Practice Teacher (Legacy Mentor)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Reporting to the Preceptorship Lead, the post holder will take responsibility as part of the Trusts Learning and Development Team for providing professional support, training and development of a group of newly qualified nurses, who are undertaking the Flyer programme, across the Trust. The post holder will work with the newly qualified nurses in practice across a variety of clinical and geographical areas including mental and physical health, and will support learners in practice to compete their preceptorship programme and help them to be feel settled in the Trust. Working as part of a team the post holder will take responsibility for a defined group of newly qualified nurses from a specific Service area and will act as a key resource for supervisors in order to support the retention of the staff within the organisation.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Educated to degree level

Desirable

• Education qualification (D32/33, mentor qualification, teaching qualification)

Experience

Essential

• Evidence based professional knowledge & clinical skills within clinical practice underpinned by theory and experience
• Clear understanding of learning needs and challenges faced within the clinical settings.
• Effective facilitation skills with well-developed supervision and mentoring skills.
• Demonstrable previous success in contributing to delivering change by engaging staff and establishing clear work priorities with them, ensuring a capability to deliver.
• Evidence of ability to motivate and influence individuals.
• Able to plan and prioritise own work closely working with the team members.

People Skills

Essential

• Ability to inspire confidence and respect of others through excellent communication, negotiation and influencing.
• A positive desire and interest in developing people and the requirement to provide pastoral support to leaners.
• Able to undertake and manage challenging conversations in a thoughtful and effective manner
• Able to support the team and share workload evenly.

Other

Essential

• Car driver will access to car or alternative transport. Ability to travel between sites and to regional meetings
• Able to work flexibly to access staff on shift patterns out of hours and between sites in order to achieve an equal approach throughout the Trust.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Unipart House

Garsington Road

Oxford

OX4 2PG

Employer's website

https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)