We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual who will assist in moving the service forward, focusing on developing and maintaining standards and upholding trust protocols and guidelines in relation to clinical skills and systemic anti-cancer therapy training and competency assessments.

The successful candidate will need to lead and coordinate the operational and day to day work of the clinical skills training service in designated clinical areas working closely with Departmental Managers, Clinical Practice Facilitators, Specialist Practice Educator (SACT), clinical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team. They will also have to work as part of a team to deliver planned generic clinical skills and SACT training sessions, provide a trust wide bleep service and cross cover clinical skills and SACT training in other designated clinical areas during absence. The successful candidate will need to work effectively as part of the Clinical Skills Training Team in supporting The Christie PET-CT Academy with specific clinical skills training programmes

Also the successful candidate, in designated clinical areas, will monitor and supervise The Christie Care Certificate, Preceptorship and medical devices training processes alongside specific Leads for new staff.

Main duties of the job

To lead and coordinate the operational and day to day work of the clinical skills training service in identified designated clinical areas, ensuring the effective operational delivery of generic clinical skills training and support for a range of staff groups within the workforce.

In designated area, to work effectively with Departmental Managers, Clinical Practice Facilitators, Clinical Skills Link Workers and external agencies to assess training needs, coordinate, deliver and promote the service, and ensure effective support is provided to clinical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

In designated clinical areas oversee the implementation, monitoring and assessment of the Healthcare Support Worker development programme and supervise and monitor the preceptorship and medical devices training processes.

Under the supervision of the Clinical Skills Team Manager collaboratively with the other Senior Clinical Skills Trainers deliver the planned clinical skills training programme and lead on moving the service forward by identifying training needs and devising, developing and implementing policies, protocols and training programmes in line with changing legislation and evidence based practice, focusing on maintaining quality standards in relation to clinical skills training.

About us

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job description

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNICATION

Demonstrate a pleasant, approachable and proactive manner to create and promote a good working relationship amongst the Clinical Skills Training Team, within the School of Oncology and the clinical divisions.

Adhere to uniform policy to maintain a professional appearance.

Work autonomously managing own workload in designated clinical areas. Work as part of the team to deliver static training sessions, provision of trust wide generic bleep service and cross cover during absence

Prioritise, plan and coordinate the delivery of the operational work of the team. Liaise with the Clinical Skills Training Manager to ensure that operational work issues are addressed and to assist in informing overall strategic delivery of the service and priorities

Be responsible for liaising with managers and or Clinical Practice Facilitators in designated clinical areas to assess needs and monitor competencies

Feedback to the managing clinical skills training team members ensuring the appropriate operational service cover arrangements are in place e.g., during sickness or annual leave and be adaptable to ensure that the overall work of the team is carried out effectively

Attend and actively participate in departmental and Trust committees, providing reports and information relating to the work of the clinical skills training team and feedback to managing clinical skills training team members

Be aware of own limitations and that of others, seeking advice and guidance as required

Act as a specialist resource/support for the Trust in relation to clinical skills training, Healthcare Support Worker developments, preceptorship and medical devices training processes and liaise with the managing clinical skills team and/or multi disciplinary team as appropriate

Demonstrate effective written, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, with team colleagues, staff in designated clinical areas and other staff trustwide and externally, at all levels on a range of matters relating to clinical skills training provision/developments

Manage difficult conversations with staff in designated clinical areas maintaining confidentiality at all times and escalate to senior colleagues as appropriate

Demonstrate effective use of Microsoft word, excel and outlook IT packages adhering to trust and IT governance policies at all times

Demonstrate a professional and keen interest in the overall work of the School of Oncology

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Be accountable to Clinical Skills Training Manager for identifying training gaps, raising areas of priority, and develop and deliver clinical skills training programmes and supporting documents and policies to a range of clinical staff across professions, in large/smalls groups and/or on a 1:1 basis

2. Implement and oversee in collaboration with the Clinical Skills Training Manager and clinical managers an effective Healthcare Support Worker development programme in designated clinical areas

3. Supervise and monitor in collaboration with the Clinical Skills Training Manager the preceptorship and medical devices training processes in designated clinical areas

4. Adapt delivery of training dependent upon assessment of current level of knowledge, skills and experience of the learner.

5. Devise, develop and review training materials, presentations and policies under the direction of the Clinical Skills Training Manager.

6. Maintain and develop own knowledge, skills and competence in relation to clinical practice and clinical skills training. Proactively engage in annual appraisal with line manager.

7. Assess the practical clinical skills competencies of individual clinical staff to established competency assessment frameworks. Feedback areas of concern to managing clinical skills team colleagues and/or departmental managers.

8. Support the delivery of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE) for staff and students.

9. Ensure own essential training is maintained

SERVICE IMPROVEMENT AND QUALITY

1. Be accountable to the Clinical Skills Training Manager when leading on the design, operational collation of data, evaluation, report writing and presentation of results for audits relevant to the work of the Clinical Skills Training Team.

2. Be responsible to the Clinical Skills Team Manager when handling the investigation of clinical incidents relevant to the work of the Clinical Skills Training Team.

3. Lead collating and maintaining training and development records in designated clinical areas.

4. Be accountable to the Clinical Skills Training Manager to identify, devise, develop and implement new clinical skills training initiatives and educational pathways, ensuring practice is evidence based and adheres to trust standards and policies.

5. With team establish competency standards to ensure the agreed standard of care is maintained.

6. Supervise the professional work of staff and students requiring training in designated areas reporting any concerns to clinical managers

7. Advise and support staff in relation to clinical skills training.

8. Train, standardise and monitor Clinical Skills Link Workers to ensure training and assessment is carried out to agreed standards, offering guidance and support.

9. Be accountable for evaluating clinical skills training provision, identifying skills gaps and take action to address these to ensure continued improvements, standardisation of training, including the standardisation of link assessors and quality of clinical skills training provision in designated clinical areas.

10. Consider opportunities for income generation in relation to clinical skills training provision and offer ideas in this regard to senior colleagues.

11. Take reasonable care of own health and safety as per trust policy.

12. Work with Clinical Skills Training Manager and subject matter experts to provide guidance and support to clinical managers in procuring clinical skills equipment and ensuring the best use of resources.

13. Under the supervision of the Clinical Skills Training Manager lead on the trial of relevant clinical skills equipment, its evaluation, reporting and procurement.

14. Report all accidents, incidents and near misses in relation to own sphere of work and/or defects in equipment as per trust policies and communicate as required with departmental managers and senior clinical skills training team colleagues.

OTHER

Be responsible for ensuring that personal corporate essential training requirements, as dictated by the trust, are met in a timely manner.

Be responsible for booking an appointment and completing preparation work for annual PDR appraisal. Engage in the PDR process and take responsibility for drafting a summary of the discussion and objectives.

Support the department, division and Trust and at times undertake other activities to ensure the smooth running of the School of Oncology and the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional
• Certificate in teaching and assessing or working towards
• First level degree or working towards
• PG Cert or willingness to work towards

Desirable

• Certificate in cancer care / oncology

Experience

Essential

• Post qualifying experience as a Nurse or AHP in an acute care setting.
• Experience of assessing students/learners
• Teaching small and large groups of staff

Desirable

• Managerial or leadership experience post qualifying
• Experience of working in an acute oncology setting

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Evidence of effective generic clinical skills.
• Completed UKONS SACT Competency Passport
• Experience of delivering generic clinical skills training e.g., venepuncture, reconstitution and administration, cannulation, CVAD's, NEWS2 and Observations and SACT administration training
• Ability to deliver high standard of patient care
• Computer literacy - Microsoft outlook, word and excel
• Utilise evidence-based practice to inform own work
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Able to prioritise and manage own workload

Desirable

• Experience of delivering generic clinical skills training e.g., catheterisation, ECG
• Experience of developing policies and standards
• Experience of medical devices training and preceptorship processes
• Experience of Health Care Support Worker supervision and support
• Experience of conducting audits.

Skills

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