Senior Nurse/ Lead nurse for Education

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Job overview

The post-holder is responsible for high-quality continuing professional development (CPD) for nurses working in Emergency Service Division (ESD) at UCLH. The post holder will lead the design and development of the CPD across nursing within ESD at UCLH, in response to ESD nursing priorities and development of new opportunities and roles to future proof workforce retention.

The post holder will also work under the direction of the Emergency Service Division Senior Matron to develop and lead ESD Nurse Education Strategy. Key areas of focus are preceptorship, rotation programme, specialist CPD education, and career pathways specific to urgent and emergency care. The post holder will work with ESD Senior Matron to develop and deliver the education strategy and coherent CPD and post-graduate career pathways.

The promotion of UCLH as a centre of excellence for nursing practice and research, fostering a culture that values staff, recognises achievement and enables career progression and succession planning.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the development of patient-focused clinical practice is supported via the practice development structure and its network of clinical practice facilitators (CPFs) in the delivery of excellence in nursing care and the objectives of the Nursing and Midwifery Strategy.

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First level registered nurse
• Educated to Masters level
• Leadership Qualification
• Teaching qualification
• Critical Care Qualification

Desirable criteria

• Research module

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 2 years relevant NHS Band 7 or above experience in a teaching/educational/practice development role
• Proven success record managing operational or strategic change
• Experience of developing and maintaining a high quality service
• Successful project management experience
• Experience of developing policies and guidelines

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in collaboration with and across organisational boundaries
• Experience of managing a budget

Communication

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of liaising with external partners, across traditional boundaries

Desirable criteria

• Experience of writing business cases and reports

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria

• Experience of supporting others' personal development
• Has excellent organisational skills
• Able to demonstrate decision-making skills
• Experience of managing complex situations
• Able to manage time effectively
• Able to prioritise objectives and workload

Health, Safety And Security

Essential criteria

• Monitors and maintains health, safety and security of self and others
• Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security Clinical Governance and Risk Management experience

Service Improvement

Essential criteria

• Thorough understanding of NHS improvement agenda

Desirable criteria

• Skill-mix and workforce planning Business planning Skills

Quality

Essential criteria

• Quality assurance and Improvement
• Developing policies and protocols
• In-depth knowledge and experience of nursing quality and audit issues

Equality and Diversity

Essential criteria

• Respects the privacy and dignity of the individual
• Understands the implications of equal opportunities in practice

Knowledge and Information Resources

Essential criteria

• Able to utilise ICT to full potential
• Collection, interpretation & dissemination of information & data from a variety of sources

Learning and Development

Essential criteria

• In-depth understanding of relevant national professional and PD issues
• Aware of relevant Trust priorities
• Able to design, deliver and evaluate training programmes
• Able to advise on related issues
• Financial Management :Budgetary management skills
• People management: Able to delegate
• Highly professional role model
• Staff management experience
• Capacity and Capability : Committed to practice, staff and organisational development
• Evidence of cross -boundary working
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Able to work on/under own initiative