Clinical Educator - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical educator on Snow Leopard ward within the Respiratory service of the Evelina London.

The ward looks after a range of specialties including long term non invasive ventilation, tracheostomy care, sleep studies and neuro-rehab.

The educator will work alongside the ward manager to support and develop the nursing team

Closing date: 18th July 2023

Interview date: 26th July 2023

Management and delivery of induction programmes for new starters and preregistration students.
Reviewing, planning and commissioning of internal and external courses/educational programmes
Developing and implementing new initiatives in Snow Leopard to support an expanding service.
Provision of hands on clinical support for new starters and other learners in the department.
Collaboration with Ward manager, Matron, clinical managers, Evelina education team and the multidisciplinary team to review and develop the educational strategy.
Participate and lead in areas of Clinical Governance, Audit, and Research projects.
Develop and maintain updated clinical protocols relevant to specialty.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

At Evelina, we are reminded every day of how important life is, and how important it is to look after the health and wellbeing of our staff as they balance of responsibilities in and out of work.

We are committed to supporting flexible working; we want to support you to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.

Part time working is available.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and creating a sense of belonging and fun for all our teams caring for women, children and families; as we continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs, we recognise the huge benefit of our workforce being reflective of the diverse communities we serve.

We are committed to supporting the professional development of staff, and have excellent training and educational offerings.

Recognising that looking after babies, children and young people is incredibly rewarding, but can also bring challenge we offer amazing resources to help support our staff's emotional wellbeing and resilience.

To identify training and development needs of staff within the area in accordance with local and national policies.
Create a climate of research awareness to encourage evidencebased practice. To initiate research projects and encourage nurses to undertake their own small research projects and support their progress.
Support staff in the provision of regular local and relevant teaching and training sessions including provision of 'buddied' clinical time to facilitate on the job learning.
To be a source of highly specialist clinical and educational knowledge and to provide clinical supervision.
To act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
To ensure that patients' receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
Assist in the provision of training programmes for nurses to expand their clinical skills e.g. intravenous drugs, cannulation, phlebotomy, which are acceptable to and certifiable by the Trust.
Support the review and development of the annual Educational, training, development and business plans. Acting as representative in the course management and curricula development forums and liaise with Higher Education Institutes in order to present future needs and requirements and be familiar with the educational needs of all staff.
Responsible for the development and coordination of training programmes for staff in conjunction with Training and Development department. The post holder will also be required to deliver training as required
Develop and ensure training programmes are established to train staff to meet statutory training requirements (fire, resuscitation, health & safety, infection control, manual handling)
Tailor a programme of orientation for new staff members and arrange an ongoing programme of training for qualified and unqualified staff and overseas nurses requiring adaptation in the care and management of patients within the speciality.
Work in conjunction with Sister/charge Nurses to ensure that staff members are trained as preceptors and assessors to support pre and postr