Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated, highly skilled and knowledgeable respiratory nurse to join the respiratory directorate, and support the Medicine and Emergency Care division (MEC) as a clinical practice educator. Our respiratory nursing team work in a fast-paced and acute clinical service that delivers care to patients with a wide range of respiratory illnesses, and those requiring non-invasive ventilation (NIV).
We are looking to recruit a practice educator to enhance patient care by supporting and developing our nursing teams. Key priorities will be to develop and deliver teaching packages and ensure compliance with mandatory training. You will also support the wards in embedding practice and developments required as part of the Nursing Assessment and Performance Framework process.
The ideal candidate will have experience at Band 6 level within respiratory, have excellent teaching skills and be an effective role model to all grades of staff. You will work closely with the ward managers to identify how training requirements will be met to ensure the workforce is equipped to deliver safe care and maintain accurate training records to evidence this.
Effective management, communication and leadership skills are essential for this role and though the role will be primarily clinically based across the 4 respiratory wards, you may be expected to undertake some classroom based teaching and support practice educators within other directorates that form MEC
Main duties of the job
Demonstrate strong leadership
Clinical Knowledge base for acute patients particularly in Respiratory Medicine
Well developed communication skills -able to engage, inspire and motivate both staff & patients in the clinical area.
Good time management skills are essential
Able to prioritise workload
Confident role model
Ensure improvements in patient outcomes & safety by development and delivery of clinical training for staff
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Work closely with ward managers, specialist services to support induction and training of staff
Development and delivery of training packages to all grades of staff
Support and development and assessment of competency (of staff) across a range of clinical skills
Provision of accurate training records
Ensuring staff are up to date with all mandatory and essential to role training
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Current NMC registration
* Education to degree level or equivalent experience
* Mentorship qualification
* Recent experience of teaching and mentoring
Desirable criteria
* Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Leadership experience at a senior level
* Proficiency with office systems and computers
* Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
* Ability to motivate and influence others
* Able to provide good quality and accurate reports
* Evidence of involvement is leading/supporting change and developing programmes of care
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of experience developing teaching/training packages
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
* Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
* Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory
* Evidence of effective teamwork and ability to motivate/influence
* Able to work the hours required by the needs of the service to support training requirements for all staff
* Knowledge of key performance indicators for education/training
* IT skills, computer literacy
Desirable criteria
* Evidence of experience delivering training/sharing of knowledge and skills with others
Additional
Essential criteria
* Honest, open-minded and treats others with dignity and respect
* Ability to work with and communicate effective with all grades of staff/MDT
* Inspires others and leads by example
* Flexible approach to work various hours to meet service demands