Simulation Facilitator

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Radford Semele; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 6 Registered Practitioner to join the Clinical Education Simulation Team to design, co-ordinate, promote and support simulation and practical skills for clinical staff, students and multiagency partners.

You will develop training opportunities across labs, classrooms and in-situ settings, deliver human factors training and debriefing, and act as assessor for practical exams, contributing to high-quality patient care across the Trust.

Qualifications

• Experience teaching or supervising learners in clinical settings.
• Evidence-based practice in the use of practical procedures.
• Willingness to work towards a teaching qualification/postgraduate certificate.

Responsibilities

• Design, co-ordinate, promote, facilitate and support simulation and practical skills delivery for staff, students and partners.
• Develop and implement training opportunities in human factors, low and hi-fidelity simulation and practical procedures in various settings.
• Act as assessor at undergraduate/postgraduate practical exams to promote evidence-based practice.

Skills

Teaching/Training

Clinical supervision

Human factors knowledge

Debriefing skills

Education

NHS Band 6 Registered Practitioner

Tools

ILS/ALS training

Job description

To work as part of the simulation team within learning and development to design, co-ordinate, promote, facilitate and support the delivery of simulation and practical skills to clinical staff, students and multiagency partners.

To work as part of the simulation team to develop and implement training opportunities encompassing human factors, low and hi-fidelity simulation and practical procedures virtually, in a classroom or in-situ.

To occasionally act as an assessor at under/postgraduate practical exams in order to promote evidence-based practice in the use of practical procedures to staff and students to ensure quality care is delivered to patients across the Trust.

To deputise for the Associate Lead Clinical Simulation in relevant meetings within the Trust and with local multiagency partners (e.g. universities) as needed.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust Clinical Education Simulation Team. An enthusiastic, motivated Band 6 Registered Practitioner to work in simulation required.

The successful candidate will have a comprehensive induction programme, being taught Human Factors Theory and debriefing skills. They will devise and deliver simulation and practical skills to clinical staff, students and multiagency partners in the skills lab, simulation rooms and occasionally via technology (Teams/Virtual Reality.).

The successful candidate will be an experienced registered practitioner who has supervised and assessed learners/junior staff in practice. They will clinically competent, with relevant clinical knowledge of skills taught. Preferably having undertaken training including ILS/ALS. Ideally, they will have a teaching qualification/post graduate certificate or willingness to work towards this. To remain clinically relevant, they will undertake clinical supernumerary visits.

You must be committed to delivering teaching, ensuring staff develop skills needed to provide quality patient care adhering to Trust values. The post holder will be supported to undertake a quality improvement or similar projects in simulation and clinical skills if appropriate.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2