Employer: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 14/03/2025
Clinical Educator - North West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites. In collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. Our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. At Alder Hey, we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job Overview
The purpose of this role is to work within the NWNODN Education Team to:
* Implement the NWNODN Education Strategy including the completion of the Education Toolkit.
* Support the delivery, evaluation, and development of education programmes across the NWNODN.
Main Duties of the Job
* Be responsible for planning and delivering formal classroom and online teaching sessions and learning resources based on current evidence.
* Maintain an appropriate learning environment, allowing all learners to optimise their professional development.
* Function as a senior clinical practitioner within the neonatal unit demonstrating advanced knowledge and clinical skills.
* Promote the objectives of the NWNODN.
* Be a highly motivated individual, demonstrating a flexible approach to meet the competing demands of the role.
* Travel to all units in the NWNODN to promote education and training.
* Practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct to ensure a safe and quality service.
* Act as a role model in the clinical area teaching, assessing, and supporting neonatal teams.
* Deliver clinical expertise in all aspects of the clinical setting.
* Act as a resource of specialised knowledge and clinical expertise to ensure care delivered to the neonate and family is appropriate and optimum.
* Encourage and promote an evidence-based culture.
* Act as an advocate for babies and their families supporting the principle of Family Integrated Care.
Working for Our Organisation
The NWNODN is hosted by Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust, working in partnership with families and healthcare professionals delivering neonatal care across the North West, helping each clinical setting to achieve the highest standard of care possible.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Communication
* Develop and maintain effective communication with staff undertaking education programmes, showing sensitivity to their individual circumstances.
* Articulate and interpret information for staff ensuring understanding.
* Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams across NWNODN, dealing with complex situations and working towards a resolution.
* Create an environment that encourages and maintains effective communication systems between the Trusts and the NWNODN.
Analytical Skills
* Ensure appropriate systems are in place to maintain accurate records.
* Assist in the development and evaluation of teaching programmes.
* Demonstrate an awareness of cost implications associated with the programmes and ensure effective use of all resources.
* Demonstrate an overall awareness of quality issues and a commitment to continuous quality improvement.
* Deal appropriately with capability or professional issues in collaboration with the NWNODN Team and hospital-based managers and educators.
Planning and Organising Skills
* Utilise specialist neonatal knowledge and experience in the development and delivery of education across the north-west.
* Work within the neonatal service Providers to support the planning and delivery of Education across NW.
* Organise room booking/virtual delivery tools for learning as appropriate.
Physical Skills
* A high proportion of time will be office-based, using computer equipment.
* There will be a requirement to work to tight timescales and competing deadlines.
Responsibility for Policy/Service Development
* Uphold organisational policies and principles on the promotion of equality and diversity.
* Create an inclusive working environment where diversity is valued, and ensure we meet our duty to uphold and promote equality.
* Act as a role model within the team developing and sustaining teamwork.
* Demonstrate responsibility and show initiative in the workplace.
* Be proactive within the team and contribute to team development to enhance the overall quality of education across NWNODN.
Person Specification
Education and Training
* Registered Nurse/Midwife
* Neonatal Qualification in Specialty
* Mentorship qualification or equivalent
* A recognised teaching qualification or equivalent level of experience
Experience
* Current evidence of mentoring within the clinical environment
* Experience of multidisciplinary neonatal education and training
Knowledge
* Extensive knowledge of specialist areas, acquired through post-graduate nurse education or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master’s level equivalent
Attributes
* Evidence of commitment to continuing education
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying, and harassment.
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The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people, and as such, this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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