Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic healthcare professional with relevant clinical experience and a passion for clinical education to lead the training and development agenda for the new Hampshire Orthopaedic Hub, located on the Royal Hampshire County Hospital site in Winchester. The Hub is an exciting new venture supporting the delivery of elective orthopaedic care for patients across the region and is a partnership venture between Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an experienced nurse/ODP who is an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual with proven facilitation and leadership qualities. You will be involved in delivering an extremely high standard of care whilst providing support, training and education to our nursing, AHP and wider workforce across the HOC.
We recognise that education and leadership positively influence the quality of patient care, therefore you will work with key stakeholders to support the development and facilitation of a programme of education across the HOC, aligned to divisional priorities.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to:
* Deliver hands on, face to face training to staff, in groups and one to one sessions.
* Provide support and orientation for new starters.
* Provide support to ward staff, identifying gaps in knowledge and working with individuals towards a competency framework.
* Undertake assessment to confirm that staff have met the required standard of competence.
* Act as a role model for provision of high quality and safe care.
* Work closely with the Theatre Practice Development Leads across theatres in HHFT, ensuring requirements are prioritised and clinical standards are met and maintained.
* Ensure a learning culture is embedded and is reflected in the delivery of education and training, ensuring learning from patient safety events, complaints, patient feedback is incorporated and adapted into staff training and development.
This role has a clinical element and the post holder will be expected to support the service clinically within their area of practice.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represents the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working will be considered.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HCPC.
* Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study or employment history.
* Teaching qualification / Mentorship.
Desirable criteria
* Specific post graduate course e.g. PTLS.
* Communication skills learning and/or development.
* Project management learning and/or development.
* Quality improvement training.
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Evidence of leadership.
* Evidence of supporting learners in practice.
* Evidence of supporting preceptors in practice.
* Well-developed interpersonal skills.
Desirable criteria
* Experience in managing patient complaints and patient safety events.
* Experience in clinical audit.
* Experience in implementing training programmes.
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
* Advanced level of clinical skills appropriate to area.
* Organisational and ongoing planning skills including own workload and of others in an unpredictable environment.
* Advanced communication skills.
* Able to deliver formal and informal learning sessions to all groups of professionals.
Desirable criteria
* The ability to work at problems from a unique or different angle.
* Experience in using, manipulating and analysing data.
Other Specific Requirements
Essential criteria
* Professionally presented and calm approach.
* Keen to learn and take on opportunities for personal and departmental development.
Desirable criteria
* Responds positively to constructive feedback.
* Positive, optimistic attitude.
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
The paperwork:
* HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
* Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
* All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
* In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
* This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
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