Job summary
Work directly alongside staff for 75% of the role to facilitate staff becoming competent and capable practitioners by improving the quality of the learning environment by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for all, within the practice setting. Ensuring to act as a positive, professional, role model in promoting clinical excellence and offer expert, professional development advice ensuring practice is patient centered and evidence based
Main duties of the job
Collaborate with the theatre sisters and matron to plan, deliver, maintain, and evaluate an effective specialist, clinical learning environment through role modelling, leadership, and excellence in practice.
2. Ensure a robust assessment system is in place to provide a continuous means of clinical support and supervision.
3. Develop and participate in the induction and orientation programme to theatres for all staff.
4. Ensure that the specialist, theatre training records for all staff are kept up to date.
5. Support practice development and project work within the service, demonstrating a commitment to disseminating information and sharing experiences.
6. Ensure a progressive approach to raising standards and the advancement of professional practice and patient care in line with national and trust strategy.
7. Design, develop and deliver training sessions in clinical practice settings and evaluate learning.
8. Instigate education opportunities for assessors / educators / preceptors in practice to support them in enhancing their mentorship skills.
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification attachments for more details
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel
Job description
Job responsibilities
Principle Responsibilities
Practice & Staff Development
Work directly alongside staff for 75% of the role to raise, monitor and evaluate standards of clinical practice using evidence-based frameworks.
Establish and develop effective relationships with the theatre team to plan and facilitate changes and innovation in practice.
Use coaching/mentoring-style techniques to support practitioners in clinical areas and facilitate the implementation of personal development plans, agreed programmes of change and project work within the service, demonstrating a commitment to disseminating information and sharing experiences.
Act as a role model and clinical expert to colleagues by guiding practice, assessing competence, and supporting the implementation of any policies to actively enhance learning in the knowledge and provision of perioperative care.
In collaboration with senior clinical staff, develop and maintain an effective and creative learning environment for all individuals seeking knowledge and experience in perioperative practice and support the theatre sisters/team leaders, and matron in all matters relating to staff development.
Demonstrate an advanced level of clinical competence and inform practice development with a sound and current knowledge of professional practice and health care issues, promoting evidence-based practice.
Contribute to a climate where staff members appropriately question and challenge practice, and where decision-making can be openly debated and discussed and assist departmental leaders in implementing change effectively.
Provide sensitive feedback focused on the progress of learners and foster a climate in which best practice can be safely debated and reflected upon.
The job description should be regarded only as a guide to the duties required and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It may be reviewed in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder. The job description does not form part of the contract of employment.
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification attachments for more details
Job description
Job responsibilities
Principle Responsibilities
Practice & Staff Development
Work directly alongside staff for 75% of the role to raise, monitor and evaluate standards of clinical practice using evidence-based frameworks.
Establish and develop effective relationships with the theatre team to plan and facilitate changes and innovation in practice.
Use coaching/mentoring-style techniques to support practitioners in clinical areas and facilitate the implementation of personal development plans, agreed programmes of change and project work within the service, demonstrating a commitment to disseminating information and sharing experiences.
Act as a role model and clinical expert to colleagues by guiding practice, assessing competence, and supporting the implementation of any policies to actively enhance learning in the knowledge and provision of perioperative care.
In collaboration with senior clinical staff, develop and maintain an effective and creative learning environment for all individuals seeking knowledge and experience in perioperative practice and support the theatre sisters/team leaders, and matron in all matters relating to staff development.
Demonstrate an advanced level of clinical competence and inform practice development with a sound and current knowledge of professional practice and health care issues, promoting evidence-based practice.
Contribute to a climate where staff members appropriately question and challenge practice, and where decision-making can be openly debated and discussed and assist departmental leaders in implementing change effectively.
Provide sensitive feedback focused on the progress of learners and foster a climate in which best practice can be safely debated and reflected upon.
The job description should be regarded only as a guide to the duties required and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It may be reviewed in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder. The job description does not form part of the contract of employment.
Please read the attached Job description and the person specification attachments for more details
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- RN - 1ST level Registration/ ODP Level 3 NVQ/Dip HE ODP ODA 752
- Computer literacy
- Accredited Teaching Certificate or equivalent (mentorship) /Practice Assessor
- Proven, extensive (18 months minimum) post registration experience of working in the perioperative environment in the relevant specialty.
- Evidence of previous staff/student mentorship/preceptorship within the perioperative environment
- Patient focused approach to provision of care
- Knowledge of contemporary peri-operative issues
- Flexibility to facilitate cross divisional teaching at any of the four Hospitals of the OUH.
Desirable
- Diploma/PG Cert in Peri-Operative Practice or equivalent experience
- Teaching qualification / Leadership course
- Experience of leading a team
- Evidence of resource management
- Evidence of developing or delivering teaching/learning sessions in practice
- Evidence of continual professional and personal development
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- RN - 1ST level Registration/ ODP Level 3 NVQ/Dip HE ODP ODA 752
- Computer literacy
- Accredited Teaching Certificate or equivalent (mentorship) /Practice Assessor
- Proven, extensive (18 months minimum) post registration experience of working in the perioperative environment in the relevant specialty.
- Evidence of previous staff/student mentorship/preceptorship within the perioperative environment
- Patient focused approach to provision of care
- Knowledge of contemporary peri-operative issues
- Flexibility to facilitate cross divisional teaching at any of the four Hospitals of the OUH.
Desirable
- Diploma/PG Cert in Peri-Operative Practice or equivalent experience
- Teaching qualification / Leadership course
- Experience of leading a team
- Evidence of resource management
- Evidence of developing or delivering teaching/learning sessions in practice
- Evidence of continual professional and personal development
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
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).
