Job summary
The Department of Professional Healthcare Education are seeking applications for the Clinical Placement Quality Team Educator.
This is a crucial role within the organisation and the post holder will be responsible for the day to day support and supervision of students across the organisation, the purpose is to ensure high quality clinical placements to all pre registration learners within the Trust. In addition the post holder will work closely with Higher Education Institutes and NHS England to meet educational requirements.
This role is suitable for someone who is passionate about our future NHS staff, education and really making a difference for all students.
***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***
Main duties of the job
To assist in the co-ordination of clinical placements across the organisation for non-medical learners.
To act as a communication link between learner placement providers and Higher Education Institutions (HEI).
To provide assurance of compliance with existing contractual agreements with HEIs to support learners in practice and the Organisations Learning and Development Agreement.
Maintain clinical competence and training to role model best practice and demonstrate evidence-based care.
Work with academic colleagues from further and higher education to ensure registered practitioners are supported to act as appropriate supervisors and assessors to non-medical clinical learners - through training and support for supervisors and assessors across non-medical professions.
To ensure University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust in the context of Devon' Sustainability Transformation Plan (STP) have sufficient, suitably qualified supervisors and assessors available to support practice learning and to supervise learners within practice.
To ensure the supervisor and assessor register for the organisation is up-to date, sustained and reflects the needs of learner numbers and placements.
Provide pastoral support to learners, supervisors and assessors and ward/departmental managers.
To support the preceptorship programme (when required) to facilitate newly qualified staff and returners in registered practitioner roles, working with senior clinical staff and clinical educators.
About us
We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission. We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working collaboratively with the Associate Chief Nurse for Education and Digital, Deputy Head of Education: Professional Development and Clinical Education & Clinical Placement Quality Lead to ensure all non-medical clinical placement planning reaches the organisational potential.
- Working with senior clinical staff, other organisations in the health community and placement staff within HEIs, to ensure high quality clinical placements provide learners with the appropriate clinical experiences across the duration of their pre-registration programme.
- Working in collaboration with the HEI Associate Heads of School for Placement Learning, Academic Practice Development Team Lead and other academic staff/ staff involved in learner placements to ensure that non-medical clinical supervisors and assessors and learners are developed and supported consistent with national guidance, local education quality standards and education contract requirements.
- To advise, develop and ensure quality of learning opportunities within a multi-professional framework in order that the service users receive a high standard of care.
- To ensure practice supervisors and assessors of pre-registration learners abide by NMC/HCPC professionals standards of education and provide assurance that clinical placements across the organisation complies with contractual agreements.
- To provide practice supervisor and assessor updates and additional support, training and educational opportunities to enhance clinical placement quality.
- Liaise with People Advisory and Workforce Development teams to ensure all pre-registration learners receive appropriate corporate and local induction.
- Support recruitment of nursing students to local higher education pre-registration programmes.
- Act as a communication link between placement providers, HEIs, NHSE and education commissioners.
- Ensure that the Trust meets all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set by NHSE in respect of the quality of non-medical clinical placements; collate and report on performance against KPIs.
- Monitor, audit and evaluate clinical placements to ensure compliance with educational standards.
- Support supervisors and assessors in practice and liaise with HEIs regarding the management of learners who require support and concerns re clinical placement settings.
- Manage the organisation's 'live' register of supervisors and assessors and provide monthly data to local placement providers.
- Monitor the HEIs placement Platform to ensure information is contemporary.
- Liaise with the HEIs in relation to under-graduate curriculum and skills development identifying those skills and competencies which need to be developed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Working collaboratively with the Associate Chief Nurse for Education and Digital, Deputy Head of Education: Professional Development and Clinical Education & Clinical Placement Quality Lead to ensure all non-medical clinical placement planning reaches the organisational potential.
- Working with senior clinical staff, other organisations in the health community and placement staff within HEIs, to ensure high quality clinical placements provide learners with the appropriate clinical experiences across the duration of their pre-registration programme.
- Working in collaboration with the HEI Associate Heads of School for Placement Learning, Academic Practice Development Team Lead and other academic staff/ staff involved in learner placements to ensure that non-medical clinical supervisors and assessors and learners are developed and supported consistent with national guidance, local education quality standards and education contract requirements.
- To advise, develop and ensure quality of learning opportunities within a multi-professional framework in order that the service users receive a high standard of care.
- To ensure practice supervisors and assessors of pre-registration learners abide by NMC/HCPC professionals standards of education and provide assurance that clinical placements across the organisation complies with contractual agreements.
- To provide practice supervisor and assessor updates and additional support, training and educational opportunities to enhance clinical placement quality.
- Liaise with People Advisory and Workforce Development teams to ensure all pre-registration learners receive appropriate corporate and local induction.
- Support recruitment of nursing students to local higher education pre-registration programmes.
- Act as a communication link between placement providers, HEIs, NHSE and education commissioners.
- Ensure that the Trust meets all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) set by NHSE in respect of the quality of non-medical clinical placements; collate and report on performance against KPIs.
- Monitor, audit and evaluate clinical placements to ensure compliance with educational standards.
- Support supervisors and assessors in practice and liaise with HEIs regarding the management of learners who require support and concerns re clinical placement settings.
- Manage the organisation's 'live' register of supervisors and assessors and provide monthly data to local placement providers.
- Monitor the HEIs placement Platform to ensure information is contemporary.
- Liaise with the HEIs in relation to under-graduate curriculum and skills development identifying those skills and competencies which need to be developed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Professional Registration (Registered Nurse).
- First degree or equivalent qualification
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification at degree level or demonstratable equivalent experience.
- Proven Evidence of recent and ongoing CPD and understanding of revalidation requirements.
Desirable
- Postgraduate training/education qualification (e.g. MClinEd)
- Coaching qualification
Aptitudes and abilities
Essential
- Dynamic and enthusiastic individual who can support, encourage and motivate others, strong interpersonal, communications and presentation skills, outgoing, professional and confident manner.
- Good organisational skills with ability to manage multiple strands of work.
- Enhanced interpersonal skills to handle group facilitation, 1:1 coaching and challenging situations.
- Developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrable Experience in delivering Personal and Development programmes.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable Clinical experience of working in secondary care in an NHS organisation.
- Demonstrable Experience of managing learning and development projects and processes.
- Demonstrable Experience in training delivery to a diverse range of learners.
- Demonstrable Experience in supporting learners in placement as a supervisor and practice assessor
- Understanding of the NHSE workforce strategy and education agenda.
Desirable
- Demonstrable Experience of working with HEI's and NHSE.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Professional Registration (Registered Nurse).
- First degree or equivalent qualification
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification at degree level or demonstratable equivalent experience.
- Proven Evidence of recent and ongoing CPD and understanding of revalidation requirements.
Desirable
- Postgraduate training/education qualification (e.g. MClinEd)
- Coaching qualification
Aptitudes and abilities
Essential
- Dynamic and enthusiastic individual who can support, encourage and motivate others, strong interpersonal, communications and presentation skills, outgoing, professional and confident manner.
- Good organisational skills with ability to manage multiple strands of work.
- Enhanced interpersonal skills to handle group facilitation, 1:1 coaching and challenging situations.
- Developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
Desirable
- Demonstrable Experience in delivering Personal and Development programmes.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable Clinical experience of working in secondary care in an NHS organisation.
- Demonstrable Experience of managing learning and development projects and processes.
- Demonstrable Experience in training delivery to a diverse range of learners.
- Demonstrable Experience in supporting learners in placement as a supervisor and practice assessor
- Understanding of the NHSE workforce strategy and education agenda.
Desirable
- Demonstrable Experience of working with HEI's and NHSE.
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
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).
