Job summary
This Co-Lead Nurse post for the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children's Faculty of Education and Research provides an opportunity for an expert in babies, children and young people (CYP) nursing to professionally lead, manage and role model the importance of education for nursing roles within a tertiary centre. The role also holds close links to the BRHC Clinical Academic Lead, ensuring the links to education and research capability are visible. The aim is to ensure a high standard of educational programmes are developed to flexibly meet clinical service needs.The role also includes collaborating with educational teams across the Trust and wider Regional and National specialist educators to develop, share and learn practices which focus on quality education delivery. This role alsofacilitates effective nursing education and competency-based training for Registrant Nursing, Nursing Support Roles and apprentices working in paediatric environmentswithin University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. The role is expected to consider CYP nursing education for the South West region as a tertiary centre, supporting our referring hospitals to ensure consistency and quality of care of the child in hospital, and where appropriate, contribute and collaborate with BCYP national nursing education projects
Main duties of the job
The main duties include leading/managing the team who teach:
- preparation for practice to pre-registrant apprentices
- clinical skills development across a range of roles and proficiencies
- Qualification in Specialty: paediatric critical care (Levels 1,2 & 3), cardiology & cardiac surgery, neurosciences, nephro-urology, haematology/ oncology and general surgery. This includes maintaining accreditation with the Paediatric Critical Care Society and ensuring courses meet national standards/frameworks
- learner-centric teaching/learning methods to ward-based educators
- working with the Clinical Academic Lead to build capability in nursing-led research
The role includes leadership across BRHC to raise the profile of education in nursing and its links to workforce development, recruitment and retention. The role works within the Women and Children's Division of a large Trust and expected to collaborate with other education teams across UHBW and represent CYP nursing in education discussions at Trust-wide level
The successful candidate represents BRHC at regional and national education meetings and will have opportunities to contribute to national CYP nursing education projects. The post holder must have a strong educational background as well as proficient clinical experience and be able to contribute organisational and strategic aims for CYP nursing education for the Trust. The post also has budgetary responsibilities
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is a co-lead post, working alongside the existing Lead Nurse who is partially retiring.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This role is a co-lead post, working alongside the existing Lead Nurse who is partially retiring.
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive experience in teaching practice
- Extensive experience in clinical practice, preferably in acute paediatric care
- Extensive understanding of the roles and educational needs of the BCYP workforce
- Experience in developing new educational programmes and roles
- Extensive team and change management experience
- Experience in strategic organisation and development
- Knowledge of current issues within nurse education and the ability to relate these to education with BRHC
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Division and Trust wide nursing agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing teams who work from home
- Knowledge of current changes in apprenticeship education
- Experience in research and auditing
- Experience in budgetary management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registrant with the NMC within child field and/or extensive practice in BCYP nursing
- Evidence of post-graduate level education or experiential equivalent (Level 7)
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of post basic education in Critical Care or another speciality and application to expert level
- Evidence of leadership development E
Desirable
- Evidence of teaching for APLS or EPLS courses
Skills
Essential
- Excellent report writing skills
- Sensitive to clinical and political demands
- Computer literate / IT skills
- Ability to work independently without supervision
- Ability to use a variety of IT software packages
- Ability to chair and/or participate actively in meetings, seminars and conferences
- Ability to identify and evaluate options for education, training and support for research programmes in delivering the aims of BRHC and UBHW and the wider health and social care community
- Ability to manage teams with diverse foci and facilitate/ performance manage skills which enable progress
Desirable
- Ability to use Learning Management Systems
Aptitudes
Essential
- Collaborative and inclusive approach to work and leadership
- Excellent paediatric clinical skills
- Excellent problem-solving activities
- Assertive, autonomous and proactive
- Good work ethic
- Excellent role model
- Ability to use initiative, lead and manage change
- Ability to manage when under both individual and / or work pressures
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Strong advocate for the Nursing profession
Desirable
- Flexible approach to work schedules
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive experience in teaching practice
- Extensive experience in clinical practice, preferably in acute paediatric care
- Extensive understanding of the roles and educational needs of the BCYP workforce
- Experience in developing new educational programmes and roles
- Extensive team and change management experience
- Experience in strategic organisation and development
- Knowledge of current issues within nurse education and the ability to relate these to education with BRHC
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Division and Trust wide nursing agenda
Desirable
- Experience of managing teams who work from home
- Knowledge of current changes in apprenticeship education
- Experience in research and auditing
- Experience in budgetary management
Qualifications
Essential
- Registrant with the NMC within child field and/or extensive practice in BCYP nursing
- Evidence of post-graduate level education or experiential equivalent (Level 7)
- Recognised teaching qualification
- Evidence of post basic education in Critical Care or another speciality and application to expert level
- Evidence of leadership development E
Desirable
- Evidence of teaching for APLS or EPLS courses
Skills
Essential
- Excellent report writing skills
- Sensitive to clinical and political demands
- Computer literate / IT skills
- Ability to work independently without supervision
- Ability to use a variety of IT software packages
- Ability to chair and/or participate actively in meetings, seminars and conferences
- Ability to identify and evaluate options for education, training and support for research programmes in delivering the aims of BRHC and UBHW and the wider health and social care community
- Ability to manage teams with diverse foci and facilitate/ performance manage skills which enable progress
Desirable
- Ability to use Learning Management Systems
Aptitudes
Essential
- Collaborative and inclusive approach to work and leadership
- Excellent paediatric clinical skills
- Excellent problem-solving activities
- Assertive, autonomous and proactive
- Good work ethic
- Excellent role model
- Ability to use initiative, lead and manage change
- Ability to manage when under both individual and / or work pressures
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Strong advocate for the Nursing profession
Desirable
- Flexible approach to work schedules
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, UHBW
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street
Bristol
BS2 8DJ
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
