Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a theatre practitioner or ODP looking for a new challenge? We invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity as a Clinical Educator within the Theatre Department at Newark Hospital.
At Newark Hospital, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional patient care across a range of specialties. Our facilities include 3 state-of-the-art operating theatres, a minor ops suite, and a procedure room. We offer a variety of day case specialties including orthopaedics, general surgery, breast, urology, ENT, and ophthalmology.
As a Clinical Educator, you will be at the heart of our theatre department, providing leadership within the clinical education team and supporting the Department Leader with day-to-day operations. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring our staff are well-trained and our patients receive the highest standard of care. You will lead and inspire the clinical education team and develop and implement innovative educational programs while maintaining and promoting high standards of clinical practice.
Main Duties of the Job
Please see the attached job description for the detailed job description and main responsibilities document.
About Us
Thank you for your interest in this role. We would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here, and we were the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding, and Newark and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall, we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands, and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Job Responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for the detailed job description and main responsibilities document.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Must be able to demonstrate attitudes and behaviours consistent with the Trust expectations.
* Flexible and adaptable.
* Caring.
* Enthusiastic and well motivated.
* Confidence.
* Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
* Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan, deliver, prioritise, and evaluate patient care.
* Able to respond to problem situations and ensure that effective interventions are put in place.
* Demonstrate an ability to prioritise own workload and recognise, prioritise, and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
* Able to contribute to the development of implementation and monitoring of local objectives and action plans.
* Dexterity and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, use of equipment, and documentation.
* Competent and capable of using medical equipment.
* Able to undertake patient/non-patient handling manoeuvres.
* Demonstrate evidence of providing formal teaching sessions.
* Evidence of delivering teaching sessions.
* Audit or research within the clinical area.
* Providing staff with feedback on their individual performance and use of the knowledge and skills framework.
* Demonstrate an ability to supervise and support others.
* Demonstrate knowledge of current issues related to NHS policies.
* Evidence of negotiation and influencing skills.
* Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team.
* Datix/investigation training.
* Recruitment and selection training.
Qualifications
* First Level Registered Nurse, with NMC registration and/or ODP.
* Suitable teaching qualification/Mentoring Course.
* Practice Assessor.
* Diploma or degree in health/nursing-related studies.
* Completion of all local competency packages relevant to role and specialty.
* Formal leadership and management training.
Further Training
* Mandatory training and updates.
* Evidence of moving and handling training.
* ILS.
* Attendance at conferences/study days relevant to role.
* Leadership modules.
* ALS.
* RPS/IMMER training.
* Transfer course.
* IV Competent.
Experience
* Significant post-registration experience, including some experience within specialty.
* Significant experience at band 5.
* Supervision of non-registered staff, pre-registration, and post-basic students.
* Evidence of ability to mentor.
* Ability to manage the clinical area or ward efficiently and effectively.
* Demonstrate an understanding of the deputy sister/charge nurse role.
* Research training/experience.
* Recent or current experience within the specialty.
* Demonstrate an involvement in link nurse or project work.
* Evidence of formal teaching experience.
* Experience of leading a team.
* Demonstrate leadership skills and ability to effectively lead a team, prioritise workload of self and others, and effective time management skills.
* Successful implementation and management of a perioperative change process.
* Understanding of the role of advocacy.
Contractual
* Enhanced DBS clearance.
* NMC registration and revalidation or other governing professional body.
* Work across sites.
* On-call commitment.
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.
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