Job summary
The South Thames Paediatric Network (www.stpn.uk) was established in 2018, and is hosted by Evelina London Children's Hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust. The Network works collaboratively with clinical teams, commissioners and other networks across South London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex. The region has 23 hospitals, 5 Integrated Care Systems and works with Specialised Commissioners for London and South England.
Our vision is to 'Improve healthcare for children and young people, together' by ensuring that all children in the network have access to high quality specialist care at the appropriate time and place and by improving standardisation of care through agreed pathways, quality standards, governance and shared learning. Providing high quality education to a range of clinical MDT teams is a vital part of our role within our network region.
Closing date: 04th August 2024
Interview date: 20th August 2024
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced Clinical Educator, who should be a registered paediatric trained nurse with either a general paediatrics or a specialty background. They should feel confident to develop a strategic and research based approach to MDT education, providing expert clinical advice, training and education, and have a willingness to learn and apply their knowledge and skills in order to deliver the network's comprehensive educational programme. The post holder will work closely with the core STPN team, clinical leads and local clinical teams, and manage the deputy clinical educators and the education administrator.
The ideal candidate will bring relevant digital and technology skills with experience of creating, hosting and delivering MDT educational sessions via a range of IT and educational platforms. The post holder will also assist in the development of the online educational section of the Network website, including the creation of content and relevant educational links, and manage the Moodle platform.The post holder should be an expert collaborator, communicator and networker to be able to make strong and effective relationship with nurse educators from across the Network area.
About us
Our current work streams focus on Paediatric Critical Care, Surgery in Children, Long Term Ventilation, Epilepsy, Rehabilitation and Urgent Clinical Need Response. The core STPN team is comprised of two joint Clinical Director, two joint Network Managers, Project Managers, Nurse Leads, one AHP Clinical Lead, an Analyst, Project Coordinators and an Education team. We are joined by our appointed work stream Clinical Leads. We have a busy and exciting portfolio of work and are therefore looking for enthusiastic and energetic people to join our team. The post holder will be an experienced NHS Clinical Educator with a good understanding of cross organisational working, and with experience of working with multidisciplinary clinical teams. The post holder will have the ability to work autonomously and to engage and communicate with a wide and diverse range of stakeholders. The post holder will have a permanent contract with Evelina London (via Guy's and ST Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT)) enabling them to access in house support and training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see further details of the role and requirements in the job description and person specification documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see further details of the role and requirements in the job description and person specification documents
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register educated to degree level.
- Practice teacher qualification
- Specialist professional knowledge mentorship, education and development practice to Masters level or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience within the speciality
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating education training sessions / programmes and working with other educators
- Experience of mentoring and coaching/ supervising/ assessing clinicians in practice
- Experience of managing a team or caseload
- Experience of involvement in educational initiatives
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of educational standards and practice, and benchmarking.
- Understanding of the principles of teaching and learning and their application within the practice setting and curriculum design
- Ability to develop and manage digital educational resources e.g. educational platform, video-editing, website
- Knowledge of local, regional and national policies pertaining to practice experience and education
- Knowledge of a variety of teaching methods delivered remotely or in person, and to large groups
- Evidence of excellent clinical, time management and organisations skills
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register educated to degree level.
- Practice teacher qualification
- Specialist professional knowledge mentorship, education and development practice to Masters level or equivalent
- Evidence of continuous personal, professional and academic development
Previous experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience within the speciality
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating education training sessions / programmes and working with other educators
- Experience of mentoring and coaching/ supervising/ assessing clinicians in practice
- Experience of managing a team or caseload
- Experience of involvement in educational initiatives
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Essential
- Knowledge of educational standards and practice, and benchmarking.
- Understanding of the principles of teaching and learning and their application within the practice setting and curriculum design
- Ability to develop and manage digital educational resources e.g. educational platform, video-editing, website
- Knowledge of local, regional and national policies pertaining to practice experience and education
- Knowledge of a variety of teaching methods delivered remotely or in person, and to large groups
- Evidence of excellent clinical, time management and organisations skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
