Work Placement Co-ordinator- International Nurses

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES

1. Work in partnership with CAST, HR, recruitment, occupational health, the pastoral care team and clinical areas to coordinate plan, develop, monitor and evaluate multiple complex work regarding the International nurses (INs) work placement(s).
2. To develop and maintain working partnerships with clinical areas sharing ideas and experiences by planning and delivering presentations regarding working experience.
3. Liaise with HR, occupational health, recruitment, clinical areas, and ward managers to make relevant adjustments to ensure all relevant learners receive appropriate support, experience and knowledge for assimilation into clinical areas to support their new career within the NHS.
4. Be required to develop a good awareness of a wide range NMC OSCE curriculum and how these link to career pathways within ELHT and act as a link for information about the OSCE prep programme for clinical areas and ward managers.
5. Be responsible for co-ordinating agreed placements for all work International Nurses across ELHT in clinical areas, to aid the transition between OSCE prep training and commencing in their new post.
6. To ensure all students are best prepared for placements, this will include developing virtual resources, SharePoint maintenance, facilitating the delivery of training programmes, e.g., workshops, group work, classroom sessions and practical activities.
7. To work closely with managers to help prepare for learners into the clinical area, this could include helping to plan, a welcome pack for the International Nurses, a mentor, date for local induction, contact details, organising rota duties, allocation onto the preceptorship programme.
8. To support and guide learners and their placement supervisors.
9. Ensure quality learning opportunities are available, this will include organising and delivering taught sessions and presentations with teams from within ELHT and externally.
10. To evaluate all taught sessions and activities.
11. The post holder will be a point of contact for International nurses during the NMC OSCE training period until commenced onto work placement area and will visit, monitor nurses and liaise with pastoral support to International Nurses, in the work area, on a regular basis.
12. Monitor International nurses on a regular basis, update records upon completion of all appropriate training programmes and compliance with preceptorship on a complex database. Liaise with the NMC educators, ward managers, pastoral lead and preceptorship lead, to solve any issues that may arise.
13. To accurately type correspondence and reports, summaries and other documents.
14. To organise, plan and deliver feedback sessions at the end of NMC OSCE training to explore what learning has occurred during placement and identify any areas of good practice and areas for improvement and feedback to the IN Clinical Educators.
15. Facilitate and attend internal and external meeting/ events with our agreed partners. Attend the Northwest International Community of Practice to forge collaborations across the ICS and keep up to date with NMC OSCE updates.
16. Maintain stock control of the NMC OSCE Prep stock levels and order to support future training.
17. Ensure International Nurses are made aware of potential job opportunities career pathways within ELHT. Organise presentation ceremonies for those who have completed their Organise presentation ceremonies for International Nurses who have successfully completed and passed their NMC OSCE
18. The post holder will be responsible for making sure any problems or issues during the NMC OSCE training course, such as sickness absence are highlighted to clinical educators or appropriate person in a timely manner
19. Contribute to the development of protocols for the Clinical Education Team
20. General administration duties, e.g., booking training rooms, preparation of handouts, setting up training rooms, by liaising with the administrator.
21. Assist with the day to day running of the International Nurse training.
22. Liaise and update the IN clinical educators and Trust pastoral nurses around any issues related training/placements.

General Duties

1. Create and maintain database of International Nurse allocation and placement areas.
2. Provide up to date reports on work placement co-ordination activities to line manager.
3. Prepare all necessary work allocation documentation, e.g., placement agreements, .Local Induction paperwork, rostered duties, preceptorship information, local paperwork from clinical areas prior to starting.
4. General administration duties, e.g., booking training rooms, preparation of handouts, setting up training rooms.
5. Undertake work placement audits to assess the quality of learning environments against quality assurance standards. Undertake work placement audits to assess the quality of information and support received and report findings to Clinical Preceptorship Lead and Lead recruitment nurse.
6. Liaise with wards and department managers to explore new welcome packages for International Nurses from clinical areas.
7. Ensure compliance with e- learning packages is maintained reporting any issues to line manager.
8. Manage own workload; be able to work independently referring to manager as necessary.
9. Be a car driver with access to a vehicle
10. Assist with the day to day running of the Clinical Education and wider DERI team duties as necessary.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

• GCSE English & Maths Grade 4/C or above or Functional Skills level 2
• ECDL or experience of using Microsoft Office
• Knowledge of NMC OSCE preparation programmes
• Experience of teaching/ mentoring staff
• ECDL or experience of using Microsoft Office
• Ability to understand, absorb and comply with procedures and make use of own judgement in cases of importance.
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven ability to work in a team and be supportive of team members.
• Clear understanding and ability to input data and information accurately.

Desirable

• Experience of working with a diverse group of people
• Diploma or equivalent knowledge

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).

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Esat Lancashire Hospitals

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)