THEATRES, ANAESTHETICS, CRITICAL CARE, PAIN & PRE-OP DIRECTORATE

CLINICAL EDUCATOR - CRITICAL CARE

Band 6 - 37.5 hours per week - Permanent

An opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Educator to join the Critical Care team.

The Clinical Educator will be expected to drive training and education programmes across Critical Care.

The post holder will support the Lead Clinical Educator, Lead Nurses and Deputy Matron to achieve educational goals set by the Trust and Network and develop educational strategies to meet objectives. The overall aim of the role is to ensure the workforce is competently trained to fulfil the responsibilities of their role and able to provide a safe, high quality and efficient service within a healthy work environment.

The post holder will be responsible to work in collaboration to share goals and clinical competence within a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary workforce. They must be committed to excellence with a clear vision and strategic focus for empowering education and promote productivity within an educational budget.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver an educational strategy through a combination of teaching and learning techniques to enable the educators and learners to create an optimal educational process, through technology, content, administration, support and communication.
• Maintenance of high standards of nursing care, ensuring adherence to Trust policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Support staff in the delivery of holistic patient care recognising the individual needs of patients and their relatives.
• Effectively utilise staff and resources in accordance with Trust policies.
• Prioritise workload effectively to manage competing priorities.
• Ensure accurate documentation and maintain written reports, handovers and legal documentation to required levels.
• Participate in the promotion of clinical governance, standard setting, implementation and audit.
• Initiate and lead quality improvement to the benefit of staff, relatives and the patient.
• Effectively manage the Trust e-rostering system, safe care, sunrise and ICCA.

About us

At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of providing safe, caring and effective services because people matter. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.

We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as BAME, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.

We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

• First level registration
• Post Graduate Academic Award in Critical Care
• Recognised award in teaching & assessing
• Evidence of Leadership & Management

Desirable

• Evidence of CCN4 competencies

Knowledge & Training

Essential

• Proven leadership skills within Critical Care
• Ability to supervise & assess others to include pre-registration and post-registration students
• Ability to share knowledge base with others and to teach on the education programme
• Evidence of self-development and development of others within Critical Care

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working clinically in a Critical care unit after the completion of a PGAA in Critical care

Communication & Relationship Skills

Essential

• Proficient interpersonal skills - to
• Effective communication with patients, families, carers and members of MDT
• Ability to work as part of a large multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work collaboratively

Analytical & Judgement Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate attention to detail
• Ability to work flexibly under pressure and problem solve
• Commitment to evidence-based practice & the development of nursing practice

Planning & Organisational Skills

Essential

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for all levels of Critical Care patients without supervision
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload of self and others
• Ability to maintain accurate records, data, information and prepare written and verbal handovers

Physical skills

Essential

• Physically able to undertake role with minor adjustments
• Ability to work flexibly over a 7-day period

Employer details

Employer name

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Russells Hall Hospital

Pensnett Road

Dudley

DY1 2HQ

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