Job Description
The Clinical Education Team is looking for an adult registered nurse who has significant experience working in the community setting to come and join our team. The team works across the Trust supporting education in practice at all levels from the Care Certificate through to Advanced Clinical Practice programmes. You will be part of the team promoting a learning culture across the Trust.
The post holder will be responsible for leading on all aspects of clinical education, to ensure our teams have the skills and knowledge required to deliver great care to the patients in our communities. The post involves designing and delivering training opportunities across the Trust, as well as supporting students and learners across North West London in CNWL community teams.
The post does require travelling between sites.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Job Summary:
CNWL recognises that good education and training resources which support staff and service developments are crucial in order to deliver the best care possible to service users. We have a team of Clinical Educators who work across the Trust supporting education in practice at all levels from the Care Certificate through to Advanced Clinical Practice programmes. You will be part of that team promoting a learning culture across the Trust and you will be the named person responsible for all aspects of non-medical clinical education within a geographic or service area.
You may work with individual learners but your focus will be to ensure that clinical staff are able to support learners effectively and that teams and services are able to access the education they need to deliver evidence based care which meets or exceeds national standards. You will offer clinical education expertise to help Team Leads and Ward Managers to make the best use of education resources to attract, recruit and retain staff and develop teams to provide the best possible care to the people who use our services.
Values
Central and North West London NHS Trust expects Band 7 Clinical Educators to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends family and carers and also other staff members.
As a Band 7 Clinical Educator you should show COMPASSION and contribute to a caring and kind clinical and learning environment. You should recognise that what you do and say as a Clinical Leader can help can make the lives of others better.
You should RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.
You should EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information and resources which support others to make their own decisions and meet their own educational needs.
You should work in PARTNERSHIP with others and behave in a way that shows that you recognise our role is to support others who are delivering frontline services.
Key Responsibilities
Clinical Education
You will support clinical education across the trust and take the lead for defined and agreed subject areas such as a specific training programme. You will work with managers and Assistant Directors of Nursing and Professional Leads to identify areas of unmet training needs. You will then signpost people to existing resources or you may work with colleagues to develop appropriate education solutions. You will also be responsible for overseeing Clinical Education within a geographic or service area this may involve the following areas:
Band 2 to 4 staff:
Care Certificate: contribute to the Trust meeting its obligation to ensure that new Band 2-4 clinical staff complete the care certificate by supporting staff in practice to understand their role in signing off competencies.
Continuing Professional Development: support the development of effective continuing professional development opportunities for Band 2-4 staff including skills consolidation. You may contribute by teaching particular clinical skills or supporting staff to assess skills.
Career Development: signpost Band 2 – 4 staff to career development programmes including apprenticeships and ensure effective personal development planning by providing information about what is available to Band 2-4 staff and identifying and escalating gaps in provision. You will support apprentice mentors to ensure that all apprentices in your area are supported to learn in practice.
Students and placements:
You will be responsible for supporting the learning environment across a geographical or service area. This will involve ensuring :
- All placement areas are regularly audited and meet the required NMC and HPC standards to take students.
- Practice supervisors and assessors are able to access resources, training and regular updates which help them develop as educators and hence provide effective support to all students. In particular you will help placement areas identify learning opportunities and understand the importance of empowering students to put their learning into practice in a safe way.
- Supervisors and assessors receive support if they have to manage under performing students
- Students receive the support they need to learn in practice effectively and have a positive experience working and learning in CNWL, this may include supporting and facilitating inductions for students
- Students are supported to apply for permanent posts in the trust when they qualify
You will also be expected to build close relationships and work with Team Leads, Ward Managers, the trust’s placement team and HEI representatives to respond to requests to place additional students. When it is feasible you will be expected to visit placement areas regularly in order to provide informal support to both students and practice supervisors and assessors. When visits are not feasible you will be expected to organise remote informal meetings.
Newly Qualified Staff, Preceptorship and Rotation Programmes
You will work closely with the trust’s preceptorship lead to:
- Support the implementation, evaluation and development of the trust-wide preceptorship programme.
- Ensure that all newly qualified band 5 staff are supported through the trust multi-professional preceptorship programme and have a named preceptor
- Ensure that preceptors are supported in their role and receive the resources and updates they need to be effective
- Where necessary you will support preceptors, nursing and AHP colleagues to performance manage newly qualified staff, challenge practice and identify competency issues
You will also work closely with Team Leads, Ward Managers and Service Leads to contribute to the development and implementation of rotation programmes and other education programmes which build on the Trust preceptorship programme, attract newly qualified staff to the Trust and ensure they have Service specific skills required.
Continuing Professional Development and Career Development
You will support the effective use of continuing professional development by:
- Supporting individuals and teams to plan their CPD in order to benefit service users and / or support service developments
- Helping to commission and deliver education and training required to deliver an effective CPD programme which offers a range of CPD opportunities from skills consolidation and in-house training through to accredited courses and apprenticeships
- Ensuring accurate records of CPD are maintained through the use of the Trust’s learning management system (LDZ) and that courses are appropriately promoted
- Supporting the implementation of career development pathways designed to attract or retain staff
Support new ways of working and new roles
You will work with the local Leads to support the development and implementation of new ways of working and new roles e.g. Nursing Associate or Advanced Clinical Practitioners. You will ensure that managers and educators in practice understand the education programmes which underpin new roles. You will also have an understanding of what needs to happen for new roles to be implemented effectively and safely. You will support the recruitment to education programmes which underpin new roles including apprenticeships.
Functional Skills
CNWL is committed to improving the functional skills in Maths, English and IT of all our staff at all levels. You will understand the functional skills resources available, be able to signpost people appropriately and be willing to be a champion for functional skills.
Practice Development
In addition to the role you play in clinical education you will also be expected to contribute to practice development within your geographical or service area by:
- Maintaining an up to date knowledge of current trends in practice
- Identifying best practice in professional regulatory standards at a national level and demonstrating leadership that contributes to these concepts being taken on board at a local level
- Promoting the use of service user and carer involvement in all aspects of clinical education
- Understanding the clinical governance agenda in the teams you work with and how clinical education can help Services meet agreed standards
Managerial and Personal Responsibilities
- Act as a role model and clinical lead
- Maintain registration with a relevant professional body
- Work in ways that promote and demonstrates respect for services users, colleagues and carers
- Participate in supervision, annual appraisal and Personal Development Planning
- Contribute to the development and review of education policies and professional standards across the Trust
- Participate in the recruitment of clinical staff including apprentices as required
- Manage education projects within agreed timescales to agreed standards
- Maintain external links with national bodies to ensure our practice is in line with national guidance
Supplementary Information:
This is an outline of the post-holder’s duties and responsibilities. It is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time in order to meet the changing needs of the Trust and Department.