Associate Educator Health Care Support Workers - Keighley, United Kingdom - Airedale NHS Foundation Trust

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
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Keighley, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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We have a new opportunity within the Nursing Practice Development team for an Associate Educator for Health Care Support Workers (HCSW).

The post holder will report directly to the Practice Educator - HCSW and support recruitment, training, education and pastoral support of HCSW new to the Trust.

This is a new post with temporary funding fixed for 6 months initially.


This post will support HCSW recruitment events held by the Trust acting as a resource to explain the role, answer questions and support the recruitment process.

The post holder will be involved in training new HCSW employed by the Trust both in the classroom and out in clinical areas.

They will be fully supported by the Practice Educator for HCSW and the wider Practice Development team.

The post holder will draw upon their experience to support new HCSW with all aspects of the role including clinical procedures and emotional support.

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services.

We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes.

Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.


We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning hospital set within the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. The hospital has been successful and is looking forwards to a complete new hospital build in the coming years.


The post holder will support the Nursing Practice Development team and clinical areas by facilitating education, training and development opportunities for unregistered healthcare practitioners and learners.

These opportunities will contribute to the provision of a workforce that is kind, collaborative, expert and aspirational.

The post holder will help to champion and co-ordinate the development of the HCSWs who are new to the trust and to the care environment.

This will include supporting the Nursing Practice Development team in the delivery of the Care Certificate Programme and other clinical educational programmes to support learning opportunities linked to the requirement of the HCSW role.

The post holder will be able to prioritise duties with the support of the Practice Educator for HCSW's and be accountable for their own actions and demonstrate initiative and ability to work autonomously with mínimal direct supervision, but must work within their level of competence.


The post holder will, in the first instance, support the delivery of educational programmes across Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, such as the Care Certificate programme.

This will include supporting HCSW's in clinical areas to achieve a high level of clinical care though the practice and attainment of the Care Certificate performance document.

There will also be the opportunity to be involved in other workforce and education projects within the team to shape the future of our workforce

For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
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