Practice Educator for Mca/dols and Safeguarding - Carlisle, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Carlisle, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will provide comprehensive and effective adult and child support, education and supervision across North Cumbria's Health & Care System, to include the wider ICS footprint.

The role would suit someone who has been an MCA champion/supervisor/lead for their team - with specialist knowledge of safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Standards, who wants to build on these skills within a supportive team.

The post-holder will act as a resource for advice and clinical support for all staff across the health system

To include:
- clinical education and training around MCA and DoLS
- support and facilitate students, newly qualified professionals and existing healthcare staff in expanding their workplace skills
- provide feedback from observations and assessment

Undertake an active role in the development of the MCA/safeguarding champion program.
Use audit and data to analyse practice and develop a response
Contribute towards reporting for the team and trust

This role will include providing safeguarding and MCA advice to issues that arise during training, safeguarding supervision, and contributing to the writing and updating of policy, procedure and guideline documents in conjunction with the MCA Specialist Practitioner, Head of Safeguarding and the Named Nurses.

The post-holder is responsible and accountable for their own practice, working within the defined limits of competence and within the scope of the role.

Provide enhanced support, training, supervision and development opportunities to staff across the Trust.
Ensure systems are in place to deliver training, audit training needs and monitor compliance.
Provision of all levels of enhanced, bespoke MCA and some Adult and Children training
Alongside the Specialist Practitioner for MCA and LPS, support practitioners in the development of MCA work
To work with operational leads across NCIC to identify staff development and education needs with regard to MCA/DoLS
Providing advice and supervision
To provide effective monitoring, evaluation of standards of practice and work closely with service leads to ensure such standards are met.
Alongside the Specialist Practitioner for MCA and LPS, to contribute to governance and annual assurance reports
To notify the Head of Safeguarding of any practice areas or systems, which may place patients and/or the organisation at risk
Alongside the Specialist Practitioner for MCA and LPS, maintain a physical presence across NCIC
Identify outcomes of interprofessional learning experiences
To escalate where patient, staff, public or learner safety is compromised.
Deliver ad hoc and bitesize training for staff in clinical areas
Alongside the Specialist Practitioner for MCA and LPS, to work in partnership with the learning and improvement subgroups of both the Childrens and adults safeguarding board.
Responsibility for the management and coordination of the safeguarding champion network.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people.

Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond.

We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment.

The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and nonclinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role.

The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicyfor eligible vacancies?

To provide enhanced support, training, supervision and development opportunities to a range of staff across the Trust.
Ensure that systems are in place to deliver training, audit training needs and monitor compliance.
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