Clinical Practice Educator (Private Patients)

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Greater London seeks a Clinical Practice Educator. This role demands a registered nurse with significant critical care experience and a postgraduate teaching qualification. Responsibilities include developing training programs and acting as a mentor to staff, ensuring high standards of patient care and effective training delivery. The position offers opportunities for professional growth and the chance to work in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in critical care with a significant background.
• Qualified to teach and assess others.
• Engage in ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Maintain an effective educational environment through coaching.
• Act as an expert practitioner and resource for staff.
• Develop and adapt education and training programs.

Skills

Advanced written communication skills

IT Skills

Delivering training

Education

Registered Nurse (level 1)

Postgraduate diploma/degree level

Postgraduate teaching qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office Packages

Job description

Clinical Practice Educator (Private Patients)

We are looking for a motivated, experienced individual to join our Clinical Practice Educator team within the Private Care Division at Imperial Healthcare Trust. This is an ideal role for you if you are looking to take on a position of leadership to inspire, influence and coach others to deliver excellent care by creating an environment conducive for our staff in maximising their clinical skills.

The candidate will impact on patient experience and outcome through developing a highly skilled, competence and educated workforce and be responsible for education across all 3 of our private sites within the Directorate of Private Care.

The candidate must be committed to a high standard of patient care and safety and be willing to share and learn from incidents with a good understanding of governance and organisational priorities and challenges.

They will also have establishment self-management skills, including time management, prioritisation and organisational skills and will be responsible for developing evidence based educational material in delivering training in an engaging and innovative way.

You will support the undertaking of training needs analysis and maintain registers of training, supporting teams and departments to enable staff to complete appropriate training and identify further opportunities for individuals. This will include supporting the induction of new staff and identifying their training needs in partnership with the clinical team.

Main duties of the job

• To maintain an effective educational environment through coaching and staff development, whilst working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team at large. Enabling and ensuring delivery of high quality, safe and effective care, thus improving the patients' experience.
• To act as an expert practitioner, resource and role model to encourage evidence based practice and provide support and supervision to all staff, including those on professional development courses.
• To be responsible for the development of education and training programmes adapting them as necessary and achieving education and training targets.
• To collaborate in the strategic development of the service.The post holder will contribute to ensuring a conducive work environment and they will be a change agent with a strong professional and clinical focus.

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (level 1)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Educated to postgraduate diploma/degree level
• Post graduate teaching qualification

Experience

• Significant Critical Care experience
• Led change in practice
• Delivering education and training both classroom based and within clinical settings
• Effective working with Multidisciplinary Team
• Policy Writing

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Articulate with advanced written communication skills
• IT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
• Delivering training
• Sound knowledge of both clinical and non-clinical policies2
• Evidence of on-going professional development in nursing

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.