Theatre Clinical Educator

East and North Herts NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are recruiting for a Theatre Clinical Educator who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

To facilitate the education and development of all Theatre Nursing / ODP staff.

To teach and educate staff for them to achieve competencies within the Theatre department.

To help the senior Theatre Educators devise and maintain strategies to ensure professional development of all members of the Theatre team.

To function as a resource for all Theatre staff, facilitating application of theory to practice in the clinical area.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

To promote an environment that encourages learning, teaching and the development of all staff, including those undergoing training and be supernumerary to staffing requirements.

To ensure that speciality training activity meets the specific needs of the clinical area.

Provide support to the Theatre Education Team, Senior Management and Theatre Coordinators with staff learning objectives and educational needs.

Provide support to all theatre staff, facilitating application of theory to practice in the clinical area.

The post holder will be expected to function as an independent practitioner/clinical expert by virtue of their in-depth knowledge and experience.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Date posted

17 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-PLN-5738217

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Post holder is expected to have an in-depth knowledge of basic Theatre equipment and Theatre set up, including the equipment below; (This list is not exhaustive)
  • Bair Hugger (patient warming system)
  • Equipment required for endoscopic procedures and surgery, (insufflation, camera, light source etc)
  • Tourniquet machine
  • Diathermy
  • Non-invasive monitoring
  • Operating Lights
  • Operating table and attachments
  • Flowtron Boots
  • Ability to facilitate and/or deliver training in all the above

Desirable

  • Microscopes
  • Specialist equipment for relevant speciality

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • Registered nurse / Operating Department Practitioner

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Substantial post-registration theatre specific experience.
  • Post-registration experience in relevant specialities.

Desirable

  • The post holder will be able to demonstrate evidence of prior involvement in delivering education and training.

Knolwedge

Essential

  • Shares knowledge in a manner conducive to learning
  • Supports junior staff in dealing with bereavement situations.
  • Liaises with clinical educators to help establish and maintain a forward thinking, structured approach to education

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Role model our Trust values every day
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Post holder is expected to have an in-depth knowledge of basic Theatre equipment and Theatre set up, including the equipment below; (This list is not exhaustive)
  • Bair Hugger (patient warming system)
  • Equipment required for endoscopic procedures and surgery, (insufflation, camera, light source etc)
  • Tourniquet machine
  • Diathermy
  • Non-invasive monitoring
  • Operating Lights
  • Operating table and attachments
  • Flowtron Boots
  • Ability to facilitate and/or deliver training in all the above

Desirable

  • Microscopes
  • Specialist equipment for relevant speciality

Qualifications / Training

Essential

  • Registered nurse / Operating Department Practitioner

Previous Experience

Essential

  • Substantial post-registration theatre specific experience.
  • Post-registration experience in relevant specialities.

Desirable

  • The post holder will be able to demonstrate evidence of prior involvement in delivering education and training.

Knolwedge

Essential

  • Shares knowledge in a manner conducive to learning
  • Supports junior staff in dealing with bereavement situations.
  • Liaises with clinical educators to help establish and maintain a forward thinking, structured approach to education

Other Requirements

Essential

  • Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
  • Role model our Trust values every day

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Clinical Educator

Lesley Lowing

lesleylowing@nhs.net

01438285781

Date posted

17 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-PLN-5738217

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB


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