Clinical Practice Facilitator (Pre-registration Nursing)

Integrated Care System; Lewisham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare provider in Lewisham is seeking a Clinical Practice Facilitator. This role involves managing Band 6 Clinical Practice Facilitators and focusing on improving the learner pathway across various services. You will be responsible for training, partnership working, and acting as a bridge between theory and practice in education. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in clinical education, excellent leadership skills, and experience in facilitating training sessions. Competitive salary plus HCA offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of Band 6 in clinical services across a number of roles.
• Proven track record in line managing people with clearly defined leadership skills.
• Sound knowledge of clinical practice and healthcare education.
• Experience in recruitment and selection.

Responsibilities

• Manage the site-based Band 6 (Adult) CPF posts.
• Support learners and their practice supervisors / assessors.
• Facilitate training, Trust inductions, skills sessions.
• Develop relationships with local HEIs and Partner Organisations.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to establish partnerships

Organizational skills

Facilitating training sessions

Education

Registered Nurse / Midwife / AHP

Practice Assessor / Mentorship course

Evidence of continuing professional development

Evidence of study at Masters level

Tools

Microsoft packages

Electronic patient records

Job description

Clinical Practice Facilitator (Pre-registration Nursing)

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) are excited to be recruiting to the post of Band 7 Clinical Practice Facilitator (CPF). The successful applicant will be responsible for the management of the site-based Band 6 (Adult) CPF posts and three distinct work streams focusing on improving the learner pathway within:

Community services

Paediatrics

Return to Practice programme

The Clinical Practice Facilitator (CPF) will be an expert in all matters relating to pre and post registration programmes leading to NMC registration. This post provides a great opportunity to develop both management and leadership skills whilst acquiring a broader understanding of how the NMCs Standards are applied within training programmes both within universities and clinical settings.

Main duties of the job

The Pre-registration Clinical Practice Facilitator team are responsible for:

maintaining a high visibility within clinical practice settings

supporting learners and their practice supervisors / assessors

ensuring clinical learning environments support the acquisition of required knowledge and skills

partnership working with local HEIs

facilitating training; Trust inductions, skills sessions, SSSA preparation

The successful candidate will be a highly visible role model for clinical education, an expert practitioner and change agent. They will promote quality learning environments in all areas of our services and be the lead CPF for Community, Paediatrics and Return to Practice; providing practical, clinical training and support to learners and their practice supervisors / assessors.

Partnership working is a key component to this post and the successful candidate will work collaboratively to develop relationships and networks within nursing teams, local Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) and Partner Organisations. They will be responsible for maintaining this relationship and are the bridge from practice back to theory through: supporting the facilitation of skills sessions at the HEIs; representing the Trust at meetings; involvement with interviews at the HEIs; encouraging and facilitating colleague's involvement with HEI activities and regularly liaising with the link lecturers.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will join and be supported by Pre-registration Education Lead, fellow Clinical Practice Facilitators across Midwifery and Nursing and the wider Education Team within the Trust. There will be joint working on areas such as: learner capacity in the clinical environment, Educational audits and embedding the NMC Standards for Education; a shared approach to the on-going preparation and support of practice supervisors / assessors; and a collaborative approach to creating career pathways.

As a successful candidate you will be supported through in-house training and offered professional development to enable you to facilitate change, to implement innovations and improvements for service users, their families / carers and staff.

Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our team. Invites to interview will be sent to the e-mail address, you provide on your application.

Interview dates: W/C 8th September and W/C 15th September

Please be aware of dates as we are unable to offer alternate arrangements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse / Midwife / AHP
• Practice Assessor / Mentorship course or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Evidence of study at Masters level
• Practice Teacher / teaching qualification

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of Band 6 in clinical services across a number of roles
• Active as a student Practice Assessor or equivalent experience of capability managing
• Proven track record in line managing people with clearly defined leadership skills
• Ability to demonstrate effective communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to establish partnerships and foster good working relationships
• Experience facilitating and delivering training sessions
• Demonstrates computer literacy e.g. Microsoft packages, email, electronic patient records and electronic rostering
• High level organisational skills and prioritisation of the workload
• Sound knowledge and experience of initiating, evaluating and sustaining change
• Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change
• Experience in recruitment and selection
• Experience of challenging poor practice
• Clinical audit and service evaluation experience
• Experience of managing and responding to complaints
• Involvement in curriculum planning and validation with HEIs

Knowledge

• Sound knowledge of clinical practice
• Sound knowledge of healthcare education
• Knowledge relating to placement: Identification; Capacity; Educational audit
• Knowledge of NMC Standards for Education
• Excellent theoretical knowledge with the ability to apply theory to practice
• Knowledge of NMC Quality assurance processes relating to education
• NMC Fitness to Practice processes
• Involvement in facilitating simulation for teaching of clinical skills

Personal Qualities

• Commitment to the education and development of learners
• Commitment to own personal development
• Have a non-judgemental attitude
• Commitment to the provision of a quality service
• Ability to work flexibly across the hospital, community and HEI settings

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum plus HCA