Clinical Educator - ref. v78288003
Job overview
This unique position offers you the chance to work with the South East Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN), hosted by The Royal Surrey County Hospital, as a full time Band 6 Clinical Educator. Working alongside the Workforce and People Senior Manager, you will have responsibility for providing appropriate research education and clinical skills improvement for clinical staff within the NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) Agile Research Delivery Team.
Main duties of the job
This role is part of the RRDN Workforce Development function and you will be responsible for ensuring all clinical research staff within the Agile Research Delivery Team are trained and competent in line with employer statutory and mandatory requirements, to deliver first class research across the region.This will also include ensuring compliance to applicable Research Delivery Network (RDN) training and development programmes, and relevant study sponsor requirements. In this role you will also support partners with their own research education and clinical skills training where required.
You will work closely with other RDN Clinical Educators to form a community of practice and share skills and expertise, as well as RRDN staff and the Workforce and Organisational Development Directorate (RDN Coordinating Centre). Health and care partners will also be an important stakeholder in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of high-quality, effective clinical learning and development.
You will be responsible for acting as the subject matter expert, where appropriate, for informing high-quality, needs driven learning designed by the Digital Learning Designer.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh.We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Under the leadership of the Workforce and People Senior Manager, contribute to the regional delivery of the RDN Workforce strategy to support the strategic, system-wide development of the research delivery workforce across a broad range of roles, specialties and settings
- Propose and inform key innovative opportunities for increasing research delivery workforce capacity and capability across the RDN, drawing upon learnings generated from the Agile Research Delivery Teams
- Manage and lead research education and clinical skills improvement for the Agile Research Delivery Team
- Provide professional nursing/AHP leadership and support under the direction of the RRDN Health and Care Director (NMAHP) to enhance clinical practice and strategy
- To contribute to and implement Agile Research Delivery Team policies and SOPs by interpreting national directives and Trust guidelines for local implementation
- Actively contribute to the development and delivery of national projects and initiatives to drive national and regional impact
- Coordinate expert advice and guidance on research governance requirements and related regulations to guide safe and appropriate training development and delivery.
- Provide mentorship for a multi-disciplinary team of colleagues working across a range of specialties and settings
- Support the development of multi-disciplinary undergraduate student placements where appropriate
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Postgraduate qualification (eg. Post Graduate Diploma) in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
- Registered Nurse or AHP on relevant part of the professional register (NMC HCPC)
- Evidence of on-going professional development (both in terms of meeting the CPD requirements of the relevant professional body and in respect of leading education interventions).
- Recognised teaching qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of teaching and mentorship
- Extensive experience of clinical research delivery (with delegated duties and/or Principal Investigator roles) on a wide variety of studies including CTIMP interventional/observational and commercial/non-commercial.
- Experience of designing, delivering and evaluating effective learning interventions
- Expert knowledge of Good Clinical Practice (GCP), research governance and related regulations
- High Level of IT competence including word processing, Microsoft Excel, Access and presentation packages
- Leadership skills - evidence of ability to help/support junior staff