Macmillan ACCEND Programme Facilitator & Clinical Educator Simulation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an education postholder to support the ACCEND Cancer Career and Education Development programme and to help implement its educational offers across the Trust.

You will work with the Education Faculty and Simulation Faculty to develop clinical skills in cancer care, monitor safety incidents, and evaluate learning activities to drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support the ACCEND Cancer Career and Education Development programme implementation across the Trust.
• Assist in development/implementation of Clinical Skills in cancer care aligned to ACCEND educational offers and Trust policies.
• Be part of the Simulation Faculty to promote training and human factors in cancer care.
• Monitor and analyse incident reports with Patient Safety and Clinical Governance to drive remedial actions.
• Contribute to delivery of educational programmes related to cancer and palliative care and evaluate learning effectiveness.

Job description

The postholder will be expected to support the implementation of the Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development (ACCEND) programme. Support will be given to enable implementation of this national programme.

You will also be required to support the development and implementation of Clinical Skills in cancer care, aligned to the ACCEND educational offers and Trust policies and guidelines, working as part of the Education Faculty to achieve a cohesive and comprehensive approach to Clinical Education across the Trust

You will be part of the Simulation Faculty to facilitate training, promoting and adhering to the principles of improving individual skills, handling of emergencies and human factors within cancer care, utilising Subject matter experts as appropriate.

Work closely with Patient Safety and Clinical Governance team to monitor and critically analyse incident reports to identify themes/trends and initiate remedial action as required to reduce and prevent reoccurrence.

The postholder will support the development and implementation of Clinical Skills in cancer care, aligned to the ACCEND educational offers and Trust policies and guidelines

Contribute to the delivery of educational programmes related to cancer and palliative care in addition to support the education team in evaluating the effectiveness of learning activities and support redesign programmes to meet the organisational needs, using the ACCEND framework as a tool to implement.

Support the education and training of multidisciplinary groups of staff on core, essential and job specific clinical skills. To support practice educators, matrons and ward managers in the development and delivery of high standards of patient focused, evidence-based care.

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicola Plaatjies Job title: Deputy Head of Education Email address: [e-mail]