Clinical Educator
Job overview
Do you have a passion for teaching and inspiring others? Are you a role model who wants to demonstrate evidence-based practice? Would you like to share your knowledge and assist others in developing their professional career in caring for surgical patients?Are you keen to assist with the management and improvement of clinical nursing staff?
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Surgical Directorate (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust). We are looking for Band 6 Clinical Educator for The Surgical Emergency Unit Triage at the John Radcliffe Hospital. You will be expected to work as a clinical educator for 70% for the time with the remaining 30% as a deputy ward manager.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Educators will be able to:
- Act as an exemplary role model for best clinical practice and Trust values
- Work alongside learners to facilitate their independent learning
- Work to an agreed job plan to maximise education delivery to support staff and patient safety/experience.
- Manage their own time to ensure a balance between clinical education and education administrative activities
- Actively promote and contribute to an inter-professional learning environment
- Deliver education programmes at a divisional level and where required cross divisionally in support of organisational priorities.
- Work as part of the local and corporate practice development teams
- Assist in anticipating and addressing the educational needs of the service
- Work across boundaries to proactively develop and sustain partnerships
- Work clinically within SEU triage as a deputy ward manager, role modelling and coordinating.
- Participate in completing audits, service improvement and research projects relevant to the clinical educator role
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder will be an experienced, knowledgeable practitioner who provides clinically based practice development and education to the non-medical workforce. They will role model best, evidence-based professional practice. Clinical education support for all ‘learners at the bedside’ is a substantial part of this role.
The clinical educator will identify and support the learning needs of their clinical area. The clinical educator is key to ensuring the clinical area is a positive learning environment through acting as an expert resource, ensuring local training resources are appropriate and up-to-date, and working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and senior colleagues.
Specific education interventions will be provided and may be co-developed with the senior practice development and education team. They will also assist in coordinating the delivery and evaluation of training. The clinical educator is key to ensuring training is grounded in good practice and will be involved in the education element of clinical governance and quality assurance.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria- • Current first level RN registration with NMC
- • Evidence of understanding and insight into current issues in nursing and the NHS
- • Evidence of specialist knowledge and competency in the speciality
- • Experience of participating in projects and audit
- • Educated to diploma/degree level
- • Evidence of post registration qualification or training in the speciality.
- • Experience of operational management
- • Competent in basic IT skills
Experience
Essential criteria- • A positive enthusiastic character
- • Being self aware and able to accept constructive criticism
- • Resilient and proactive under pressure
- • Strong organisational skills
- • Ability to prioritize, instruct and direct others
- • Ability to prioritize, instruct and direct others
- • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- • Belief in patient centred philosophy
- • Ability to work effectively and communicate with different nursing teams and other professional groups
- • Ability to think logically and use initiative