Clinical Educator

Integrated Care System; Taunton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

St Margaret's Hospice Care is seeking a Clinical Educator to enhance education and learning across the hospice. In this permanent role, you will be pivotal in building a skilled workforce through innovative training and support for clinical staff, ensuring high-quality end-of-life care in Somerset. The position offers a competitive salary, extensive benefits, and the chance to make a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

33 days holiday rising to 35 after 1 year

NHS pension scheme eligibility

Life assurance cover 2x salary

Health Cash Plans

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Experienced clinical educator and educator in health care.
• Ability to create a positive learning environment.
• Experience in teaching and supervising clinical learners.

Responsibilities

• Lead in clinical skills education and other areas of learning.
• Support clinical staff to achieve professional objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build a skilled workforce.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Skills Training

Empathy

Education

Further qualification in clinical education

Coaching qualification

Tools

Learning Management System

Job description

St Margarets Hospice Care has a fantastic opportunity for a Clinical Educator to join our Education and Learning team.

You will join us on a permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of£29,770.72 per annumfor 28 hours per week (based on a full-time salary of £39,340).

This role is based at our Taunton Hospice.

Main duties of the job

Working across the whole hospice, you will take the lead in clinical skills education and all other areas of clinical learning. You will play a vital role in:

• Creating a supportive learning environment Contribute to building a highly skilled workforce, enable learners to become skilled practitioners, and advocate for the best end of life care in Somerset.
• Building a skilled workforce- Support clinical staff of all grades and disciplines to achieve their professional objectives, bridging the gap between theory to practice.
• Developing the clinical workforce of the future Take thelead on upskilling staff and ensuring that excellent care is maintained.

About us

Be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do. So, if you're looking for a role where you can really make a difference, working as part of a supportive team, we could be a perfect match.

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday inc bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave
• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contribution.

Award-winning EAP for you and your family offering:

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support

And more

• Life assurance cover 2x salary
• Health Cash Plans
• Blue Light Card
• Enhanced parental leave*
• Learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The education and learning team area small team passionate about learning and building and delivering a highquality and innovative learning offer.

Workingacross the whole hospice, this 4 day per week role will take the lead in clinicalskills education and all other areas of clinical learning. The role will beexpected to represent St Margaret's on key working groups as well as leadprojects when necessary.

Job Purpose

Creating and supporting alearning environment, enabling learners to become skilled practitioners

Working within the Educationand Learning team, the post holder will work collaboratively with keystakeholders and external partners to contribute to building a highly skilledworkforce and advocating for the best end of life care in Somerset.

Building a skilled workforce

The post holder will support all grades and discipline ofclinical staff to achieve professional objectives in order to bridge the gapfrom theory to practice through the development, implementation andmonitoring of training and development needs of an integrated clinical team.The post holder will also work across the hospice to support organisationalpriorities.

Developingthe clinical workforce of the future

Thepostholder will lead on upskilling staff and ensuring that excellent care ismaintained

Working as part of a team

The post holder will be responsible as a member of the team forthe maintenance of a high standard of education and learning aligned to theorganisations values

Working with the ClinicalEducation Lead and the Education and Learning team in the ongoing developmentof training and education programmes for clinical staff at the Hospice, inorder to ensure high quality care and patient safety.

Responsibilities

Working closely with the ClinicalEducation Lead to:

• Plan and produce appropriate training coursesand resources for both St Margaret's Staff and external audiences.
• Lead the planning and delivering ECHO the onlinecommunity of practice for external audiences planning and delivering programme,advertising, and monitoring.
• Working with IPU and community teams, plan and delivera programme of clinical skills upskilling for all level staff including supportto competencies
• Support students on placements across the hospice
• Contribute to innovation in learning e.g., developmentof VR in learning
• Evaluate learners progress andperformance, varying the approach and resources as required.
• Actively contribution to smile, thelearning management system content, compliance, development, andmaintenance
• Work closely with key clinicalstakeholders such as clinical governance and leadership of IPU and community teams.
• Have aflexible approach to the working week, being prepared to travel to Yeovil andother training venues. Taunton is the work base.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Experienced clinical educator
• Experience of educating in a health care setting
• Further qualification in clinical education
• Coaching qualification
• Experience of End-of-Life care
• Being a good role model with high standards of clinical expertise.
• Ability to create a positive learning environment to individuals within a diverse group
• Open to learning with a growth mindset
• Confidence to teach a variety of groups
• Empathy and engagement with staff volunteers and patients

Working with others

• Thorough and up to date knowledge of best practice in clinical education
• Experience in teaching and supervising clinical learners
• Have knowledge of practice placement requirements, and knowledge of current local and national guidance and priorities related to this role.
• Experience of student Nurse or allied health professional placements and key relationships with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

Outcome & Results

• Good communication and documentation skills are essential to ensure continuity of training within the team
• Understanding the theory and application of clinical governance
• Digital skills including the ability to and experience to deliver blended learning experiences/maintain the smile Learning Management System experience

Leading in your area

• Strong organisational skills - prioritising complex situations
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Able to accept responsibility for area of work, working under own initiative within the boundaries of role
• Ability to act as facilitator, mentor and supervisor
• Current knowledge of education and health care field

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

St Margaret's Hospice Care, Heron Drive,

St Margaret's Hospice Care, Heron Drive,