Job summary

Endoscopy Practice Educator

Band 7

Fixed 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Our friendly team are looking to recruit a Practice Educator. If you have the passion and skills to join our team we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To work with staff in clinical practice, in order to develop skills and knowledge required for the endoscopy speciality.

To provide clinical expertise within the speciality and collaborate with other health professionals in the delivery of quality care.

To develop education and training strategies in order for staff to achieve competencies.

To maintain up-to-date staff training records and competency documents for audits and quality reports.

To support the matron, sister/charge nurse in assessing learning gaps of staff and developing personal development plan for underperforming staff.

To support the matron, sister/charge nurse in assessing learning gaps of staff and developing personal development plan for underperforming staff.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN, Endoscopy qualifications, Mentorship qualifications

Desirable

• Appropriate management or leadership courses

Experience

Essential

• Significant endoscopy experience, experience in managing staff,experience in service development and interest and knowledge of training and education

Desirable

• Experience of clinical audit

skills and abilities

Essential

• good communication skills, evidence of teaching and assessing, clinically competent in speciallity
• good organisational skills, able to work as part of a team and awareness of clinical governance process

Desirable

• IT skills and evidence of change management

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