Care Educator - Community Outreach - 12 Month Fixed Term in Esher

About the role

As a Care Educator Community Outreach, you will deliver education and training to learners from a wide range of partner organisations, helping to build confidence, knowledge and skills in end of life care. You will also contribute, where required, to education programmes delivered within the hospice. This is a varied and rewarding role combining teaching, relationship building and hands on support. You will work flexibly across different settings, using inclusive and engaging learning approaches to meet the needs of diverse learners. You will play an important part in widening access to hospice quality education, strengthening care in the community and improving experiences for people with life limiting illness and their families.

£29,000 to £32,000 a year depending on experience. This role is equivalent to AfC Band 4 level – £29K – £32K per annum full time. We also welcome applications from more experienced candidates on a salary equivalent to AfC Band 5 – £33K – £40K per annum full time.

Job responsibilities

• Assist in planning, implementing and evaluating inclusive learning and development programmes in end of life care.
• Deliver a range of training to a professional and consistent standard, both autonomously and as part of a team.
• Deliver education and training that is effective and recognises the learners' learning styles and preferences and support needs.
• Teach practical, physical, emotional and ethical aspects of end of life care.
• Assess learners using methods appropriate to the learning programme.
• Work with administrative support to plan appropriate venues, equipment and resources.
• Use feedback from learners, peers and managers to continually improve training quality.
• Deliver learning using varied methods including online teaching, coaching, mentoring and face to face sessions.
• Proactively encourage participation in hospice education and identify new training opportunities.
• Maintain a credible level of clinical competence to ensure effective learner support.
• Contribute to Education & Research data collection, monitoring and review.
• Represent the Education & Research Department at internal and external meetings when required.

Other Responsibilities

• Undertake any other reasonable duties, general tasks or working patterns as required.
• Work in other hospice locations when necessary.
• Participate in regular review and updating of this job description to reflect changing professional demands.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education.
• Working towards or completed Level 5 academic qualification (e.g., foundation degree).

Particular skills and aptitudes

• Ability to inspire a desire to learn in others.
• Ability to work inclusively in varied environments with a diverse range of people.
• Ability to deliver training flexibly and responsively.
• Confident using a wide range of IT software and open to new technology.
• Ability to constructively challenge practice to support improved care quality.
• Highly effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

Experience

• Experience of delivering care in a community or residential setting.
• Credible and current clinical experience providing care for people with life limiting illness and their families.
• Experience working in partnership with health and care professionals to deliver high quality care.
• Experience of multidisciplinary and multiprofessional team working.
• Experience supporting junior staff in practice.
• Experience presenting to learners formally or informally.

Personal qualities and other requirements

• Ability to work well within a team.
• Holistic approach to clinical and educational practice.
• Passion for sharing skills and knowledge.
• Professional and confident manner.
• Commitment to personal development and ongoing learning.
• Ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Flexible working style and ability to manage pressure.
• Self motivated with a proactive approach.
• Car owner-driver.
• Willingness to travel and adapt to working in a variety of settings.
• Awareness of and commitment to the Mission, Vision and Values of the Hospice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.