Nurse Educator in Dermatology Education - NHS
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it.Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’.Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS.We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
The nurse educator is an exciting post developed to support the expansion of the St. John's DermAcademy educational portfolio. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced nurse to share their passion for clinical education in a progressive, dynamic multi-professional team.The post holder will bring clinical expertise in dermatology, first hand teaching experience, along with vision and enthusiasm to produce and deliver high quality, multi-modal clinical education. The post holder will have the option to undertake a post graduate certificate in education during their tenure in the role, developing their professional portfolio and leadership in clinical education.
This post is offered as part-time, fixed-term for 18 months. Internal secondments considered.
Advert closing: 15th May 2025Interview date: 11th June 2025
Main duties of the job
Be a source of highly specialist clinical and educational knowledge and take an active teaching role in the provision of St John’s DermAcademy training programmes for nurses and allied health care professionals
Take a leadership role and project manage the design and delivery of St John’s DermAcademy patient and public educational initiatives, including the patient and public webinar series and the patient education video programme.
Raise the profile of St John’s DermAcademy as a core education and training provider locally, nationally and internationally.
Lead and take responsibility for the established in-service educational events (e.g. Dermatology Nursing Grand Round).
Working for our organisation
The St John’s DermAcademy is the first organisation of its kind, run by and for multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals providing high quality dermatology education to improve patient care. Established in 2017, it is an educational enterprise within Guy’s and St.Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
An expert multi-professional team and invited national/international speakers deliver dermatology education via multiple modalities, including face-to-face, online virtual and hybrid courses, podcasts and videos. Educational content is tailored to a wide range of healthcare professionals in addition to patient and public educational initiatives which are part of our dynamic educational portfolio.St John’s DermAcademy has become a leader in dermatology education provision, with both a national and an international reach. We continue to grow our educational portfolio and team. The DermAcademy is an exciting, progressive and ambitious place to work and utilise your clinical expertise to far reaching audiences.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The nurse educator will be responsible for supporting the development of, and co-ordinating the delivery of educational initiatives for a nursing and allied healthcare professional (AHP) audience within the St John’s DermAcademy portfolio. They will project manage the design and delivery of a programme of patient education video resources and a series of patient and public engagement initiatives.The post holder will be responsible for monitoring and reviewing educational delivery standards, reporting on performance and instituting remedial action where necessary. They will provide leadership and motivation for high quality dermatology clinical practice, through the development of up to date, evidence-based learning content, with opportunities for cross-specialty learning and collaboration within the trust and beyond.
*Please see attached job description for further details*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RN1 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
- BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- To have or working towards a masters degree
Experience
Essential criteria- Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within dermatology specialist area delivering effective patient focussed care.
- Proven evidence of teaching to healthcare professional groups
- Experience in planning educational programmes or developing learning outcomes / competency frameworks
Skills
Essential criteria- Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
- Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex information in an understandable way to a range of stakeholders
- Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work independently using own initiative
- Ability to develop quality indicators, criteria and methods for analysis and reporting
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service.We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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