Job summary
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
Clinical Educator - Gastroenterology and Endoscopy services Band 6
A fantastic development opportunity for a highly motivated individual who wishes to advance learning and development within gastro-enterology and endoscopy services.
The post holder will support the provision of education and training to a range of staff and learners working in general surgery services. The role is pivotal in ensuring staff have the knowledge and skills to provide excellent patient care.
The successful candidate will need to be a team player, be able to organise their own workload, have well developed people skills and a passion for supporting others to learn and develop in order to enhance quality of care.
The role will involve the identification of speciality specific education and training needs in collaboration with clinical team leads. Planning and delivering education and training for groups of staff and learners.
You will need to be able to travel independently across Cumbria to deliver education and professional development support at multiple sites.
The successful applicant will be hosted within the Practice Development Team providing access to education knowledge and expertise to support your development in the role. You will work predominantly with the clinical teams with support from team leads and matron/s for general surgical nursing.
Main duties of the job
Working collaboratively the post holder will develop and deliver clinical education programmes.
Promote an environment that encourages learning and sustains personal and professional staff development.
To be a clinical expert to provide "hands on" supervision of staff in clinical practice to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge.
Undertake training needs analyses to inform a training plan which utilises both internal and external education resources.
Provide governance in relation to mandatory and speciality specific education and training and preceptorship.
Lead on the development, delivery and evaluation of multi-professional learning programmes
Ensure the delivery of local induction for new staff
Provide competency based clinical skills assessment and feedback.
Support career development through the provision of career conversations
Provide coaching / guidance to less experienced staff
Identify potential continued professional development (CPD) opportunities and support individuals and teams to access to these.
Teach/present to multi-professional groups
Develop and maintain a training database.
Produce a range of reports
Promote a positive culture to support psychological safety for all staff and learners
Provide leadership and supervision for less experienced members of the team.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.
We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
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