Nurse Trainer - Learning and Development

Care Dorset Ltd; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27–31 days

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Sick pay from day one

Blue Light discount package

Employee Assistance Programme

Training & development opportunities

Litmos online learning platform

Annual awards ceremony

Job summary

The Clinical Practice Educator at Care Dorset will support across services with nursing learning needs, collaborating with The CarePath Academy Team and reporting to the Learning & Development Manager. You will create engaging clinical training materials for registered and non-registered staff, ensuring competency to deliver high-quality care.

Part of the role includes induction support for new starters, occasional non-clinical courses, learning evaluation, mentoring registered clinical staff,

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality in-house clinical training programmes, workshops and resources for frontline care colleagues.
• Create and facilitate educational sessions on a broad range of clinical and non-clinical subjects to maintain workforce capabilities.
• Select and use blended learning methods (eLearning, virtual classroom, face-to-face) for delivery.
• Provide ongoing mentorship to registered nurses and relevant clinical roles in their development goals.
• Ensure training meets legal and regulatory guidelines (CQC, NICE, RCN, HEE frameworks).
• Collaborate with CarePath Academy to evaluate service delivery and identify skill gaps and learning needs.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with managers and care colleagues to ensure workforce training needs are met.

Job description

Nurse Trainer - Learning and Development

• Nurse Trainer - Learning and Development

About The Role

The Clinical Practice Educator will be focused on supporting all services across Care Dorset in their clinical and nursing related learning needs, working closely with members of The CarePath Academy Team, comprised of Health & Social Care Trainers and a Digital Learning Coordinater, and will be reporting to the Learning & Development Manager.

The role will be responsible for creating and delivering engaging and inclusive clinical training materials to registered and non-registered care colleagues, ensuring they are equipped with the required level of knowledge, skills, and competencies to deliver the highest quality care possible. The Clinical Practice Educator plays a key role in helping to develop positive learning cultures within teams and will be a role model to promote the sharing of best practice underpinned by the NMC standards.

Part role includes responsibilities in supporting with new starter induction programmes, occasionally delivering non-clinical courses, learning evaluation, advising registered clinical roles as a mentor and point of expertise in practice, and ad hoc workplace assessments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with SMEs to develop high quality in-house clinical training programmes, workshops and resources for front-line care colleagues.
• Creating and facilitating educational sessions on a broad range of clinical and non-clinical subjects to maintain workforce capabilities in delivering safe and effective care, including but not limited to:
• Skin Integrity & Tissue Viability
• Diabetes Care
• PEG Feeding
• MUST
• Clinical Supervision
• Medication Administration
• Monitoring Vital Signs
• Moving & Assisting of People
• Basic Life Support
  Selecting & using the most appropriate training methods and activities, taking a blended learning approach (including eLearning, virtual classroom, and face-to-face delivery)
• Facilitate adult learning processes that create productive & psychologically safe learning environments which supports effective knowledge transfer into the workplace.
• Ensure that the training delivered meets legal and regulatory compliance guidelines (CQC, NICE, RCN, HEE Frameworks)
• Ensure that training initiatives align with Care Dorset’s policies, procedures, values & strategy.
• Use a range of multimedia and IT systems to collect, monitor and evaluate data in relation to talent & learning activities. Use the data to report on trends, concerns, and solutions
• Collaborating with the wider CarePath Academy team to evaluate service delivery and identify skill gaps and learning needs in practice, initiating changes as required.
• To develop and maintain productive and supportive relationships with managers and care colleagues to ensure their workforce has the skills and training needed to deliver effective and compassionate care.
• To provide ongoing mentorship to registered nurses and other relevant clinical roles in their developmental goals and advise on applications for external qualifications as needed.
• Amending and revising learning and development programmes as necessary, to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment, legislation and best practice guidance.
• Responding to the local, operational requirements of the workforce.
• The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Benefits

• Generous Annual leave entitlement - starting at 27 days, rising to 31 after 5 years (exc. Bank holidays)
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Occupational Sick pay entitlement from day one
• Funded Blue Light discount package (superb discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent training & development opportunities supporting career progression.
• Access to Litmos online learning platform - our one stop shop for learning & development
• Celebrated success through annual awards ceremony

About Us

Care Dorset launched in October 2022 as a new provider supporting adults across a range of support models and in different settings including reablement, day services, supported living, and residential care.

We are a local authority trading company, wholly owned by Dorset Council, with strong ambitions to innovate and transform our existing services to deliver better outcomes for people as well as growing commercially.

We are people focused . We are genuine . We have integrity . We will develop . We are a team .

These values define our personality. They are our statement about what we stand for and what we believe in, and they are the basis behind the decisions we make every single day. They are the Care Dorset way.

Are you passionate about helping individuals enjoy and maintain their quality of life? Do you have a caring and empathetic nature? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join Care Dorset

Sitting behind the frontline teams are Care Dorset’s business support officers. They deliver and support the executive functions which maintain the organisation as a whole.