Clinical Practice Facilitator

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs; Winchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Winchester is offering a Band 6 Clinical Practice Facilitator secondment within the Child Health Educational Team for one year. The role focuses on education and learning to support non-medical clinical staff development in paediatrics.

The post holder will work within a multi-professional team, coach learners, promote evidence-based practice, and contribute to governance and educational activities across Child Health.

Qualifications

• Registered Children's nurse.
• At least 3 years experience as a Children's RN.
• Teaching qualification or equivalent.
• Experience with teaching and learning.
• Educated to Masters level (Level 7) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based clinical education for a range of staff within a multi-professional team.
• Plan, deliver and evaluate clinical skills training programmes.
• Support preceptor staff on the Wessex Regional Paediatric Preceptorship Programme.
• Support transition of internationally educated nurses (IEN) into paediatrics.
• Promote and support staff in providing a creative learning environment for pre-registration learners.
• Coach and role model to develop less experienced staff across disciplines.
• Promote ownership of learning and governance participation.
• Support implementation of changes related to NMC requirements.
• Maintain personal knowledge and clinical skills development.
• Address limits of confidence per NMC Code and Trust policy.

Skills

Educational skills

Coaching

Leadership

Clinical teaching

Education

Masters level

Job description

Job overview

We have a rare and very exciting opportunity, to join our Child Health Educational Team at Hampshire Hospitals. An opportunity has arisen for the band 6 Clinical Practice Facilitator role, on the Winchester site for a year's secondment opportunity.

We welcome anyone who has a passion for Education and learning, to apply to join our friendly and supportive team.

Main duties of the job

The role applies evidence-based knowledge, educational and teaching skills to support, plan, deliver and evaluate non-medical clinical staff development within Child Health.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the multi-professional team, caring for children and young people acting as a source of clinical expertise to less experienced staff (including learners), being a credible role model in the provision of direct patient care, demonstrating coaching/supervision and leadership skills to promote a high-quality learning environment.

The successful candidate will use their clinical expertise and knowledge to contribute towards the governance of Child Health through participation in audit and by ensuring that clinical staff education is informed by clinical evidence.

It is expected that the post-holder will contribute to supporting Trust educational activities relating to the care of children and young people.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To use educational skills and knowledge to provide evidence-based clinical education for a range of staff (including non-registered, pre and post registered health care professionals) within a multi-professional team
• To plan, deliver and evaluate clinical skills training programmes that meet identified skills needs
• To contribute to supporting preceptor staff undertaking the Wessex Regional Paediatric Preceptorship Programme
• To support the transition and development of internationally educated nurses (IEN) recruited to work within paediatrics
• Promote and support staff in the provision of a creative learning environment for a range of pre-registration learners
• To act as coach and role model to assist with the development of less experienced staff from all relevant disciplines
• Promotion of a clinical environment that facilitates individuals taking ownership of their own learning
• Use education, training, maintenance of records and participation in governance activities to support Clinical Managers (this term includes the Matron for Education) meet governance requirements
• To support clinical staff with the implementation of change related to professional requirements e.g. from the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)
• To maintain development of personal knowledge, clinical skill and experience
• Recognise limits to personal confidence and competence acting to address these in accordance with NMC Code/standards and Trust policy e.g. through agreed personal development plan

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Children's nurse

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• At least 3 years experience as an Children's RN

Desirable criteria

• Experience with teaching and learning

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates clear understanding of Education and learning in a clinical environment

Desirable criteria

• Educated to Level 7 (Masters level)