Assistant Education Facilitator

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 05 July 2024

Job summary

INTERNAL ONLY

This is a Trust-wide role within the clinical education team, responsible for the teaching, training and supervision of new and existing Healthcare Support Workers in the hospital.

The key duties of the role include working alongside staff in clinical and non-clinical environments, supporting patient care and staff skills / knowledge acquisition, pastoral support, training and development, and supervision to ensure Healthcare Support Workers are appropriately supported and developed within their role.

The post-holder will also take an active part in promoting and recruiting to Healthcare Support Worker roles.

This is both a clinical and non-clinical role. The ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team including clinicians, managers, other Healthcare staff, patients and relatives in a professional manner and to work on own initiative to a high standard are key requirements of this role.

Main duties of the job

To provide, receive and manage complex and/or sensitive information relating to patient care and staff training.

To undertake teaching, training, instruction and provide advice at individual and group level on a range of clinically appropriate topics -- this may require tact or persuasive skills whilst managing any barriers to understanding.

Use a range of communication tools, including verbal, written, electronic and presentations is required.

To provide pastoral support to HCSW and facilitate education and development. Communicate effectively, tactfully, and sensitively with staff, patients, carers and relatives providing factual information, ensuring their dignity, personal wishes and rights are respected.

To maintain patient confidentiality and information governance. Keeping accurate training, competency and audits records, as wells as acting responsibly and present a positive image of self and the Trust by maintain professional attitudes and behaviours.

To teach/mentor and supervise/assess new staff and colleagues within level of own knowledge and expertise. Support the development and delivery of clinical and classroom-based Healthcare Support Worker training which includes the care certificate and manual handling.

In conjunction with the Education team, take part in the Trust clinical induction and education programme for Healthcare Support Workers through a combination of clinical and classroom teaching.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour

Date posted

20 June 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

175-2425-1-ED723

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Heart and Lung Research Institute

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g. CPD Level 1 in H & SC; foundation degree; or NVQ3 level qualification plus short courses or relevant experience or diploma level.

Desirable

Care Certificate.
Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths & English, or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in an acute healthcare environment.
Experience in staff development/leadership, mentoring/coaching, supervision and assessment.
Ability to signpost staff to appropriate support services.
Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team to ensure high quality care delivery.
Able to organise own day to day work tasks and activities and flexibility to cope with new and changing demands.
Plans own work activities.
Ability to suggest changes to own and others practice and contribute to service improvements.
Ability to role model own duties and train, mentor and assess new staff and colleagues.
Ability to feedback to trainees re performance in a constructive and supportive manner and develop appropriate practice development plans.

Desirable

Experience in clinical and classroom teaching and educational program delivery.
Ability to maintain written and computer-based training and audit records.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma or equivalent appropriate qualification, e.g. CPD Level 1 in H & SC; foundation degree; or NVQ3 level qualification plus short courses or relevant experience or diploma level.

Desirable

Care Certificate.
Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths & English, or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

Previous experience of working in an acute healthcare environment.
Experience in staff development/leadership, mentoring/coaching, supervision and assessment.
Ability to signpost staff to appropriate support services.
Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team to ensure high quality care delivery.
Able to organise own day to day work tasks and activities and flexibility to cope with new and changing demands.
Plans own work activities.
Ability to suggest changes to own and others practice and contribute to service improvements.
Ability to role model own duties and train, mentor and assess new staff and colleagues.
Ability to feedback to trainees re performance in a constructive and supportive manner and develop appropriate practice development plans.

Desirable

Experience in clinical and classroom teaching and educational program delivery.
Ability to maintain written and computer-based training and audit records.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

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.