An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, caring, enthusiastic and diligent individual to join the fantastic team in the Cardio Respiratory Clinical Service Unit as a Band 7 Senior Clinical Educator.

The Cardio-respiratory Clinical Service Unit (CSU) comprises of Adult Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery based at Leeds General Infirmary, and Adult Respiratory services based at St James Hospital with a wide range of sub speciality services on sites within LTHT. Nationally and internationally recognised we provide a number of secondary care and tertiary services across the Yorkshire region and beyond.

Expected shortlisting date: 19/09/2024

Planned interview date: 30/09/2024

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a proactive role model who will work across the Clinical Service Unit CSU to support the delivery of excellent patient care and professional standards. They will play a lead role in ensuring the development of clinical staff both registered and unregistered and be responsible for a team of clinical educators and ensuring the quality and development of training and education across the CSU. The Senior Clinical Educator role will also include

Supporting the assessment of the quality of clinical and other practice learning environments and implement interventions for improvement.

Supporting mentors and assessors and ensure clinical professional development for preceptorship and other role developments.

Enhancing the quality of care delivery from both the registered and unregistered workforce through engaging clinical teams to learn from incidents, audits, PALs and complaints.

Enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross city working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care.

Deputising for the Lead Nurse for Quality and Governance during periods of absence or when delegated to do so.

Being clinically competent and maintain competence in all aspects of nursing care and disseminate specialist knowledge & skills through experience, education, and training.

Identifying, leading, and completing on

About us

Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north.

At Cardio Respiratory CSU, we aim to be a fair and supportive CSU with positive, caring teams who are champions of the Leeds Way values. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are

Patient centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The job holder will play a lead role in ensuring the development of clinical staff both registered and unregistered. The job holder will enable the development of clinical practice mentors, assessors and key trainers, providing supervision through onsite support and Trustwide continuous professional development activities. The post holder will be responsible for leading clinical education and associated resources in their designated clinical areas. The successful candidate will provide a high standard of education.

The job holder will support the assessment of the quality of clinical and other practice learning environments, and implement interventions for improvement. The job holder will support mentors and assessors and ensure clinical professional development for preceptorship and other role developments. They will enhance the quality of care delivery from both the registered and unregistered workforce. The post holder may be line managing a junior clinical educator depending on the clinical service unit.

You will be expected to lead the nursing contribution to service development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care. The job holder will lead on the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical guidelines, audit and research. They will function as a role model for registered and unregistered staff within the clinical area and Trust, enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross city working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care.

Person Specification

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload

Desirable

• Skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse / ODP(RN Adult for adult clinical areas)
• Recognised teaching/ assessing qualification

Desirable

• Masters degree or post graduate level development equivalent to a masters
• Management/ Leadership Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience in a junior leadership role eg Band 6 or equivalent
• Leadership and management experience
• Teaching and assessing experience
• Experience of Audit and standard setting

Desirable

• Line manager experience
• Clinical Experience within the specialty
• Experience of undertaking a Quality Improvement projects

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

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