Practice Educator

Job description

Job responsibilities

Care with Agility

You will participate in the development and review of policies and guidelines within the service and in line with best practice.

You will participate in audit, clinical review and research as appropriate, encouraging staff participation and responding to learning required from identified incidents.

Inform education and training programmes through the maintenance of current clinical knowledge in palliative and end of life care and in clinical skills, and through recognition of own development needs.

Financial Accountability

Support the Head of Education in gathering evidence, data and statistics to ensure the achievement of key performance indicators, and the reporting of statistical and qualitative data to evidence the development and effectiveness of education provision.

Assist the Head of Education with the processing of applications for external education attendance, Hospice UK grants, bursaries and other funding as needed.

Support the management of relationships with external training providers.

Supportive Culture

Assist your colleagues in the Education Team to continue to develop, plan and deliver the education, training and development programme within Thames Hospice. This includes clinical training such as syringe pump use and catheterisation, plus training and development on broader topics such as communication skills, human factors, and symptom management.

Within this role you will act as a role model, demonstrate clinical expertise and credibility in clinical practice, and promote best practice at all times

You will facilitate the demonstration of clinical competence for current and newly recruited staff, ensuring competency assessments are up to date, monitored and recorded in accordance with good clinical practice.

Support the Head of Education to provide mandatory and statutory training compliance information for monthly Compliance and Quality meetings, quarterly board meetings, KPI information, and any other reports as required.

Extending reach

As part of the Education team, you will work in collaboration with external organisations such as Care / Nursing Homes to identify and provide resources and delivery of teaching programmes.

Assist with student placements (e.g. Nurses, Paramedics, Nursing Associates etc.) and provide support and teaching to staff and students with this.

To represent Thames Hospice and the Education Team through attendance at internal and external meetings and forums relevant to the post.

What qualities do you need to flourish

To be successful in this role you need to be enthusiastic and able to use your own initiative. We want you to be committed to delivering quality of life, to the end of life, for everyone, ensuring the patient is central to all decisions regarding the provision of their care.

Be currently registered with the NMC as a Registered Nurse, and educated to degree level or equivalent

A palliative and/or end of life care qualification or, relevant experience and willingness to undertake the palliative and/or end of life care qualification

A teaching qualification or willingness to undertake such a qualification

Completed Advanced Communication Skills Training or be willing to undertake this and complete the Advanced Communication Skills Training facilitators course

You will be able to evidence Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor training in a community or hospice environment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Be currently registered with the NMC as a Registered Nurse, and educated to degree level or equivalent
• A palliative and/or end of life care qualification or, relevant experience and willingness to undertake the palliative and/or end of life care qualification
• A teaching qualification or willingness to undertake such a qualification
• Completed Advanced Communication Skills Training or be willing to undertake this and complete the Advanced Communication Skills Training facilitators course

Special conditions

Essential

• Appointment is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, Occupational Health assessment and right to work in the UK checks.
• You must be able to evidence immunisations (or be willing to be immunised) for Covid-19
• Ability to offer flexibility of working hours / days
• Be able to drive and have access to a car

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Thames Hospice

Address

Windsor Road

Maidenhead

Berkshire

SL6 2DN

Employer's website

https://www.thameshospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)