Job summary
Do you want to explore more opportunities where your profound expertise in acute medical care assumes a pivotal role.
You will be expected to have extensive experience in Acute medical care with a level of senior responsibility. You will be responsible for the training and development of all nurses and Healthcare Assistants to ensure excellent patient care.
You will also be expected to support and give direction to all nurse and Healthcare Assistants to promote, enhance and maintain high quality care on the unit. There will also be an expectation that you also work clinically to provide support and guidance to junior staff and assist with smooth running of the unit.
You are expected to provide clinical leadership and direction to the team and ensure departmental compliance with all mandatory elements of training and manage the database in line with trust policy. You will be expected to produce reports and audits as part of Clinical Governance.
Furthermore, you will assist with the inductions of new starters and will be required to ensure newly qualified staff have a preceptorship qualification and undertake clinical shifts to ensure they are supported.
Main duties of the job
To be part of an integrated education team - providing in house training within a clinical environment
To provide cascade training
Deliver teaching sessions on relevant topics for example BLS, ANTT, IPC, Manchester Triage Training, falls, pressure ulcers, nursing risk assessments, acute medical conditions & medication safety.
Work alongside newly qualified and international nurses and deliver up to date training
Maintain records for the department for all training compliance
Audits and Appraisals
Assist in the recruitment and training of new staff
Maintain updates for mentors and provide clinical supervision
MDLO training
Assist with SIM training, Inductions and performance management
Medicine Safety management
About us
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the development of clinical competence with the workplace across the range of healthcare professionals in line with agreed directorate and Trust educational development strategies and priorities.
To facilitate the development and delivery of multi-professional learning within the clinical environment.
To ensure the Trusts training, education and development priorities are delivered in a timely manner.
Be responsible for ensuring the planning, delivery and evaluation of care to meet the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, in line with the Trusts Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework
Act as a strong role model and provide development, clinical supervision and advice for other staff and students to support them in reaching their full potential
Work clinical shifts within the clinical environment to support the knowledge, development and competency assessment of staff within the Acute Medical Assessment Units
To ensure the productive operation of the department environment through the maintenance of a safe, clean and organised environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the development of clinical competence with the workplace across the range of healthcare professionals in line with agreed directorate and Trust educational development strategies and priorities.
To facilitate the development and delivery of multi-professional learning within the clinical environment.
To ensure the Trusts training, education and development priorities are delivered in a timely manner.
Be responsible for ensuring the planning, delivery and evaluation of care to meet the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, in line with the Trusts Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework
Act as a strong role model and provide development, clinical supervision and advice for other staff and students to support them in reaching their full potential
Work clinical shifts within the clinical environment to support the knowledge, development and competency assessment of staff within the Acute Medical Assessment Units
To ensure the productive operation of the department environment through the maintenance of a safe, clean and organised environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Mentoring qualification.
- ALS/eALS.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Previous teaching experience
- 5 years experience working in acute medicine
Desirable
- Completion leadership and management programme.
- Manchester Triage Training
- Cascade Trainer
Knowledge
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal skills.
- oSelf-motivated and able to motivate others.
- oGood presentation skills and proven teaching ability.
- oCommitted to continuing professional development of self and others.
- oIT skills - MS word and excel.
- oAbility to lead the process of change.
- oAbility to work autonomously.
- oDemonstrates a commitment to multi -professional learning.
- oDemonstrates current knowledge of professional and NHS issues and the implication for clinical placements.
- oDemonstrates an understanding of the clinical governance agenda, including CNST Standards, Standards for Better Health, Hospital Hygiene.
- oDemonstrates an understanding of workforce redesign and new ways of working.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of research and audit.
- oExperience of involvement in the delivery/support of clinical governance agenda.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Mentoring qualification.
- ALS/eALS.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Previous teaching experience
- 5 years experience working in acute medicine
Desirable
- Completion leadership and management programme.
- Manchester Triage Training
- Cascade Trainer
Knowledge
Essential
- oExcellent interpersonal skills.
- oSelf-motivated and able to motivate others.
- oGood presentation skills and proven teaching ability.
- oCommitted to continuing professional development of self and others.
- oIT skills - MS word and excel.
- oAbility to lead the process of change.
- oAbility to work autonomously.
- oDemonstrates a commitment to multi -professional learning.
- oDemonstrates current knowledge of professional and NHS issues and the implication for clinical placements.
- oDemonstrates an understanding of the clinical governance agenda, including CNST Standards, Standards for Better Health, Hospital Hygiene.
- oDemonstrates an understanding of workforce redesign and new ways of working.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of research and audit.
- oExperience of involvement in the delivery/support of clinical governance agenda.
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
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).
