Job responsibilities
If you are a caring and compassionate registered nurse or midwife and with excellent communication and organisational skills who will strive to achieve the values of safety, teamwork and improving, we want to hear from you. The successful individual will have the opportunity to develop their own skills in delivering training and supporting other workstreams within the clinical education team. Communications
- Promote, demonstrate, educate and encourage excellence in non-technical skills including high quality, effective communication skills within our clinical teams.
- Communicate with a wide range of staff using a variety of methods to promote and deliver educational opportunities
- Attend meetings and working groups, including deputising for other members of the Learning and Development Team as requested, and contribute to the development of papers/ reports as needed.
- Promote educational activities and programmes and act as point of contact within the organisation for queries and advice relating to these.
Responsibility for Patient Care/Clinical Duties - Demonstrate a high level of knowledge, skill and understanding of clinical practice within a range of clinical areas across the Trust, acting as a resource and role model to a wide range of colleagues.
- Promote a holistic approach to care that is current, effective and research-based in accordance with trust policies and procedures in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
- Ensure the NMC and Trust standards for learning, development and assessment are implemented and embedded into nursing practice.
- Work alongside clinical staff, providing support, coaching, role modelling and education.
- Whilst supporting and educating staff, the post holder will continue to maintain a high standard of patient care, ensuring patient safety at all times.
- Maintain an up to date knowledge base, ensuring personal academic credibility. To ensure that own practice demonstrates current clinical knowledge.
- Engage in the development of clinical nursing/midwifery practices and to be responsible for monitoring and evaluating clinical activity in conjunction with other senior staff.
- To provide support to the organisation in the coordination and delivery of practice-based education and continuing professional development for staff at various levels, including induction and assessment.
Planning and organising/Professional Duties
- Provide clinical advice, guidance and support for staff.
- Support international Nurse recruits in their transition to working within the NHS and the process of obtaining NMC registration including the planning of appropriate induction and preparation programmes.
- Raise awareness of trust policies and procedures and adhere to these at all times within your professional practice.
- Report clinical incidents and accidents in accordance with trust policy.
- Work closely with our clinical skills trainer to develop and review educational opportunities for new and existing clinical staff within the organisation.
- Ensure that professional nursing standards are maintained in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Comply with Health and safety at work Act and be aware of its implications.
- To participate and support research trials, clinical audit and practice development.
Responsibilities for Physical and/or Financial Resources
- Be responsible for the maintenance and management of clinical training resources and or manikins
- Identify where additional/ updated resources may be required in order to support education delivery and raise this with the Clinical Skills Lead and Learning and Development Manager
- Be responsible for the ordering of clinical consumables needed to support learning.
Responsibilities for Human Resources and Leadership/Managerial Duties
- Work as a senior member of the clinical education team, leading by example and supporting other members of the team to develop their potential.
- Participate in meetings at various levels where invited, including deputising for other members of the Education, Learning and Organisational Development Team as needed.
- Take on line management responsibility for individuals within the team.
Responsibilities for Teaching and Training
- Plan, deliver and evaluate education and training sessions for a variety of clinical topics and skills including update sessions for more experienced practitioners.
- Contribute to the delivery of the Trusts clinical induction and mandatory training programmes as appropriate.
- Promote and actively support the assessment of clinical competence in the workplace, including ring-fencing time to directly supervise individuals in their usual clinical environment where appropriate.
- Have a role in the ongoing development, organisation and delivery of a programme of education and support designed to assist international Nurse recruits in their transition to working within the NHS and the process of obtaining NMC registration.
- Provide educational support and interaction via a range of methods, becoming proficient in a number of these and be able to determine appropriate strategies for different educational initiatives to meet the needs of the organisation and our clinical practitioners.
Research, Development and Audit/Quality Improvement
- Contribute to educational governance processes, including peer review of teaching and promote excellence in education and training across all of our programmes
- Support staff in learning about quality improvement (QI) methodology and trust preferred model.
- Working alongside project teams and specialists to provide tailored educational support to clinical teams as part of quality improvement and organisational change initiatives.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated and you would like some advice or information, including how to get vaccinated, please email mandatory.vaccine@stockport.nhs.uk. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £43.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
