Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Are you passionate about improving Neonatal care and the family's experience through education and training by empowering staff development?
The Neonatal Clinical Education team is looking for an experienced nurse to join their team to support the workforce on the neonatal unit. We pride ourselves on listening, where your voice will be heard, and your knowledge, skills, and experience are valued.
You must be forward-thinking and positive in your approach to change and able to demonstrate effective communication and organization skills.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for facilitating the learning and continuing development of all staff within the department, ensuring education is responsive to service developments. You will ensure education and clinical skills are delivered in line with key priorities and objectives within neonates for staff to deliver safe and excellent patient care. In collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, you will be required to develop and maintain an evidence-based service for education and support technology-based education resources.
You will coordinate and provide induction training for all new staff working on the Neonatal unit and assist in supporting and evaluating learning contracts and objectives for staff, working in conjunction with the Lead Neonatal Clinical Educator. You will lead by example, demonstrating effective role modeling to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Job responsibilities
As a Registered Nurse, the expectation is that, with adequate training, supervision, and assessment, you will be able to:
1. Ensure clinical practice is evidence-based or peer-reviewed best practice.
2. Develop, maintain, and teach CPD including clinical skills and knowledge necessary to deliver an evidence-based service.
3. Assist the Lead Neonatal Clinical Educator and senior nursing team with the development of staff through assisting the ongoing development, supervision, and monitoring of nurses and nursery nurses.
4. Adhere to the NMC code of practice at all times and operate within the NMC standards of proficiency for Registered Nurses.
5. Contribute to the development of policies, protocols, guidelines, and documentation in the Neonatal Service.
6. Act as a resource and support nursing teams in the care delivery of patients across neonates in the organization.
7. Devise individual training plans for staff that are either new in post or requiring specific support or training.
8. Monitor and support the health and wellbeing of staff, advising on resources available.
9. Be actively involved in, arrange, and deliver educational programs and study day requirements.
10. Mentor, support, and educate registered staff in the clinical practice setting.
11. Support student nurses whilst on placement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse (Child or Adult).
* Recognized Nursing Degree or equivalent.
* Post-registration teaching qualification.
Experience
* Experienced Neonatal Nurse with acute clinical skills.
* Demonstrates knowledge and passion for Education.
* Evidence of continuous professional development including NLS.
* Knowledge of educational theory and an understanding of how learning takes place.
* Research and audit experience.
Knowledge
* Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
* Excellent presentational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
* Acts as a role model and is able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviors are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
* Passion for teaching, education, and practice development.
* Demonstrates awareness of neonatal guidelines.
* Good computer skills and ability to use a variety of computer software packages.
Qualities
* Display a caring attitude to patients, their relatives, colleagues, and themselves in a stressful environment.
* Good problem-solving abilities.
* Reliable, adaptable, and dependable.
* Resilient under pressure, whilst understanding own limitations.
* Team-focused.
* Effective time management.
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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