We are looking for a dynamic and experienced individual to join our Education Team within the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit (AEM) at The Royal Liverpool University Hospital. If you have 2 years experience or more at teaching within a clinical setting such as Acute Medicine/ITU/ED or a clinical teaching environment, simulation experience around patient safety and pathways and clinical skills training and Human Factors and also an interest in sepsis guideline support then this will be the post for you.

You will be joining an existing team and will be responsible for the clinical training and development of all nursing and healthcare staff within both areas. You will be undertaking in situ simulation, sepsis training and planned study days, as well as supporting newly qualified nursing staff within both areas in their 4 week induction and preceptorship.

Your role will also include undertaking report writing and data collection to be reported into the Matron Lead for the team and supporting evidence for CQC and LQA action plans, as well as maintaining the care group database for training.

Part of the role will incorporate working as a sepsis nurse 1 day a week to support the new NICE sepsis Guidelines and providing on departmental training for all staff to ensure timely care for AQ targets.

We will require you to either have PGCE or be willing to undertake this training within the first 12 months of starting your role as part of the TNA programme.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be key in the implementation of the education strategy for the emergency care setting. They will provide supervision in practice and deliver training, whilst establishing the training requirements in the setting to ensure the necessary workforce skill mix. They will link the education strategy for the emergency care setting with the overall strategy for education in the organisation. They will work closely with the lead nurse managers, and education providers, including higher education institutes (HEIs) in providing and supporting learners within the ED.

The post will involve managing a small group of nurse educators to ensure that they are delivering high quality education across the division. The post holder will work closely with both AMU and ED to build working relations and ensure educational and clinical standards across the care group.

The post holder should have experience in leadership, change management and education, having a track record of education of others is paramount.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

To support the staff working in all areas of clinical practice to increase skills and knowledge.

To conduct and facilitate in-house teaching for the staff relating to their speciality.

Support the continuing professional development programme by planning the educational needs of the directorate for PDPs and appraisals.

Input to a database to hold records of all education and training delivered to staff.

Support the communication skills strategy for the department.

Working as part of the sepsis programme as sepsis educator and nurse in ED and AMU

Undertaking in situ simulation with regards to pathways and safety incidents

Undertaking Human Factors training within the care group.

The job will be Monday - Friday

For a full list of duties please refer to the attached job description

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate an understanding of change management
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area.
• Clinical Governance Able to perform/participate in audit Policy/procedure guidelines
• Research awareness

Desirable

• Formal teaching packages

Skills

Essential

• Able to analyse data and provide written reports. Intermediate IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
• Able to manage work autonomously
• Able to present information to professional groups
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care setting.
• Ability to impart knowledge and skills

Other

Essential

• Assertive

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Risk assessors course/equivalent
• Post registration training/education qualification or equivalent
• Evidence of continual professional development

Desirable

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable range of clinical experience with specific experience in specialty
• Participated in service development and implementation of change
• Experience of teaching and assessing in the clinical area
• Formal education Informal education Excellent facilitator of practical and theoretical knowledge

Desirable

• Core trainer for CPR, Manual Handling and Conflict Resolution

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Mount Vernon Street

Liverpool

L7 8YE

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