Clinical skills facilitator

Do you want to be part of an award winning and dynamic social enterprise that:

• is renowned for providing high quality care and is ranked 'Good' by the CQC;
• is a for-better-profit organisation, reinvesting any surplus back into our health and care services and our local community;
• is friendly, ambitious, welcomes innovation and rewards excellence;
• offers superior benefits; everything you get in the NHS and more;
• and whose achievements reflect the passion, dedication and commitment demonstrated by our staff across all services?

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, community interest company that benefits the communities we serve. So if you want to be a part of this, we would love to hear from you.

• Are you a skilled registered nurse with excellent interpersonal skills and sound clinical assessment skills?
• Are you passionate about supporting nurses to provide excellent, holistic care?
• Would you like to join a service that will give you the time and space to learn, with a comprehensive nursing induction programme and clinical supervision?

We are looking for clinical skills facilitators to work with and support the practice educator in these exciting new roles, to develop, maintain and support learning, development and growth within our neighbourhood nursing teams using evidence-based practice.

You will work in close collaboration with all members of the neighbourhood nursing teams, to provide comprehensive, evidence-based practice, assessing the quality of a range of practice learning environments, determine interventions to sustain and enhance practice education; ensuring all localities have an up to action plan in place. You will support and facilitate the development of clinical supervisors, assessors and preceptors, providing supervision and support structures in order to build education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.

• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the Scottish Widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

At this time, MCH cannot fund or support any further nurses who require the OSCE training. Please do not apply if you require this training.

• To work and support collaboratively with the Practice Educator to develop, maintain and support learning, development and growth within the Neighbourhood Nursing Teams using evidence-based practice.
• To work in close collaboration with all members of the Neighbourhood Nursing Teams, to provide comprehensive, evidence-based practice.
• To assist Neighbourhood nursing Teams in working across all localities.
• Assess the quality of a range of practice learning environments, determine interventions to sustain and enhance practice education; ensuring all localities have an up to action plan in place.
• Support and facilitate the development of clinical supervisors, assessors and preceptors, providing supervision and support structures in order to build education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.
• To support the Practice Educator to develop, co-coordinate, evaluate and implement education programmes, contribute to development, validate and review through an annual quality review.

• To deputise when required in the Practice Educator's absence and delegate work appropriately and attend meetings as assigned.
• Identify opportunities and work collaboratively with Practice Educator and Locality Leads on the planning, structuring, design, delivery and review of inter-professional learning opportunities and education in practice for health care learners, supervisors, assessors and preceptors.
• Collaboratively identify the learning needs of different professional groups within Neighbourhood Nursing Teams, ensuring that the facilitation of inter professional learning outcomes are met as per educational policies, Standard Operating Procedures and Clinical Competencies.
• Provide best practice advice in the clinical setting for practice assessors, mentors, preceptors and staff in relation to education in practice.
• Develop and maintain up to date, accurate records and live register of practice assessors and preceptors in the practice setting.
• Monitor staff performance inline with MCH policies, SOP's and clinical competency and work collaboratively with the Education Team, Locality Leads and staff member to produce action plans, if necessary, to support development.
• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day.
• To actively promote self-management which enables the patient to proactively manage their long-term condition and know how to confidently manage or respond to any expected exacerbation or deterioration in their condition.
• To work closely with other members of the team, provider services, health and social care partners and GPs to identify high risk patients providing a holistic assessment and assurance that they are able to access the relevant services.
• To support the staff member to complete holistic assessments of patients referred to Neighbourhood Nursing and liaise with the Neighbourhood Nursing Teams on patients' treatment needs.
• To assist in monitoring the quality of nursing services offered and contribute to the development of quality measures.
• Identify the need for and participate in clinical audit, implement change in clinical practice and participate in monitoring and evaluation processes.
• To undertake the team's appraisal and performance development planning process, identifying training needs of team members, ensuring appropriate training is provided and that training is utilised in practice.

• Registered Nurse on Part 1 of the Nursing Midwifery Council register Or Registered Paramedic with Health Care Professions Council
• Recognised degree in Nursing/Community pathway.
• District Nursing qualification / community practitioner pathway or willingness to commence within 1 year of starting.
• Evidence of further study
• Mentorship or training qualification
• Introduction to teaching qualification/ practice teacher qualification or willingness to work towards.

• Professional Nurse Advocate qualification
• Relevant post-graduate qualification, e.g. in elderly care, chronic disease management, long term conditions, rehabilitation

• Post graduate accumulative experience in the fields of elderly/ rehabilitation/ community/ intermediate care/ long term conditions/acute illness.
• Experience of delivering education and teaching.
• Proven and evidence of experience in an autonomous practitioner role
• Experience of working in the community in healthcare.
• Experience and competence in high level clinical assessment of complex patients

• Evidence of specialist knowledge in minor illness management, community nursing and advanced practitioner
• Experience of using technology to facilitate provision of patient care
• Experience of motivational interviewing
• Change management experience

• Experience of mentoring students and other healthcare professionals

• Demonstrates behaviours in line with all three MCH values

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 1 week of the closing date; no discourtesy is intended in not contacting you if your application is rejected.

When completing your application, please include the email addresses and contact telephone numbers for your referees; your referees should be your line managers / course tutors for the last 3 years.

MCH is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to a compassionate and inclusive workplace and values diversity of all people. We prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment of any kind and wish to provide our employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. At the heart of our values, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect and provide a workplace where people feel they belong.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workforce and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join MCH. We are positive about disability and we guarantee interviews to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria as specified in the job description. We are committed to offering support and making reasonable adjustments to allow full participation in the interview and selection process and through their employee journey.

We are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

• Clinical skills facilitator (PDF, 480.4KB)
• Working with us v2.6 2023 - 2024 (PDF, 1.5MB)
• Social Value Report 2022-2023 (PDF, 2.0MB)
• Our flexible working commitment (PDF, 672.2KB)