Job overview
Would you like the opportunity to improve the care provision of our Service Users, enabling them to receive high quality, personalised care in their own homes, and reducing the need for hospitalisation?
Would you like to be involved in creating change, get involved with ongoing projects and promote joined up working between the Health and Social Care Services?
Would you like to expand your knowledge, skills and experience in complex care and develop your teaching skills?
If yes, then becoming a Delegated Health Care Nurse Trainer may be the right career choice for you.
Our small team work autonomously across the whole of Oxfordshire, delivering high quality and evidence-based health care training. We see problem-solving as a positive challenge and are creative in many varied and unpredictable situations. This role will open your eyes to a whole new and exciting perspective in the world of community nursing.
Please note this role is internal only and therefore only available to current employees of Oxford Health
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for managing and delivering your own workload of Delegated Health Care task training within designated paired locality, covering colleagues in the team as required in other parts of the County
You will be required to liaising with Patients, families, OHFT services and outside agencies, including; Continuing Health Care (CHC), Oxfordshire County Council, (OCC) Care Agencies and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) to ensure prompt and timely training can be delivered
You will play an active role in delivering the Portable Skills and Train the Trainer programmes, and work to develop and update training packs as required
You will be involved with the improvement and development of ongoing service projects
You will have the opportunity to take part in Continued Professional Development and upskilling in a variety of skills.
The core hours for this post are 08:00 to 16:00 but flexibility can be discussed.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
1. Excellent opportunities for career progression
2. Individual and Trust wide learning and development
3. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
4. NHS Discount
5. Pension scheme
6. Lease car scheme
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Mental Health First Aiders
9. Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
10. Staff networking and support groups
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For Job Description and Person Specification please refer to the attached document. Please contact Karen Harris, Delegated Health Care Lead or Harriet Baker, Matron for Community District Nursing if you have any specific queries.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
11. Registered adult nurse
12. Educated to degree level and above
13. Valid UK driving license
Desirable criteria
14. Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Extensive experience within community healthcare
16. Experience of planning and delivery teaching programmes
17. Evidence of working within and across teams, including multidisciplinary and cross organisation working.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
18. Knowledge and understanding of Oxfordshire delegated healthcare protocol, process and partners
19. Experience and specialist knowledge of long term conditions and/or mental health illness where clients have multiple complex needs
20. Well developed communication skills
21. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
22. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
23. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
24. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
25. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
26. Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
27. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing