Practice Development & Education Lead (RN/ODP) Operating Theatres

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS teaching trust in Oxford is seeking a Band 7 Practice Educator for Theatres to enhance clinical skills and educational support for staff. This role involves collaborating with universities and implementing educational projects to ensure quality patient care outcomes. Candidates should have a nursing degree, clinical experience, and strong communication skills. The position offers career advancement opportunities in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 to 4 years of recent clinical experience in theatres.
• Experience supporting students in the clinical area.
• Qualification for theatre specialty.

Responsibilities

• Share clinical skills and knowledge to ensure competency validation.
• Deliver classroom-based education and facilitate placements.
• Drive improvements in the quality of the learning environment.

Skills

Teaching healthcare students

Excellent communication skills

Clinical competency validation

Education and training development

Education

First degree (Nursing, ODP, Perioperative)

Practice Assessor Course

PG Cert, Dip or Master’s in Education

Job description

You will share clinical skills and knowledge in collaboration with educational plans, to ensure ongoing clinical competency validation alongside core skills and essential education for clinical staff. The role will focus on improving quality and efficiency in clinical care through education to enhance positive patient care outcomes. In addition to delivering classroom-based education, the successful candidate will work with clinical staff in the operating theatre department to ensure competency assessments are carried out in a timely manner to improve patient care. A key role will be supporting and facilitating placements for a variety of healthcare students and their supervisors/assessors in cooperation with Oxford Brookes University and Bucks New University. Experience teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare students in the practice setting and excellent communication skills are essential for this role. Willingness and responsibility for the education, training and development of all non‑medical clinical staff in the theatre and surgical unit areas within the Surgery and Oncology Division at the Horton Hospital site. Deputise for the Lead Practice Educator, SUWON Theatres across all three SUWON Theatre sites. In addition, this position will cover other Trust and Divisional educational priorities within the Division's clinical services at this site and occasionally at other sites to support the wider Divisional Education team. Drive improvements around the quality of the learning environment within the practice setting which may include providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for all. Co‑ordination of projects related to service development and implementation of these across the SUWON Theatre departments. Act as a positive, professional, role‑model in promoting clinical excellence and offer expert, professional development advice ensuring practice is patient‑centred and evidence‑based.

To pursue a Master’s level qualification in education will also be expected if the applicant is not already working towards this qualification.

Qualifications

• First degree (Nursing, ODP, Perioperative)
• Practice Assessor Course
• Minimum 3 to 4 years of recent clinical experience in theatres
• Experience supporting students in the clinical area
• Qualification for theatre speciality

Desirable Criteria

• PG Cert, Dip or Master’s in Education
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Are you looking for the next step in your career, to help deliver high quality care and support teams in reaching their full potential through training and education? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Practice Educator for Theatres. Come join our team and help change lives for the better.

The post holder will be expected to support and educate nursing and operating department practitioners in clinical and non‑clinical skills at different levels across Surgery, Women's & Oncology Theatres (SUWON Theatres). This post is primarily aimed at supporting the Theatre team in improving skills and knowledge, empowering staff to deliver best possible evidence‑based care. SUWON Theatres comprises nineteen theatres, two day‑surgery/theatre direct admissions units and a level‑two overnight recovery unit. Our team is passionate about learning, continuous improvement and excels through innovation, research and development. We are seeking like‑minded people as we strive to deliver excellence in healthcare for our patients. Our departmental values reflect those of our Trust, putting patients at the heart of everything we do, encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork, taking pride in the quality of care we deliver and continually striving to improve through education and change.