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Respiratory Clinical Educator

Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Location
Nottingham
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 per annum pro rata
Closing date
10 Oct 2024
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Profession
Other Health Profession
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Part Time
This is a great development opportunity for an experienced Nurse to gain new skills and competencies in supporting learners, preceptors, assessors and supervisors in the clinical area. We have a part time vacancy within the Medicine Clinical Education team, covering Respiratory services.

You will work closely with the specialty leadership team to deliver the bespoke education and training needs of the specialty whilst supporting the Division in education and training when required.

Main duties of the job

You should be a Registered Nurse with a proven clinical background with experience in Respiratory services and a passion for teaching and facilitation.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, confident, flexible in their approach, using own initiative, with an ability to prioritise and work on multiple strands of work.

You should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be an exceptional clinical role model. The team are passionate about getting it right for our patients and our staff and will support your personal development whilst in the post.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Devise, organise and deliver on Mandatory training, medical devices and competency assessments across the specialty including liaison with other MDT teams to facilitate as required.

Act as a role model alongside all staff members supporting them to develop their confidence in the speciality and associated clinical practice.

Promote reflective practice, clinical supervision, coaching and experiential learning opportunities developing a learning culture.

Promote by own example, effective multidisciplinary team working.

Share good practice with colleagues across the division to enhance the quality of the learning environment through the training programme.

Contribute towards the development of clinical staff competence in medicine.

Be a visible role model to ensure that the dignity, rights and confidentiality of the patient and individual team members are protected and maintained in accordance with national standards and guidelines.

Plan, prepare and maintain materials for use in educational programmes that is accurate and relevant to the target audience.

Monitor and evaluate training feedback and adapt as required.

Ensure accurate records of training and education are maintained.

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for full details of the vacancy.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Current level one NMC registration
  • Diploma or Degree in nursing or health related studies.
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and reflection
  • Evidence of Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) training or equivalent.
  • Relevant clinical training skills and knowledge.
  • Experience of supervision and preceptorship of non-registered staff, preregistration and Newly Qualified nurses.
  • Speciality specific training at diploma level or above


Desirable

  • Formal leadership and management training.
  • Working towards or planning to undertake relevant Degree or Masters.
  • Evidence of a Teaching qualification.
  • Quality, service improvement and redesign (QSIR) fundamental training or equivalent.
  • Research training/experience.
  • Completion of all local competency packages.


Experience

Essential

  • Significant post-registration experience within Respiratory services.
  • Recent Clinical Education experience, including teaching and assessing
  • Demonstrate experience of teaching one to one and groups of diverse learners, through observation and formal teaching.
  • Experience of managing staff and providing constructive feedback for development.
  • Demonstrate evidence of supporting, delivering and evaluating education and training.
  • Demonstrate experience of working in partnership with key stakeholders to support successful change and education/training.
  • Demonstrate involvement in supporting and promoting recruitment and retention
  • Recognition of own level of competence and limitations and able to communicate these to appropriate staff.


Desirable

  • Experience of supporting work streams
  • Supported role development initiatives through the EvidenceBased Practice Council.
  • Has published supporting evidence based practice in Nursing.
  • Demonstrate experience of supporting change into clinical practice and an awareness of the change process.
  • Recent or current experience within the specialty.
  • Experience in audit or research.
  • Experience or understanding of Shared Governance and transformational leadership.


Communication and Relationship skills

Essential

  • Able to work closely with relevant staff to ensure optimum training, including relevant educational institutions.
  • Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Produce timely, accurate written/electronic records and documents
  • Able to produce accurate, clear and concise written presentations, posters, records and documentation.
  • Understand how to maintain Information Governance and patient confidentiality
  • Use specialist knowledge to deliver and support clinical practice and education.
  • Demonstrate effective use of teaching aids and presentation skills.
  • Communicate effectively and confidently within a variety of forums.


Desirable

  • Able to deal with conflict and challenging behaviour.
  • Able to present highly complex information at an appropriate level, both formally and informally, to a variable audience either on an individual basis or to small and large groups.


Planning and organisation skills

Essential

  • Demonstrate an ability to effectively manage and prioritise own time and workload, including office and facilitation time, to ensure timely delivery of work agenda.
  • Demonstrate evidence of meeting deadlines.
  • Demonstrate evidence of organising, delivering and evaluating education and training programmes in accordance with HEI's standards.
  • Able to respond to planned and unplanned work to ensure effective interventions are in place.
  • Demonstrate an ability to work independently and within a team


Physical Skills

Essential

  • Physically able to perform the full range of nursing duties, to include manual handling maneuvers and non-patient manual handling maneuvers.
  • Demonstrate competence and accuracy in undertaking clinical skills, using equipment and documentation.
  • Able to set up and use IT equipment for teaching purposes.
  • Must be able to move training equipment to relevant teaching areas and across both campuses.


Other requirements specific to role

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly
  • Enhanced DBS clearance.
  • Caring, enthusiastic and well-motivated.
  • Confident and able to convey confidence with all members of MDT.
  • Demonstrate computer literacy and use of IT skills e.g. email, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
  • Support the delivery of NUH Journey to Care Excellence Standards.
  • Able to use the NUH professional practice model to ensure person-centred care is provided


Desirable

  • Attendance at conferences / study days


Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's behavioural standards


Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Respiratory services across both sites

Derby - Hucknall road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

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164-6582448-A

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