[ref. y18325021] Practice Educator - NHS

The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

• Great flexible working opportunities
• Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Job overview

Following the expansion of the division, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated, and passionate Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join our divisional education team as a Practice Educator.

This is a new and exciting role and will provide supervision and training across the division with a focus on supporting non-registered clinical and administration roles. They will also work closely with the wider divisional educational team to develop and deliver a robust education strategy.

The Practice Educator will promote a culture of continuous improvement within all areas of the division/organisation to ensure best practice is achieved in the delivery of high-quality patient care for children, young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

The Practice Educator will promote a culture of continuous improvement within all areas of the division to ensure best practice is achieved in the delivery of high-quality patient care for children, young people and their families.

This role will provide support, supervision and educational support across the division for staff working in non-registered clinical and administration roles. They will work closely with the wider divisional educational team to develop and deliver a robust education strategy.

Working for our organisation

We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.

Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.

At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Contribute to the writing of operational policies, recommendations for practice and the implementation of divisional and local initiatives.
• Collaborate with the wider division and trust education teams, Matrons and Service Leads to ensure the divisional educational needs are addressed.
• Maintain and sustain the vision and objectives of staff development, education and support until they are firmly embedded into the culture and values of the division.
• Identify clear objectives, goals and processes for education and development and to communicate these effectively to others in the work team.
• Act as clinical expert and role model leading by example best practice and demonstrating professionalism within clinical practice.
• Ensure adherence to trust and local policies, guidelines, and Standard Operating Producers throughout the division.
• Participate in the performance management of staff when necessary.
• Support the senior staff throughout the division to undertake appraisals as part of the PDR process as and when required.
• Be familiar with HR policies and procedures as they apply to ensuring staff comply with mandatory training and competence to practice.
• Network and share best practice at local, regional and national level
• Maintain clinical credibility and visibility by working alongside staff when and where it is appropriate to the role.
• Utilise information from appraisal process to assist with the co-ordination of the ward training needs analysis.

• Collaborate with divisional Matrons and Service leads to implement local identified education strategies.
• Maintain records of education and training provided and records of attendees.
• Facilitate staff orientation, training, education and practice development programmes with equitable access and support for all levels of staff.
• Provide support to unit supervisors and those staff undertaking external courses and training.
• Promote and actively participate in teaching of all grades and disciplines of staff throughout the division and wider trust.
• Encourage staff to be innovative in the development of patient care using evidence-based practice and patient focused models.
• Collaborate with divisional Matrons and Service Leads to facilitate full compliance with mandatory training and appraisals
• Produce an annual report on training, educational achievements made and make recommendations for the future education strategies.
• Liaise with other staff groups to develop and deliver multi professional clinical education.
• Collate accurate education and training records in line with Trust Targets.
• To encourage and foster a culture that supports ‘lessons learned’ from adverse events and to provide relevant education and training to address any education gaps.
• Support the local, divisional and trust wide recruitment processes and induction and preceptorship programmes.
• Collaborate with the divisional Matrons and Service Leads to evaluate external educational modules in relation to cost effectiveness.

• Collaborate with the Research Nurse team to develop and support a programme of nursing research.
• Undertake clinical audit utilising appropriate audit and research tools.
• Disseminate audit and research findings and implement change as necessary.

Person specification

Education & Training

• Registered Nurse or AHP
• Teaching qualification or willing to work towards

• Evidence of professional and leadership training.

Experience

• Substantial post registration clinical, leadership and managerial experience
• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the role
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice.
• Evidence of working with learners in practice.

• Demonstrate service development experience.
• Experience of undertaking audits
• Evidence of developing and delivering training for the unregistered workforce.

Knowledge

• Understanding and knowledge of policy developments related to the delivery of care.
• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Knowledge of strategic issues facing the wider NHS
• Proven ability to work under pressure, to prioritise workload and achieve deadlines.
• Evidence of innovation in previous post.

Skills

• Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely.
• Good data processing / collection and IT skills
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously, plan, organise, prioritise and delegate appropriate interventions to support staff
• Committed to staff and personal professional development.
• Dynamic, flexible, capable of inspiring confidence and able to bring people together in change

• Experience of presenting information to wider audience.

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

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We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

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