Clinical Education Associate Educator - Band 4
We are recruiting a new team member to work within the Interprofessional Practice Education Team (IPET), formerly known as the clinical education team, as a Band 4 Associate Educator. The successful candidates will become involved with educating and training our clinical colleagues at an associate level.
These roles will complement and add value to our existing programmes and modes of delivery and will play an important role in the ongoing education and development of our clinical colleagues across a breadth of disciplines where appropriate.
These roles will have a focus on our new to register OSCE development programme, and you will be pivotal in the application of theory to clinical practice in this regard alongside teaching of clinical skills and delivery of ward readiness programmes of education across other work streams.
There will be a need to work across all Trust sites from time to time, and maintaining clinical competency will be equally important.
Main duties of the job
To work alongside the Interprofessional Practice Education Team (IPET) to provide support, guidance and education to Nursing Associates and other nursing staff new to care or new to post.
To contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with all members of the multi-disciplinary team in accordance with the Trust Values and Trust policies at all times.
The post holder will support United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Workforce & Education lead, Clinical Education Lead Nurse, and the Pre-Registration Nurse OSCE Programme Lead within the educational opportunities which contribute to the provision of a workforce that is safe and collaborative, honest, accountable, innovative and respectful.
The Trust aspires to be a centre of excellence for healthcare education and as such the role of the post holder is to work in collaboration with ULHT Interprofessional Practice Education Team (IPET) staff to support where required, the continued development of the Trainee Nursing Associate programme (TNA) Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA) education of qualified nurse associate / registered nurse education and training offer and also will have a specific focus on the pre-registration nurse OSCE training programme.
The post holder will support the new to register international nurse lead in the coordination and delivery of clinical educational programmes to support service situated learning opportunities and associated programmes.
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five-year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated.
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* Level 3 NVQ or QCF Health and Social Care Award.
* Care certificate.
* Maths and English GCSE (or equivalent) level 4 or above OR Maths and English Functional Skills level 2.
* Teaching Qualifications.
* IT Skills.
Previous Experience
* Recent experience in an acute clinical setting.
* Understands the need for strict confidentiality.
* 2 years current experience of working in a healthcare role or equivalent combined roles.
* Understands and is committed to a caring approach to patients & relatives.
* Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Evidence of training and developing staff.
* Ability to teach fundamental skills in nursing care.
* Experience of mentoring and assessing staff.
* Understanding of evidence-based practice.
* Working across a range of education stakeholders.
* Up to date experience of teaching and facilitating learning.
* Up to date experience of mentoring and assessing learning.
Specific Requirements
* Able to carry out procedures as delegated by and under the direction of registered staff.
* Able to demonstrate an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and work so that patients' dignity & respect is maintained at all times.
* Able to prioritise own workload.
* Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
* Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a team.
* Willing to work in other clinical areas Trust-wide as and when required.
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.
Lincoln County Hospital (This is a pan trust post).
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