Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

B6 Clinical Trainer/Practice Development Nurse Community Hospitals

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Job summary

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to move into practice education and training?

Are you interested in a new opportunity to develop yourself and others?

If so, then this is the role for you. We are extremely committed to the development of our nursing teams and look forward to welcoming applications from candidates that are equally as passionate about healthcare, staff development and improving patient care.

We are seeking three enthusiastic, highly experienced Level 1 (Adult) Registered Nurses with strong clinical skills, leadership skills and recent or current community hospital or hospital ward nursing expertise to join our CHS Clinical Education Team as a Clinical Trainer/Practice Development Nurse.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive, dynamic nurse to apply their clinical nursing skills and knowledge to Clinical Education. You should be committed to fostering a learning culture which delivers high quality patient care, evidence-based practice, research, and innovation and have a proven track record of supervising, assessing, mentoring, and developing a range of nursing staff.

Our team works mainly Monday to Friday during office hours but with the expectation that some occasional weekend or out-of-hours work may be required to meet training needs.

Main duties of the job

The job role: The full job description and person specifications are attached to this advert, but the key elements for the role include:

Working with minimal supervision in contributing to the design and delivery of high-quality effective training, learning and development interventions, to ensure that the Community Health Services (CHS) directorate workforce has the requisite knowledge, skills, and competence to deliver safe, effective patient care.
Being responsible for providing expert advice, guidance, and support in relation to clinical nursing practice within our Community Hospitals.
Working in partnership with key stakeholders (internal and external), and educational establishments to provide appropriate consistent learning opportunities.
Working alongside all members of the wider education service (including service users/patients), assisting in the development and implementation of quality education programmes that reflect contemporary practice and promotes high quality patient care, whilst incorporating national guidance and supporting the Trusts local agenda.
Supporting the assessment of clinical competence within clinical practice areas by working alongside clinicians.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

18 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-23-0960

Job locations

Loughborough Hospital

Hospital Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Evington Centre, Leicester General Hospital

Gwendolen Road

Leicester

LE5 4QF

Hinckley & Bosworth Community Hospital

Ashby Road

Hinckley

LE10 3DA

Melton Mowbray Hospital

Thorpe Road

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

LE13 1SJ

St. Lukes Hospital

33 Leicester Road

Market Harborough

Leicestershire

LE16 7BN

Rutland Memorial Hospital

Cold Overton Road

Oakham

Leicestershire

LE15 6NT

Coalville Community Hospital

Broom Leys Road

Coalville

Leicestershire

LE67 4DE

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you like what you've read and would like more information on the duties and responsibilities of this role, please click onto the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Can demonstrate a sound awareness of current Nursing/AHP issues within a community health service setting
Can demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date policy and guidance
Can provide and demonstrate knowledge of teaching and learning strategies
Can demonstrate knowledge of facilitation strategies
Has a good knowledge of national strategies and evidence- based Nursing practice
Ability to manage competing demands and meet deadlines
Able to use analytical and problem-solving skills to apply to own practice
Can demonstrate excellent organisation and supervisory skills
Can demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Has IT skills sufficient to write reports, create spread sheets, prepare presentations, and power point slides, and use MS Teams
Competent to work clinically with CHS nursing teams and individuals

Qualifications

Essential

RN Level 1 (Adult)
Educated to degree level/working towards or committed to undertaking a degree
Significant post registration and post graduate level nursing experience
Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification or have completed a Practice Assessor course

Desirable

Recognised or relevant teaching qualification e.g. Practice Teacher, ENB 998, City & Guilds 730

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration and post-graduate experience as a senior nurse in a relevant area of practice
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centred nursing care and patient education
Experience of teaching, assessing, supervising, and giving feedback to individuals and teams
Can demonstrate evidence of continued professional development
Is able to demonstrate ability to initiate and be involved in audit and service improvement
Can provide evidence of excellent communication skills that promote partnership working and engage individuals and teams
Has a good understanding of teamwork and can provide examples of own involvement in team work
Can provide evidence of strong leadership

Desirable

Experience of developing and delivering training to a variety of professional groups

Personal Attributes

Essential

Highly motivated to teach, support and develop staff to achieve their full potential
Can demonstrate confidence, leadership and self-motivation
Able to work on own initiative without direct supervision
An innovative and creative thinker
Must be flexible, adaptable and resilient with a can do attitude

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Can demonstrate a sound awareness of current Nursing/AHP issues within a community health service setting
Can demonstrate knowledge of up-to-date policy and guidance
Can provide and demonstrate knowledge of teaching and learning strategies
Can demonstrate knowledge of facilitation strategies
Has a good knowledge of national strategies and evidence- based Nursing practice
Ability to manage competing demands and meet deadlines
Able to use analytical and problem-solving skills to apply to own practice
Can demonstrate excellent organisation and supervisory skills
Can demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Has IT skills sufficient to write reports, create spread sheets, prepare presentations, and power point slides, and use MS Teams
Competent to work clinically with CHS nursing teams and individuals

Qualifications

Essential

RN Level 1 (Adult)
Educated to degree level/working towards or committed to undertaking a degree
Significant post registration and post graduate level nursing experience
Hold an NMC approved mentoring qualification or have completed a Practice Assessor course

Desirable

Recognised or relevant teaching qualification e.g. Practice Teacher, ENB 998, City & Guilds 730

Experience

Essential

Significant post registration and post-graduate experience as a senior nurse in a relevant area of practice
Demonstrates motivation and commitment to providing high quality patient centred nursing care and patient education
Experience of teaching, assessing, supervising, and giving feedback to individuals and teams
Can demonstrate evidence of continued professional development
Is able to demonstrate ability to initiate and be involved in audit and service improvement
Can provide evidence of excellent communication skills that promote partnership working and engage individuals and teams
Has a good understanding of teamwork and can provide examples of own involvement in team work
Can provide evidence of strong leadership

Desirable

Experience of developing and delivering training to a variety of professional groups

Personal Attributes

Essential

Highly motivated to teach, support and develop staff to achieve their full potential
Can demonstrate confidence, leadership and self-motivation
Able to work on own initiative without direct supervision
An innovative and creative thinker
Must be flexible, adaptable and resilient with a can do attitude

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.

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

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

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Hospital

Hospital Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Loughborough Hospital

Hospital Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

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