Job summary
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
An exciting opportunity has opened up within the Education and Practice Development team for a Senior Clinical Educator. You will be working alongside the existing Senior educator as a development opportunity for 2 days per week. The days maybe flexible to ensure you work alongside each other to learn and develop in the role and manage the Clinical Skills Team.
This influential role will develop and lead the delivery of ward and classroom-based education and competency-based assessment programmes across the organisation; to develop knowledge and skills in patient assessment and management. This is a key aspect of the patient safety agenda for the Trust. The post holder, working as part of the Education and Practice Development Team, will develop and coordinate the implementation of these programmes to promote the highest standards of clinical practice and improved patient outcomes at the South Tees NHS Foundation Trusts hospital sites. The post holder will ensure the success and sustainability of corporate education programmes by collaborating effectively and influencing key stakeholders. In addition, they will role model, promote, recognise, and celebrate high standards of nursing care within their own practice.
Main duties of the job
Develop and deliver innovative, multi-professional educational programmes in line with the patient safety agenda workforce and patient need.
Working autonomously and using their own clinical expertise, the post holder will enable changes in the programme and changes in practice based on ongoing evaluation of education and the implementation.
Work as an integral part of the Education and Practice Development Team leading on and guiding the organisation to redesign clinical care delivery to ensure that robust clinical skills and associated training feature in the Trust's drive to enhance patient safety. Ensuring that staff are equipped to deliver clinical skills essential to care delivery competently and confidently.
Facilitate the development and acquisition of clinical skills and knowledge of ward based multi-professionals at all levels from simple to advances complex skills and within an inter-professional educational context.
Support and advise staff in promoting the delivery of high-quality care. Most of the work undertaken within the role of senior clinical educator is unsupervised and autonomous. Be professionally accountable for own actions.
Demonstrate excellent teaching methodologies and innovative learning in practice to staff and for patients.
Work as an autonomous practitioner managing time effectively, organise own workload and balance competing pressures to meet multiple deadlines.
About us
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
Your Leadership Impact
Leading your Team to Success
Leading Into the Future
Service Improvement for Beginners
Developing your Service Improvement Skills
Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust values and behaviours
Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
1. Sound knowledge of the recognition and management of the deteriorating ill patient
2. Excellent evidence based clinical skills. Ability to apply theoretical knowledge to the clinical setting.
3. Effective teaching, facilitation, assessment and feedback skills.
4. Ability to challenge and change practice. Acts as a credible role model for colleagues
5. Excellent advanced communication, leadership and interpersonal skills. Proven organisational skills.
6. Ability to act as an autonomous practitioner within professional and clinical guidelines.
7. Service improvement and change management experience.
Qualifications
Essential
8. Current Registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council.
9. Degree in nursing or related subject.
10. Advanced Life Support provider.
11. Recognised teaching qualification.
12. Leadership qualification
13. Masters degree or evidence of working towards.
Experience
Essential
14. Experience at Senior Staff Nurse / Junior Sister level.
15. Experience in teaching and assessing competence in the clinical area
16. Experience of managing the care of the deteriorating/critically ill patient. Critical Care experience.