Specialist Simulation/AV Technician

Job overview

Working within the Clinical Education Team, the post holder will provide specialist AV and Simulation skills contributing towards the department’s educational activities within Simulation, Clinical Skills and Resuscitation.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work within the Clinical Skills, Resuscitation, Simulation and Surgical Simulation services.

Working for our organisation

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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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

v Support the education management team in ensuring the smooth running of courses across educational pathway.

v To present a positive image of education to all users and promoting it as a first class venue for learning and education, identifying and implementing service improvements in conjunction with the education senior management team.

v Support the Clinical Education Department by setting up for courses, conferences and meetings that are held across the Trusts education function.

v Provide support to the Rotational Technicians with stock management, control and ordering to ensure that stock levels across the department remain adequate.

v Take a leadership role in the administration of the Trust-wide room booking system across the educational pathway, ensuring that rooms are fit for purpose and ready for use, under the guidance of the Specialist Technician Team Leader.

v Liaise with different departments across the organisation as applicable to understand their AV requirements, providing guidance and assistance to support educational services.

v Provide first line technical expertise for computer based multimedia systems and their components.

v In conjunction with the Rotational Technicians, ensure that AV / Simulation kit / part task trainers are fit for purpose and in full working order, providing maintenance where required. Ensure reporting of any major faults to the Specialist Technician Team Leader as applicable.

v Ensure classrooms are ready for educational delivery, with particular focus on ensuring that both high fidelity Simulation equipment & bespoke audio-visual equipment is functional ready to use.

v Assist with the transfer of equipment across the department / wider organisation including pre-course set up where required.

v Assist leaners or patients at large educational events such as ALS / LOCAS giving directions, escorting across the site or any other appropriate task.

v On a daily basis, provide leadership for all technical elements of all courses, ensuring safe and efficient use of range of equipment and supplies including low, medium and high fidelity full body patient simulators, IT and audio visual equipment.

v Have a full working knowledge of the role of a Simulation Technician including prepare equipment for training such as the application of moulage to give the illusion of injury and performing the role of the ‘controller’ during Simulated teaching scenarios.

v The post holder should be able to perform all associated roles and responsibilities of the Rotational Technicians to ensure good resilience and mentorship within the department.

v Have a good knowledge of the Health and safety legislation regarding AV equipment, providing advice on how the Trust can abide by this.

v Through training, knowledge and experience provide video creation / editing functions as required by Clinical Education to ensure high quality clinical videos can supplement new / existing education.

v Support the organisation to develop and deliver conference facilities

v Assist the Specialist Technician Team Leader with the development and upkeep of the department’s intranet / social pages.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent qualifications to include English and Mathematics at Grade C or above
• NVQ 3 or equivalent qualification
• Evidence of having undertaken continuous professional development

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of having worked within an educational / NHS environment
• Experience of working with mannequins or part task trainers within an educational setting
• Experience of Simulation / AV Technical components and their application within Education
• Experience of leadership and creating a positive team culture

• Experience of stock taking / managing replenishment

Knowledge

• Knowledge of MS Office applications
• Knowledge of video creation / editing or willingness to work towards

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and build effective relationships.
• Application of discretion in handling sensitive / confidential information
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to work flexibility
• Consistently high attention to detail and quality of work.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
• Committed to providing a high quality clinical education service
• Ability to work well in a small team, with good interpersonal skills and supportive attitude to colleagues well-being understanding the use of empathy and sensitivity where required
• Can utilise own autonomy within their scope of practise

Other

• Willingness to work flexibly at all LUFHT sites where required.
• Ability and willingness to undertake and successfully achieve further training as required for the role.

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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.