Clinical Practice Educator

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

As a Clinical Practice Educator, you play a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of exceptional patient care through the continuous professional development of ED staff. Combining your clinical expertise with educational responsibilities, you will provide guidance and support for both newly qualified and experienced healthcare professionals within the ED team.

• To support the practice development nurse (PDN) in the delivery of education and training programmes for a variety of leaners within emergency medicine i.e. band 3 Emergency Team Assistants, band 5 nurses and junior band 6 nurses.
• To work across emergency medicine to support a range of learners and to ensure the delivery of high quality education and development.
• Facilitate the creation of positive learning environments where staff development is encouraged and supported.
• Facilitate the induction, education and continuing professional development for a range of learners.
• To be a role model for leadership, training, coaching and support staff working within emergency medicine
• To support staff working with learners to deliver high quality effective care for patients thus improving the patients’ experience.

Contribute to the development of programmes of education and training, whilst demonstrating awareness of cultural diversity in the workplace and the need to adapt training accordingly.

Working for our organisation

You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

EDUCATION

• Registered Nurse, RN
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of applying current research to practice

• Management / leadership course
• NMC teacher qualification

SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct
• Awareness of current developments in nursing and nurse education
• Knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit
• Good IT skills,

EXPERIENCE

• Up to date clinical nursing skills and experience gained in an acute environment
• Experience of co-ordinating and managing either staff or patients
• Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines

• Management of poor performance
• Experience of teaching in the classroom/lecture theatre