Clinical Educator

East Coast Community Healthcare are recruiting a Clinical Educator to be embedded within each Primary Care Home team. The Clinical Educator will support staff within the teams in developing skills and competency in line with workforce and development Strategy. They will be part of a small team of Clinical Educators embedded within services that will deliver a programme of education of appropriate skills and knowledge across the workforce to meet the demands of service as well as maintaining clinical practice.

Main duties of the job:

• Support workforce in practice to embed evidenced based practice and high quality standards of service delivery.
• Plan and deliver suite of training to support Clinical Education and Workforce Development Strategy.
• Work with leadership to understand gaps in skills and knowledge and plan accordingly in line role.
• Use a wide range of educational/training equipment and technology providing learners with broad access to learning resources and safe use of clinical tools.
• Maintain own clinical competence appropriate to the area of employment.
• Assist mentors and practice educators to facilitate the integration of theory and practice in students/learners/trainees as appropriate, within the practice learning environment.

About us:

ECCH is a well-established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders. We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions and offer many employee benefits. We are a social enterprise and staff-owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

Job responsibilities:

• Participate in creation of competency framework.
• Maintain accurate documentation around all aspects of training delivery including planning, attendance, and evaluation.
• Provide support for those supervising and mentoring students on pre-registration programmes.
• Contribute to effective partnership working between the practice placement areas and the HEIs.
• Establish and explore strategies to enhance the clinical learning environment.
• Support the ongoing development of new and existing educators and mentors in the workplace promoting engagement in education at all levels.
• Contribute to the development of policies and guidelines applicable to the learning environment.
• Be involved with recruitment processes for entry to pre-registration programmes at local and regional HEIs.
• Work with other key personnel in contributing to the audit of clinical placements and maintenance of the audit cycle within the organisation.

Educational and Clinical Responsibilities:

• Stay up to date with students' curriculum and understand the assessment process for students.
• Provide educators and students with relevant teaching/support sessions.
• Support mentors to ensure effective supervision, assessment, and informed decision-making in relation to learners particularly in complex situations around the assessment and judgement regarding student work.
• Raise awareness and understanding of the value of in-service training to improve patient care and service delivery in the development of the Community model of care.
• Contribute to the development of a robust pre-registration student induction.
• Promote effective feedback to learners and educators to continually review and develop education delivery.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Maintain continuous professional development in line with Organisational policy and Professional Regulators.
• Recognise own learning needs and source activity/support required to meet knowledge gap.
• Comply with the relevant Code of Professional Conduct which supports and maintains standards of Professional Practice.
• Work as part of a self-supporting team providing consistent and robust support to all learners in the clinical area.

Person Specification:

• Professional Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse Level 1 (Adult).
• BSc in Nursing Practice or evidence of working at equivalent level.
• Mentor Preparation or equivalent.
• Train the trainer or a willingness to undertake.
• Formal training qualification or willingness to undertake.
• Award in Education and Training.

Personal Attributes:

• Be a positive role model and the ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours.
• Willingness and ability to work across different sites/with different staff groups.
• Commitment to lifelong learning to support the development of this role and maintain professional registration.
• Adaptability and flexibility.
• Ability to challenge and influence in a supportive way.

Experience:

• Proven experience of post-registration experience in practice within a community or community hospital setting.
• Previous experience of working with pre-registration learners in the practice setting/adult learners/healthcare teams.
• Good knowledge of the NMC Approved programmes and associated regulatory standards.
• Knowledge of coaching models within the practice education setting.
• Basic experience of teaching within a formal setting.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Developed Clinical/leadership skills in areas of practice.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within a team.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.