Clinical Education Facilitator - Preceptorship/ Student Support
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has arisen in the Clinical Education Team to help both students and newly qualified staff have access to a supportive culture supported by compassionate leadership.
As a team, we are continually looking at how we can support our students and newly qualified staff in practice to achieve their full potential.
We are looking for a highly motivated, well-organised and innovative Band 6 to join us to support preceptorship for newly qualified staff and explore how the student and placement experience can be developed, to ensure optimal attrition and retention.
Main Duties of the Job
* The post holder will be required to support learners across a variety of pre-registration programmes and facilitate preceptorship for the Trust, focusing on newly qualified clinical staff bands 4 & 5 during their Preceptorship year, newly appointed clinical staff, international staff, or those with additional support needs. As such, the post holder is expected to:
* Engage with a number of diverse learners.
* Respond to detailed enquiries regularly in a face-to-face, telephone, online, email, or paper-based environment.
* Manage and respond to sensitive information regarding staff, learners, or students using empathy and tact, for example, when dealing with individuals who are failing to meet academic or practice standards or those requiring extra support or extenuating circumstances.
* Ensure a coordinated approach liaising with Managers, Matrons, and the Education Programme Lead in planning appropriate educational delivery.
* Work closely with clinical services in the delivery of student placements and assessments, ensuring the relevant standards are met and that programmes are appropriately evaluated and developed.
* Work closely with clinical areas in supporting newly qualified preceptees.
* Collaborate with other Education Facilitators to ensure all education programmes are delivered effectively.
About Us
As an Education Directorate, we are continually looking at how we support both the widening participation agenda within our local population with our clinical apprenticeship pathways, and our pre-registration students undertaking placements across the ICO.
Our Clinical Education Team is looking for a highly motivated, well-organised, and innovative Band 6 registered nurse to join us as a Clinical Skills Facilitator to become an integral part of this support and help shape the workforce of the future.
Job Responsibilities
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability for the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* First level registered nurse, qualification at degree level or HCPC registration.
Experience
* Experience of providing feedback to students on their assessment and competence.
* Experience of developing action plans and reports.
* Experience of providing advice and guidance on complex education programmes.
* Experience of working with a range of stakeholders, training providers, Further Education, Higher Education institutes/Universities.
* Proven experience of developing and implementing innovative courses and training.
* Recent proven experience of delivering specialised training and educational programmes within clinical and/or vocational training.
* Experience of providing student support.
* Experience of assessing clinical competence in the workplace.
* Proven experience of planning and organising education and training programmes.
Knowledge
* Proven knowledge and understanding of clinical and vocational education programmes.
* Proven knowledge and understanding of clinical services across acute and community settings.
* Knowledge and understanding of quality assurance standards and processes.
* Knowledge and understanding of relevant standards for training, for example, NMC.
Skills
* Developed teaching and facilitation skills.
* Ability to manage complex education and training programmes.
* Ability to influence, negotiate and persuade, to enable the delivery of a range of programmes.
* Experience with quality improvement projects resulting in changes in practice.
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.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
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