Job summary
We are seeking an experienced Neonatal nurse who is a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with a passion for education, staff and service development who can work well within a team and individually, if you have a desire for learning, personal development and supporting the continued development within Neonatal Services this is the role for you .
We are a Level 2 Neonatal Unit within the Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust and part of the Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Network
Main duties of the job
o Working clinically the post holder will support healthcare practitioners to develop appropriate clinical patient safety knowledge and skills, with achievement of competencies.
o Ensure optimisation of resources for provision and development of clinical education
o Act as a clinical expert, visionary, role model and deliver the education and learning for all staff, in a variety of settings, including the clinical area, working alongside the staff.
o Use of a blended learning approach to ensure maximum benefit from learning opportunities
o Utilise effective methods of assessment, evaluation and impact of competence in clinical and patient safety education.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Maximise the opportunity for inter-professional and interdisciplinary working to facilitate better Trust-wide clinical education.
Ensure that all clinical education is conceptualized, commissioned and delivered around a centralised framework that maps across operational and workforce plans
Ensure a skilled clinical workforce exists equipped with the necessary professional and clinical skills for the delivery of high-quality patient care, aligned to learning from incidents, RCAs and SIRIs
Provide guidance to ensure the appropriate clinical skills are embedded into education and learning and those comply with professional body requirements, AEI accreditation process (where applicable) and are evidence based.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop robust mechanisms for tackling poor practice based on the principles of effective patient safety and governance.
Liaise with the Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Operational Delivery Network education team.
Support staff during the completion of the Neonatal Foundation Programme and Neonatal Qualified in Speciality Course.
Provide support to:
o Poor performers
o New starters
o All Non-Medical Registered and Un-registered Practitioners
o Staff undertaking academic study at AEIs
o Staff who need to achieve competence following skills training
o assist in the development and maintenance of national initiatives related to education and continuing professional development such as Nursing Revalidation and clinical skills
Maintain accurate and up to date records of learning events both formal and informal.
To ensure compliance and implementation of Trust, local and national policies and procedures relating to resuscitation.
To work with colleagues promoting good working relationships encouraging teamwork, motivation, innovation, and high standards of clinical practice.
To be clinically competent in and also able to teach complex clinical skills, e.g. IV drug calculation and administration and advanced airway management.
Provide specialist advice to multidisciplinary groups across all areas of the Trust, always ensuring the delivery of a high standard of care to patients with consideration of patient safety.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Maximise the opportunity for inter-professional and interdisciplinary working to facilitate better Trust-wide clinical education.
Ensure that all clinical education is conceptualized, commissioned and delivered around a centralised framework that maps across operational and workforce plans
Ensure a skilled clinical workforce exists equipped with the necessary professional and clinical skills for the delivery of high-quality patient care, aligned to learning from incidents, RCAs and SIRIs
Provide guidance to ensure the appropriate clinical skills are embedded into education and learning and those comply with professional body requirements, AEI accreditation process (where applicable) and are evidence based.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop robust mechanisms for tackling poor practice based on the principles of effective patient safety and governance.
Liaise with the Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Operational Delivery Network education team.
Support staff during the completion of the Neonatal Foundation Programme and Neonatal Qualified in Speciality Course.
Provide support to:
o Poor performers
o New starters
o All Non-Medical Registered and Un-registered Practitioners
o Staff undertaking academic study at AEIs
o Staff who need to achieve competence following skills training
o assist in the development and maintenance of national initiatives related to education and continuing professional development such as Nursing Revalidation and clinical skills
Maintain accurate and up to date records of learning events both formal and informal.
To ensure compliance and implementation of Trust, local and national policies and procedures relating to resuscitation.
To work with colleagues promoting good working relationships encouraging teamwork, motivation, innovation, and high standards of clinical practice.
To be clinically competent in and also able to teach complex clinical skills, e.g. IV drug calculation and administration and advanced airway management.
Provide specialist advice to multidisciplinary groups across all areas of the Trust, always ensuring the delivery of a high standard of care to patients with consideration of patient safety.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Recognised healthcare professional qualification plus qualified in speciality
- Recognised teaching / supervision/assessment skills
- Evidence of continued development
- Recognised teaching qualification or working towards
- NLS Qualification
Desirable
- Professional nurse/midwifery advocate qualification
- Degree Qualification
- Evidence of leadership training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Experience of working in a practice education role
- Significant experience of supporting pre and post registration learners
- Demonstrates commitment to practice education
- Evidence of mentoring/supervising/teaching students/staff in practice
- Experience of management/leadership
- Experience of managing a team or caseload
- Recent experience of teaching
- Ability to provide a strategic view on healthcare education
- Experience of partnership working
- Evidence of managing change/contributing to service development
- Experience of inter-professional and cross agency working
- Understanding and knowledge of curriculum design and development
- Knowledge of professional educational standards, and a working knowledge of the NHS and partner organisations
- Highly developed knowledge of current educational provision pertaining to health and social care
- Knowledge of local, regional and national policies pertaining to practice experience and education
Desirable
- Experience of working across service/organisational boundaries
- Experience of inter-professional working
- Experience of undertaking audit and review
- Band 6 experience
- Project Management experience
- Experience of report writing
- Recruitment and selection experience
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Excellent time management
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Demonstrates high level decision making across organisations
- An ability to store and retrieve complex information on a wide range of issues relating to practice experience
- Teaching, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Good information technology skills including use of Excel
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
- Able to exercise initiative and take independent actions
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Recognised healthcare professional qualification plus qualified in speciality
- Recognised teaching / supervision/assessment skills
- Evidence of continued development
- Recognised teaching qualification or working towards
- NLS Qualification
Desirable
- Professional nurse/midwifery advocate qualification
- Degree Qualification
- Evidence of leadership training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Experience of working in a practice education role
- Significant experience of supporting pre and post registration learners
- Demonstrates commitment to practice education
- Evidence of mentoring/supervising/teaching students/staff in practice
- Experience of management/leadership
- Experience of managing a team or caseload
- Recent experience of teaching
- Ability to provide a strategic view on healthcare education
- Experience of partnership working
- Evidence of managing change/contributing to service development
- Experience of inter-professional and cross agency working
- Understanding and knowledge of curriculum design and development
- Knowledge of professional educational standards, and a working knowledge of the NHS and partner organisations
- Highly developed knowledge of current educational provision pertaining to health and social care
- Knowledge of local, regional and national policies pertaining to practice experience and education
Desirable
- Experience of working across service/organisational boundaries
- Experience of inter-professional working
- Experience of undertaking audit and review
- Band 6 experience
- Project Management experience
- Experience of report writing
- Recruitment and selection experience
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Excellent time management
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Demonstrates high level decision making across organisations
- An ability to store and retrieve complex information on a wide range of issues relating to practice experience
- Teaching, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Good information technology skills including use of Excel
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
- Able to exercise initiative and take independent actions
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
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS TRust Cross-Site
Huddersfield
HD3 3EA
Employer's website
https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
