting
- Can demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date policy and guidance
- Can provide and demonstrate knowledge of teaching and learning strategies
- Can demonstrate knowledge of facilitation strategies
- Has a good knowledge of national strategies and evidence- based Nursing practice
- Ability to manage competing demands and meet deadlines
- Able to use analytical and problem-solving skills to apply to own practice
- Can demonstrate excellent organisation and supervisory skills
- Can demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Has IT skills sufficient to write reports, create spread sheets, prepare presentations, and power point slides, and use MS Teams
- Competent to work clinically with CHS nursing teams and individuals
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Highly motivated to teach, support and develop staff to achieve their full potential
- Can demonstrate confidence, leadership and self-motivation
- Able to work on own initiative without direct supervision
- An innovative and creative thinker
- Must be flexible, adaptable and resilient with a can do attitude
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).
