Job summary
Do you want to use your experience to inspire the next generation of clinical staff?
If the answer is yes and you are a registered Nurse, Midwife or AHP we would really like to hear from you.St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals are interested to hear from suitably qualified and experienced individuals to support our Pre-registration (non-medical) learners. So if you have the skills and experience to help ensure that our pre-registration learners receive the support and development they need to flourish at the Trust, in their career and to provide high quality patient care, please take a look at the attached documents and get in touch.Interview date: 18th July 2023
Main duties of the job
Applicants should have demonstrable experience in the planning and delivery of clinical based education, as well as providing pre-registration learners with pastoral support.
Applicants will need excellent organisational skills, be self-motivated and be a committed team player. They should also have excellent communication and decision-making skills and work well under pressure.
The successful candidate will hold an appropriate professional qualification and have educational experience. Previous experience in the development, delivery and evaluation of education would be an advantage.
Please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated, should a sufficient number of applications be received, you are therefore advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
About us
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.
We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.
Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.
Our latest achievements include:
- Acute Trust of the Year - HSJ Awards November 2019
- Trust rates Outstanding by the CQC - Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers and Health Service Journal)
- Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
- Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas;
- Standard of care
- Best place to work
- Care of patients being the Trust's priority
- Staff engagement
- Staff morale
- Compassionate and inclusive
- Providing a safe environment for staff
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Raise the profile of the pre-registration non-medical education programmes / pathways, across the trust
- Act as a role model for best practice in support of pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Engage with the organisation's PEF Team to continue the ongoingdevelopment of pre-registration education internally and across region as appropriate.
- Feedback to organisation's PEF team when improvement and education is required in specific areas or where pre-registration non-medical learners require additional support.
- Share knowledge and skills with others to help them develop their thinking and practice.
- Supporting the induction of pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Develop the quality of the learning environment for pre-registration non-medical learners, determining interventions necessary to support those learners to meet the required learning outcomes.
- Support clinical staff supporting pre-registration non-medical learners to devise and implement action plans related to individual learners within agreed deadlines for assessment.
- Support the preparation of clinical staff to educate and assess pre-registration non-medical learners in accordance with regulatory body standards (NMC / HCPC)
- Undertaking Quality Assurance visits / Educational Audits across theorganization in line with professional standards and regulatory bodyrequirements.
- In collaboration with the PEF team and key external stakeholders, support the development, co-coordination, evaluation and implementation of education programs for pre-registration non-medical learner
Clinical and Professional
- Support the structure, design and facilitate the delivery of learningopportunities for pre-registration non-medical learners within theorganisation.
- In collaboration with the PEF team, produce and maintain a portfolio of education in practice activity. For example, structured professionallearning activities, teaching packages.
- Support the development, implementation and review of education inpractice learning environments for pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Act as an expert resource/ Champion of Learning in practice, supporting clinical staff to ensure the delivery of a high-quality learning experience.
- Monitor student experience via electronic evaluations and escalateconcerns/trends to the PEF Team, Education Links, Ward Managers and HEI Practice Links.
- Liaise with other workforce streams in the Clinical Education department to ensure all learners are supported and those who need additional support are identified and actioned.
- Ensure communication channels are used appropriately to facilitate the flow of information between internal and external partners.
- Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in conjunction with organisational policies.
- Collaborate with clinical staff to ensure rigor in practice assessment is maintained.
- Continuously monitor practice learning activities against quality assurance standards enabling on-going enhancement of the learning experience for pre-registration non-medical learners.
- In collaboration with the PEF team, Ward Managers, Education Links and HEI Academic Staff develop appropriate action plans to support the failing pre-registration non-medical learner.
- In collaboration with the PEF team, Ward Managers, Education Links and HEIs, provide pastoral support to pre-registration non-medical learners.
Administrative Responsibilities
- Support clinical staff in the use of electronic systems used to manageplacement allocations, engage with educational audits and to recordassessments for pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Supporting pre-registration non-medical learners to access and the use appropriate IT systems in clinical practice.
- Keep up to date in research and development relevant to education in practice and the clinical learning environment.
- Maintain accurate records and live registers as required to meet regulatory body standards / quality assurance.
- Monitor numbers of failing pre-registration non-medical learners, and concerns to highlight trends and inform action planning.
Teaching and Training Responsibilities
- Deliver training sessions to prepare clinical staff in the supervision and assessment of pre-registration non-medical learner aligned to regulatory body standards.
- Deliver training sessions to pre-registration non-medical learner to support learning in practice as required in accordance with specified learning outcomes.
- Collaborate with service managers to align placement learning andoperational experience to learning outcomes.
- Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.
- Work closely with the wider clinical education team to ensure classroom based learning is aligned to placement learning.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Raise the profile of the pre-registration non-medical education programmes / pathways, across the trust
- Act as a role model for best practice in support of pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Engage with the organisation's PEF Team to continue the ongoingdevelopment of pre-registration education internally and across region as appropriate.
- Feedback to organisation's PEF team when improvement and education is required in specific areas or where pre-registration non-medical learners require additional support.
- Share knowledge and skills with others to help them develop their thinking and practice.
- Supporting the induction of pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Develop the quality of the learning environment for pre-registration non-medical learners, determining interventions necessary to support those learners to meet the required learning outcomes.
- Support clinical staff supporting pre-registration non-medical learners to devise and implement action plans related to individual learners within agreed deadlines for assessment.
- Support the preparation of clinical staff to educate and assess pre-registration non-medical learners in accordance with regulatory body standards (NMC / HCPC)
- Undertaking Quality Assurance visits / Educational Audits across theorganization in line with professional standards and regulatory bodyrequirements.
- In collaboration with the PEF team and key external stakeholders, support the development, co-coordination, evaluation and implementation of education programs for pre-registration non-medical learner
Clinical and Professional
- Support the structure, design and facilitate the delivery of learningopportunities for pre-registration non-medical learners within theorganisation.
- In collaboration with the PEF team, produce and maintain a portfolio of education in practice activity. For example, structured professionallearning activities, teaching packages.
- Support the development, implementation and review of education inpractice learning environments for pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Act as an expert resource/ Champion of Learning in practice, supporting clinical staff to ensure the delivery of a high-quality learning experience.
- Monitor student experience via electronic evaluations and escalateconcerns/trends to the PEF Team, Education Links, Ward Managers and HEI Practice Links.
- Liaise with other workforce streams in the Clinical Education department to ensure all learners are supported and those who need additional support are identified and actioned.
- Ensure communication channels are used appropriately to facilitate the flow of information between internal and external partners.
- Ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in conjunction with organisational policies.
- Collaborate with clinical staff to ensure rigor in practice assessment is maintained.
- Continuously monitor practice learning activities against quality assurance standards enabling on-going enhancement of the learning experience for pre-registration non-medical learners.
- In collaboration with the PEF team, Ward Managers, Education Links and HEI Academic Staff develop appropriate action plans to support the failing pre-registration non-medical learner.
- In collaboration with the PEF team, Ward Managers, Education Links and HEIs, provide pastoral support to pre-registration non-medical learners.
Administrative Responsibilities
- Support clinical staff in the use of electronic systems used to manageplacement allocations, engage with educational audits and to recordassessments for pre-registration non-medical learners.
- Supporting pre-registration non-medical learners to access and the use appropriate IT systems in clinical practice.
- Keep up to date in research and development relevant to education in practice and the clinical learning environment.
- Maintain accurate records and live registers as required to meet regulatory body standards / quality assurance.
- Monitor numbers of failing pre-registration non-medical learners, and concerns to highlight trends and inform action planning.
Teaching and Training Responsibilities
- Deliver training sessions to prepare clinical staff in the supervision and assessment of pre-registration non-medical learner aligned to regulatory body standards.
- Deliver training sessions to pre-registration non-medical learner to support learning in practice as required in accordance with specified learning outcomes.
- Collaborate with service managers to align placement learning andoperational experience to learning outcomes.
- Network locally, regionally and nationally with peer group to support the sharing of best practice.
- Work closely with the wider clinical education team to ensure classroom based learning is aligned to placement learning.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current clinical registration e.g., Registered Nurse with the NMC, AHP Registrant with HCPC etc.
- 1st level Degree and/or equivalent qualification and/or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education or equivalent
- European Computer Driving License
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to engage and build effective relationships
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience
- Experience of teaching, supervising, and assessing in clinical practice
- Practical experience of facilitating change
- Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
- Evidence of teaching clinical skills
- Experience of supporting a breadth of multi-professional healthcare programmes / learners.
- Knowledge of educational provision to support pre-registration learners.
Desirable
- Experience of creating and implementing innovative clinical development programmes.
- Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries
- Knowledge of other Clinical Education programmes e.g. Care Certificate, the TNA programme
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites
- Ability to work under pressure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current clinical registration e.g., Registered Nurse with the NMC, AHP Registrant with HCPC etc.
- 1st level Degree and/or equivalent qualification and/or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Post Graduate Certificate in Education or equivalent
- European Computer Driving License
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to engage and build effective relationships
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant clinical experience
- Experience of teaching, supervising, and assessing in clinical practice
- Practical experience of facilitating change
- Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
- Evidence of teaching clinical skills
- Experience of supporting a breadth of multi-professional healthcare programmes / learners.
- Knowledge of educational provision to support pre-registration learners.
Desirable
- Experience of creating and implementing innovative clinical development programmes.
- Experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries
- Knowledge of other Clinical Education programmes e.g. Care Certificate, the TNA programme
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites
- Ability to work under pressure
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).
