Clinical Practice Educator - Huntingdon
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Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge?
Keen to work with motivated caring staff?
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of our “Outstanding Team” in the Children’s Community Specialist Nursing Service caring for children across Cambridgeshire.
We are looking for a Clinical Practice Educator to join our dynamic team, that covers the whole of Cambridgeshire delivering the highest quality care to make a difference to children and young people requiring nursing care in their communities.Children benefit from the expertise of the hospital in the comfort and safety of their own environment, and you will have the opportunity to lead on education in the service.
We are looking for a passionate paediatric nurse who is enthusiastic about individual and service development, and motivated by providing the highest quality of care to our families.
You will be an experienced mentor/educator, experience of community work would be an advantage as well as experience, knowledge and understanding of working alongside other agencies and professionals, with excellent communication skills.
This role will give you the opportunity to assist with the development of Community Nursing within Cambridgeshire, as well as being supported in your own personal development.
You will be very welcome to contact us for an informal discussion/visit on the details below.
Main duties of the job
The post will be essential to leading on the training and development need of the Children’s Community Specialist Nursing Service, ensuring the needs of the patients and families are placed at the centre of care delivery, providing a visible presence within the clinical area and achieving Trust and national standards for clinical quality, safety and patient knowledge and experience.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In conjunction with other senior leadership and clinical staff, be responsible for co-ordinating and implementing educational development for clinical staff within the Children’s Community Specialist Nursing Service.
Develop training programmes across the service taking into account the skill mix and needs of the individual services.
Act as a clinical advisor to the Clinical Nurse Lead and or Service Lead as required.
In conjunction with the leadership team and with national guidance implement and evaluate programmes of education and training to ensure an appropriate level of knowledge and skills are achieved.
To promote and maintain standards of care in accordance with the service, and Trust SOP’s and policies.
Co-ordinate with other senior leadership and clinician posts, strategic views on educational planning to address service need development.
Work autonomously and be responsible for supporting new and existing members of the clinical team to develop their skills, knowledge, competence and confidence in practice.
Develop clinical practice through current research and evidenced-based practice.
Promoting a learning environment that optimizes clinical development and facilitates a best-practice approach to evidence-based patient care .
Leading, managing and supporting the clinical education of clinical teams in the service
Developing, co-ordinating and reviewing audit of clinical practice
Clinically supervising, assessing and managing pre and post – reg students, and supporting other members of the team to do the same
Contributing to education within the Service as required
Provides specialist education and development for clinical staff and colleagues through education programmes, individual development programmes and clinical supervision.
Provide clinical leadership and act as a role model, to promote understanding, maintain standards of professionalism and contribute to the development of clinical practice in the Children’s Community Specialist Nursing Service
To act as an expert specialist practitioner
In collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, promote improvement and the effective management of change by undertaking and acting on audits and other reviews to implement and agree new approaches to raise and maintain quality of care
Provide clinical skills, educational support and direction to new and existing staff and learners to enable the on-going delivery of high quality care to our babies, children, young people, and their families
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria- RSCN or RN Child
- Mentorship Qualification
- Management / Leadership / Coaching qualification
- Specialist Practitioner Degree
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience working with children and young people with a range of medical conditions, including complex/specialist conditions
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience working with children and young people with a range of medical conditions, including complex/specialist conditions
- Demonstrates experience of facilitating training courses/workshops to a range of clinicians and students
- Team leadership/Line Management
- Experience of working in the community
- Evidence of innovative practice and service improvement
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria- Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Good teaching skills
- Clinical Supervisor
- Experience of palliative/terminal care
Certificate of Sponsorship
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In submitting an application, you authorise Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed.
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