Senior Professional Educator - Portsmouth, United Kingdom - Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
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Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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Company Description
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation.

Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger.

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.


An exciting opening has arisen for a highly motivated individual to join the professional education team based at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

The team embodies personal and professional development, and this post will enable you to enhance your knowledge across the education pathways, participate in curriculum development, and projects designed to improve the quality of the learner experience.

You will be able to work flexibly in a thriving, supportive learning and development department which is committed to providing excellent education opportunities for learners and colleagues throughout the organisation.


This is an exciting opportunity for a registered healthcare professional, to work across divisions leading the delivery of the organisation's strategic aims through the development, coordination and delivery of education using a variety of methods.

This may include, supporting ongoing professional development of clinical staff and learners across the organisation through the facilitation of virtual and classroom teaching programmes.


Job Summary

  • The Senior Professional Educator will proactively plan, promote and deliver education
  • Working with key stakeholders, develop learning opportunities and education programmes to meet local and national requirements for workforce development.
  • The Senior Professional Educator will be a senior, visible and competent member of the Education, Training and Development Department providing education, audit, governance and advice.
  • Develop and enhance the quality of the practice learning environment to meet the Health Care and Professions Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Professional and/or voluntary register requirements.
  • Maintain high standards of professional education and delivery of quality training as part of the standards set within the organisation.
  • Facilitate the supervision, assessment and support to all learners in practice.
  • Deliver practice supervisor and assessor training for all Health Care Professionals in accordance with professional regulatory requirements/standards.
  • Develop a learning culture where learners receive quality placements supported by staff, supervisors and assessors from the multiprofessional team.
  • Ensure practice supervisors and practice assessors within the clinical/nonclinical area are up to date with professional regulatory standards through continuous monitoring.
  • Manage the educational audits of clinical and nonclinical areas. Recognising, actions and monitoring any areas for development as appropriate.
  • Contribute to managing resources and departmental budget

Job Description:


Qualifications:


  • Essential_
  • Current professional registration with a healthcare regulator ie NMC/HCPC
  • BSc Degree in relevant field or equivalent
  • Evidence of recent CPD
  • Evidence of teaching (formal/informal) experience
  • Mentorship/Supervisor/Assessor qualification/experience
  • Desirable_
  • Computer literate.
  • Relevant postregistration qualification in education/teaching

Experience

  • Essential_
  • Experience in band 5 post.

Skills and Knowledge

  • Essential_
  • Experience of education delivery.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Teaching and mentoring skills
  • Team building skills
  • Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others
  • Organisational skills and able to work as part of a team
  • Able to support development of others
  • Articulate and knowledgeable of current professional issues
  • Health promotion
  • Advocacy skills
  • Strong customer service skills
  • Desirable_
  • Ability to adapt to change within working situation

Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do.

We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool and access to our fantastic staff networks.

We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages s
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