Job summary
The post holder will support PCC in the implementation of the education, training and development strategy across the CSU for all staff groups. The post holder will ensure the facilitation of planned education and training programmes for our expanding team to ensure a competent and confident nursing workforce, able to meet service needs. S/he will contribute to the improvement of the quality of care through staff education, support and development. This will be achieved by teaching and supporting colleagues, demonstration of effective leadership, role modelling and participation in audit and research. In conjunction with the PCC, EDP and Matron the post holder will ensure that the workforce is fit for purpose in terms of knowledge, skills and attitude.
Main duties of the job
Band 6 Clinical Educator - Paediatric Critical Care - Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and Managed Clinical Services.
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge?
Are you passionate about supporting the education agenda for registered nursing staff in Practice?
This is an exciting opportunity for a RN (Child)/RSCN Nurse to apply for a full time role as a Band 6 Clinical Educator in Paediatric Critical Care.
You should be an experienced Paediatric Nurse with significant experience at Band 5 or above, have proven evidence of supporting learners in practice and be competent in the delivery of education and training.
The post holder will work within the RMCH PCC Education team and will provide high quality educational support to our registered and non-registered workforce including our new starters.
You will be committed to improving quality of care and the patient experience. The role is challenging and interesting with the opportunity to expand and develop your own knowledge and skills within a supportive team.
You will enjoy our full support for your continued education, training and development, with the opportunity to undertake further development in the future.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our over 28,000 workforce to pursue their career goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from an extraordinary scale of opportunity.
We're also creating a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research & innovation through the introduction of Hive; our new Electronic Patient Record system, launching in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, offering a robust infrastructure to facilitate high-quality research programmes. Moreover, we're excited to be progressing our MFT Green Plan along with our vison to become an Anchor Organisation, creating new jobs, promoting healthy lifestyles, developing skills and contributing to a zero-carbon environment for the benefit of the local neighbourhood.
At MFT, we create & foster a culture of inclusion & belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open & transparent, protecting your health & wellbeing & shaping MFT's future together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Child) / RSCN
- Advanced Care of Critically Ill Child Module/ Paediatric Critical Care Qualification or working towards
- Evidence of recent academic study
- Qualified in specialty
Desirable
- NVQ Assessor or verifier
- Working towards PGCE
- Teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at Band 5 within Paediatric Critical Care, including rotation between PICU and PHDU
- Band 5 pack completed to Level 5
- Portfolio of evidence demonstrating clinical achievements
- Proven clinical skills
- Evidence of clinical teaching relevant to current role
- Evidence of good organisational and planning skills
- Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Experience of change management
- Competent in use of IT and computer skills
Desirable
- Experience of internal or external teaching
- Implementation of audit / research recommendations
- Evidence of previous experience of report writing
- Evidence of implementing a service development/change
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Professional, working in-line with Trust Values
- An enthusiastic and supportive role model with the ability to motivate people
- Critical analysis skills
- Evidence of skills in diplomacy and negotiation
- Confident decision maker
- Able to work within a given resource and demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
Management Style
Essential
- Compassionate Leader
- Team builder
- Encourages participation from all staff.
- Ability to work across boundaries to manage change and deliver excellent quality service
- Able to demonstrate evidence of team working
- Works well under pressure
- Confident decision maker
- Continuing development of clinical leadership skills
- Able to work within a given resource and demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
- Able to articulate personal development needs and those of colleagues
- Flexible working
- An enthusiastic and supportive practitioner who motivates people
- Critical analysis skills
Desirable
- Contribution to research and audit
SKILLS, ABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Evidence of teaching and assessing skills / ability
- Proven workload management of self and of others
- Proven ability to problem solve
- Effective organisational skills
- Clinically competent in Paediatric Critical Care
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
- Effective organisational skills
- Good analytical and clinical decision-making skills
- Awareness of Clinical Governance process
- Awareness of Local and National issues affecting Education and Development
- Awareness of NMC standards and requirements
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of health policy and application to nursing practice
Desirable
- Experience with educational platforms to support teaching
- Knowledge of/Engagement with Paediatric Critical Care Society Standards
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Child) / RSCN
- Advanced Care of Critically Ill Child Module/ Paediatric Critical Care Qualification or working towards
- Evidence of recent academic study
- Qualified in specialty
Desirable
- NVQ Assessor or verifier
- Working towards PGCE
- Teaching/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience at Band 5 within Paediatric Critical Care, including rotation between PICU and PHDU
- Band 5 pack completed to Level 5
- Portfolio of evidence demonstrating clinical achievements
- Proven clinical skills
- Evidence of clinical teaching relevant to current role
- Evidence of good organisational and planning skills
- Recent evidence of continuing professional and personal development
- Excellent communication and leadership skills
- Experience of change management
- Competent in use of IT and computer skills
Desirable
- Experience of internal or external teaching
- Implementation of audit / research recommendations
- Evidence of previous experience of report writing
- Evidence of implementing a service development/change
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
- Professional, working in-line with Trust Values
- An enthusiastic and supportive role model with the ability to motivate people
- Critical analysis skills
- Evidence of skills in diplomacy and negotiation
- Confident decision maker
- Able to work within a given resource and demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
Management Style
Essential
- Compassionate Leader
- Team builder
- Encourages participation from all staff.
- Ability to work across boundaries to manage change and deliver excellent quality service
- Able to demonstrate evidence of team working
- Works well under pressure
- Confident decision maker
- Continuing development of clinical leadership skills
- Able to work within a given resource and demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
- Able to articulate personal development needs and those of colleagues
- Flexible working
- An enthusiastic and supportive practitioner who motivates people
- Critical analysis skills
Desirable
- Contribution to research and audit
SKILLS, ABILITIES AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Evidence of teaching and assessing skills / ability
- Proven workload management of self and of others
- Proven ability to problem solve
- Effective organisational skills
- Clinically competent in Paediatric Critical Care
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
- Effective organisational skills
- Good analytical and clinical decision-making skills
- Awareness of Clinical Governance process
- Awareness of Local and National issues affecting Education and Development
- Awareness of NMC standards and requirements
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of health policy and application to nursing practice
Desirable
- Experience with educational platforms to support teaching
- Knowledge of/Engagement with Paediatric Critical Care Society Standards
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).
