Clinical Skills Eductor

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Registered Children's Nurse to support education and training within Child Health. The role involves delivering clinical training, maintaining high standards of education, and working collaboratively across sites to enhance quality care. This position offers a generous relocation package and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Generous relocation package

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC.
• Willing to undergo training as necessary.
• Evidence of CPD relevant to current role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver core clinical training and competency workshops for staff.
• Support with audits and reviews to measure educational effectiveness.
• Maintain and develop clinical expertise to guide practice development.

Skills

Positive attitude

Delivery and facilitation of training

Ability to communicate effectively

Ability to motivate and influence others

Education

Registered Children's Nurse

Recognised teaching certificate or equivalent experience

Educated to degree level

Job description

Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).

Our Values

• We are KIND
• We are OPEN
• We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority

Job overview

The post holder will play an essential role in supporting the Lead Educator by facilitating education, training and practice development within Child Health establishing a high standard of education for all clinically based staff.

The post holder will work in partnership under the direction of the Lead Educator and will be responsible for implementing evidence based, patient focussed practice. They will work within the clinical area, working with staff to facilitate the development of skills in order to integrate education and practice development, thus enhancing quality care delivery from both registered and unregistered workforce.

The post holder will support the Lead Educator and facilitate audit and research. They will function as a role model for staff within the clinical area, enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross site working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care.

If you are currently employed by the Trust and you wish to apply for this role on a secondment basis, please seek permission from your current line manager before applying for the post

Main duties of the job

This cross-site role requires the post holder to demonstrate the knowledge and skills of an experienced paediatric nurse and will:

Work across York and Scarborough Hospitals ensuring equitable education is delivered to high standards.

Deliver core clinical training, induction, and competency workshops for staff, ensuring alignment with paediatric proficiencies and organisational needs.

Maintain and develop clinical expertise to act as an expert resource to colleagues by acting as a role model guiding practice development and education delivery.

Support with the development and review of relevant policies and documents and ensure training is delivered and benchmark against national standards.

Support with audits and reviews to measure the effectiveness of educational initiatives, contributing to service improvement and innovation.

The post holder will promote a proactive innovative approach to education, learning and maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice.

Network with teams within the wider Trust and outside the Trust developing interpersonal relationships.

With support of the Lead Educator ensure the education provision to the nursing teams are met cross site ensuring an equitable provision and high standards of education and teaching.

Working for our organisation

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [e-mail].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Children's Nurse, Registered with the NMC
• Recognised teaching certificate or equivalent experience
• Educated to degree level Evidence of CPD relevant to current role.
• Willing to undergo training as necessary to undertake role

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification
• EPALS

Experience & Knowledge Required

Essential criteria

• At least 2 years post registration experience working in acute Paediatrics
• Working with a wide range of professionals
• Awareness of current issues in health care Standards of Professional Practice
• Knowledge surrounding CAMHS and Safeguarding

Desirable criteria

• Practice experience across varied Paediatric settings
• Previous experience of delivering clinical training or support e.g. Link Trainer/Nurse

Skills & Attributes

Essential criteria

• Positive attitude and proven skills in delivery, facilitation and development of training and education
• Ability to identify own and others training needs
• Ability to motivate and influence others, demonstrating resilience
• Ability to communicate effectively with MDT colleagues
• Can demonstrate awareness of Quality and Safety Agenda in relation to patient care

Desirable criteria

• Experience of reflective practice.
• Able educate both formally and informally.
• Awareness of learning and development strategies
• Ability to develop training packages.
• Proven skills in using simulation as a teaching tool

Please note that some of our substantive vacancies may be available on a smaller number of hours than advertised. If you would be interested in applying on this basis, we would encourage you to contact the appointing manager to enquire further.

DBS Checks

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check if it is required for the role. The cost will be deducted from your salary either in 1 payment or over a six month period once you start employment. By applying you are agreeing to this undertaking. If you are successful you will be asked to confirm if you wish to pay in one amount or in instalments. The charges are currently £27.38 for a standard check and £55.38 for an enhanced check. The level of check will be determined by the post you are applying for.

Please note that Volunteers and Bank only staff will not be charged.

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) offers a confidential checking service for transgender applicants in accordance with the Gender Recognition Act 2004. This is known as the sensitive applications route, and is available for all levels of DBS check - basic, standard and enhanced.

The sensitive applications route gives transgender applicants the choice not to have any gender or name information disclosed on their DBS certificate that could reveal their previous identity. To contact the sensitive applications team, please telephone [phone] or email [e-mail].

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Please note, the selection processes at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills. You will be required to acknowledge that you are aware of this before submitting your application.

Agile and Flexible Working

We are committed to helping all staff balance their work with other commitments and have recently launched our new Agile and Flexible Working policy to support this, entitling all staff to request flexible working from day one - for all posts. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

All our employees have access to a free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support service. Our EAP is available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Relocation Package

The Trust offers a generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss relocation further, please speak to the recruiting manager at interview.

A bit more about us and the surrounding area

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated in a fantastic part of the country that is home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, and the city of York - consistently voted one of the best places to live in the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of acute hospital and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles.

Our annual turnover is approaching £0.5bn. We manage eight hospital sites and have a workforce of around 10,000 staff working across our hospitals and in the community.

Sponsorship

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 408.6KB)
• Job Pack (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Reasonable Adjustment Guidance (DOCX, 56.4KB)
• Our Strategy at a glance 2018-2023 (PDF, 54.1KB)
• Guidance for Applicants (PDF, 798.8KB)
• Relocation Offer Information (PDF, 134.7KB)