Clinical Skills & Simulation Facilitator

Job responsibilities

Education, Service Improvement and Quality

• To assist with the planning, development, delivery and assessment of specialised clinical skills education programmes within simulation for learners and Trust employees.
• To set up and maintain equipment for teaching sessions as required.
• To assist with the planning, organisation and scheduling of appropriate simulated clinical assessments for students on placement and clinical staff within the Trust.
• To possess high levels of developed manipulation and dexterity skills required for educating health care professionals. These may include performing defibrillation, intravenous injections, peripheral cannulation, venepuncture, airway management, urinary catheterisation, suturing, arterial blood gas sampling, etc.
• To influence patient and clinical safety through delivery of effective education and assessment programmes to ensure the safe use of highly complex equipment such as defibrillators and clinical skills equipment.
• To continually seek to improve the quality of education through the use of evidence-based practice, liaising with professional colleagues, reviewing literature and evaluating feedback.
• To act as a role model exploiting every opportunity to enhance the knowledge of others in issues relating to clinical skills and to promote health and safety and risk assessment.
• To act as a mentor to Trust healthcare professionals wishing to further their teaching skills and experience through assisting as faculty members on clinical skills programmes and accredited courses run in the Clinical Skills Centre.
• To develop specialist knowledge across a range of procedures related to clinical skills education and use this knowledge to relate theory to practice at degree level.
• To work towards obtaining Resuscitation Council UK accredited instructor certificates, for Immediate Life Support Instructor and/or Paediatric Immediate Life Support.
• To prepare for exposure at clinical emergencies, to possible contact with bodily fluids, smells, foul linen, possible exposure to sharps, ensuring compliance with Health and Safety standards at all times

Communication, Personal and People Development

• To maintain a professional attitude at all times, developing the role of the Clinical Skills and Simulation Facilitator in the best interests of the patient and profession in accordance with their relevant professional body e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)/ Health and Care Professions Council Code of Conduct.
• To possess developed communication skills to enable excellent communication.
• To cooperate and work well with others appreciating the roles of other staff and agencies involved in the care of the patients.
• To communicate effectively with healthcare professionals and students who fail assessments/courses which could have implications for their immediate and future career prospects. Identify further educational needs, offer opportunities to meet those needs and inform the Clinical Skills & Simulation Tutor so that the relevant manager/consultant/educational supervisor can be informed.
• To prepare for exposure to distressing and emotional circumstances, when dealing with staff during and following education sessions or clinical emergencies that may require support following a related clinical incident.
• To produce written communications and reports for the Clinical Skills & Simulation Tutors, which are clear, fluent, and concise and easily understood.
• To work with the Accredited course Co-ordinator and Team Administrator to ensure efficient and effective running of the Clinical Skills Centre.
• To take responsibility for personal performance and recognising own development needs.
• To actively seek to improve teaching skills and knowledge.
• To assist with the recruitment of staff, appraisals and attendance management.
• To contribute to the production of annual reports for the Clinical Skills Centre.

• To collate data using computerized systems to maintain Clinical Skills Education and Clinical Skills Equipment databases.

Leadership and Management

• To assist with the development and implementation of a strategy and associated teaching and assessment resources for clinical skills education within the Trust.
• To assist with clinical skills service development which impacts across the Trust and University Healthcare Schools to ensure compliance with nationally recognized guidelines.
• To lead on specific delegated management issues and projects within clinical skills education and to continually seek new ways to expand the service.
• To ensure the timely ordering, repair, procurement and maintenance of equipment and supplies for the Clinical Skills Centre, such as the provision of realistic simulation equipment and manikins for education purposes.
• To develop an awareness of the financial and business aspects of the Clinical Skills Centre and to assist the Clinical Skills Simulation and Resuscitation Lead to ensure there is cost effective development within the finances available.
• To actively participate as a member of the relevant education committees to ensure decisions and actions are disseminated and implemented within the Clinical Skills Centre strategy.
• To provide specialist clinical skills advice and act as a resource, providing clinical expertise and support to all healthcare professionals, including medical and nursing staff in all aspects of clinical skills.

Research and Audit

• To regularly audit own practice ensure knowledge and skills are kept up to date.
• To maintain the clinical skills and resuscitation databases.
• To ensure that attendance and assessment records for medical students and other staff are recorded correctly to enable end of block and annual reports to be provided.
• To input all curriculum relevant training and assessments onto the relevant Warwick Medical School database.
• To analyse education needs, skill competency attainment and maintenance.
• To develop specialist knowledge in research and audit.
• To assist the Clinical Skills Tutor in coordinating and implementing research in relation to clinical skills and medical student education

Effort

• Prepare to be frequently required to exert moderate physical for several short periods during a working day, walking at a pace and long distance throughout the hospital site, working in an awkward position or confined space, or lifting, pushing, pulling heavy equipment and manikins when preparing for training sessions and courses.
• Prepare to be frequently required to exert moderate mental effort. Concentration skills are required when dealing with frequent interruptions and unpredictable patterns of work.
• Prepare to be frequently required to exert moderate mental effort and well-being resilience when assessing, passing or failing doctors and nurses on clinical skills and/ or resuscitation assessments.
• Prepare to exert moderate mental effort as concentration is also required for several hours a day when analysing data, statistics and research reports

Relationships

Internal: Undergraduate Medical Education team, Postgraduate Medical Education team, People Development Team, Practice Education & Development, Trust Resuscitation Committee members, Resuscitation Officers, All staff and learners, Risk & Governance team, H&S Manager.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working at band 5 or above
• Relevant clinical experience as a registrant
• Experience of mentoring and assessing students and other health care staff.
• Awareness of teaching and assessment methods.
• Proficiency in a wide range of clinical skills.
• Able to explain how to promote best practice and apply evidence based practice.
• Experience of clinical or educational audit or research.

Desirable

• Previous experience leading a team.
• Experience of teaching in different settings.
• IT literate with experience of using PowerPoint, Excel, Word and e-mail.

Qualifications & Professional Training

Essential

• RGN level 1 or Midwife or equivalent professional qualification e.g. HCPC registrant.
• First Level Degree/ Level 6 qualification or ability to complete within 2 years of appointment.
• Working towards or willingness to undertake relevant MSc or level 7 qualification
• Evidence of developed resuscitation and Clinical Skills knowledge.

Desirable

• Recognised post registration teaching qualification or equivalent experience
• Immediate Life Support ILS (or equivalent) Provider or Instructor

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to lead and motivate.
• Personal and professional credibility.
• Ability to work autonomously and also as part of a team.
• Well-developed problem solving, critical appraisal and decision making skills.
• Required to exert moderate physical effort for several short periods
• Required to exert moderate mental effort.
• Possess high levels of manipulation and dexterity skills for performing resuscitation and clinical skills.
• Manage conflicting views during training and be prepared to challenge healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive optimal clinical treatment.
• Possess developed communication skills when conversing with healthcare professionals and for debriefing.
• Ability to form positive working relationships with multi-professional colleagues.
• Prepare for unpleasant working conditions when attending clinical situations.
• Seen as local "expert" for Clinical Skills and act as the Trust representative where appropriate.

Desirable

• Meet requirements to maintain accredited Resuscitation Council Instructor/Provider status.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Enthusiastic.
• Ability to achieve goals and meet deadlines

Trust Values

Essential

• Effective Open Communication
• Excellence and Safety in all that we do
• Challenge but Support
• Expect Respect and Dignity
• Local Healthcare that Inspires Confidence

Others

Essential

• A commitment to equal opportunities.
• Ability to work flexibly to meet the operational needs of the service
• Able to pass occupational health clearance.
• Able to maintain a professional appearance in accordance with duties.
• Physically capable of performing and teaching elements of the post.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).