Practice Educator - Perioperative Care

Job summary

We are currently seeking a highly motivated and professional practitioner to join our expanding theatre department within the Division of Surgery & Perioperative Care. We are seeking a band 6 practitioner to develop and implement education and continued professional development (CPD) within the perioperative team.

With over 19 theatres over 2 floors covering Neurosurgery, Spinal Surgery, Renal, Pain Service, ENT, Neuro X Ray, MR Scan, General, Upper and Lower GI, Orthopaedic and we provide a dedicated 24 hour Emergency service, and a further development of the Greater Manchester Major Trauma hospital a further 5 operating theatres and associated recovery rooms will provide increased demand for the education team.

Working within the education team based on 3 additional educators you will provide expert knowledge in perioperative care and using your education, leadership and assessment skills provide support to develop existing practitioners and practitioners of the future

Main duties of the job

You should have extensive post qualification perioperative experience preferably in post operative care high dependency care (L2) or critical care (L3) , Assessor/supervisor or relevant experience and have a portfolio that demonstrates a commitment to education/teaching. There will be additional responsibilities that may be allocated as demand for education services increases.

Covering a 7 day week using a variety of shift patterns the education team are at the forefront of supporting learners and developing staff members. Due to the nature of the specialties variation to shift patterns may be required; some rotation onto nights will be a future development. Shift patterns can be discussed at interview.

This is a really exciting time to get involved in the development of education and development programs both within the directorate and wider as part of the development of an NCA Wide Theatre Virtual academy.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website:https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/