Clinical Skills FacilitatorNHS

Job summary

Pilgrims Hospices is looking for an experienced, friendly and reliable Clinical Skills Facilitator to join our team.

The main purpose of this role is to enhance the quality of patient care by developing the clinical competence, confidence and capability of staff across Pilgrims Hospices.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Clinical Quality and Education Lead, the Clinical Skills Facilitator will support the design, delivery and evaluation of education, training and competency programmes, ensuring learning is translated into day-to-day clinical practice.

The post holder will maintain a visible presence within clinical services and spend a minimum of two days each month working directly alongside clinical teams, providing coaching, competency assessment, clinical support and practice development.

Job description

Duties and Key Responsibilities

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Work directly with clinical teams to identify learning needs, support professional development and promote best practice.
• Support the development, implementation and review of clinical competency frameworks and associated assessment processes.
• Undertake competency assessments and contribute to competency sign-off processes in accordance with organisational requirements.
• Support managers in providing assurance that staff have achieved and maintained required competencies through assessment, review and ongoing development activities.
• Actively support both registered and unregistered staff in the clinical environment to develop confidence, competence and professional judgement in the delivery of palliative and end of life care
• Work alongside staff in practice to support the application of learning to patient care and service delivery.
• Support the induction, development and ongoing education of clinical staff and volunteers.

Education / Training / Teaching / Policy Development

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary colleagues to develop, deliver and evaluate education programmes that meet organisational and service needs.
• Lead clinical skills training, workshops, simulation sessions and competency-based learning activities.
• Develop and review educational resources, competency documents and digital learning materials.
• Support the delivery and monitoring of mandatory and role-specific clinical training programmes.
• Work with managers and teams to address identified learning gaps and development needs.
• Support the implementation of new clinical policies, procedures, guidance and standard operating procedures through education and practice support.
• Maintain a visible presence in clinical areas and act as an accessible source of advice and support for staff.

Clinical Governance And Audit

• Use learning from incidents, complaints, audits, patient feedback and service reviews to inform education priorities and practice development activities.
• Participate in clinical audit, service evaluation and quality improvement projects where required.
• Promote evidence-based practice and support implementation of local and national guidance.
• Share learning from audit, quality improvement activity and research findings to improve standards of care.
• Contribute to the organisations patient safety, quality improvement and clinical governance agenda.

Communication

• Build effective working relationships with clinical managers and teams to support workforce development, competency assurance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Act as a clinical role model, supporting and constructively challenging staff to maintain high standards of care.

About us

As an award winning employer, Pilgrims provides end of life care services to patients and their families across east Kent.

Our commitment is to provide open, compassionate care and expertise for patients and their families.

Our Vision

Of a community where people with a terminal illness and their family and friends are supported and empowered to live well in mind and body until the very last moment of their life.

We recognise that our workforce is integral to the delivery of our vision and our organisational and charitable aims. Pilgrims Hospices continues to create a highly skilled, engaged and healthy workforce by providing an environment where staff and volunteers feel highly motivated to perform their roles to a high standard, and actively role model our organisational behaviours and values.

Our Benefits

As an Employer of Choice we are committed supporting our employees and volunteers through both a holistic benefits package, and also through wellbeing and work/life balance.

Our hospices offer:

• Friendly and highly professional working environments alongside passionate people
• Opportunities for professional development through a range of extensive learning
• A workplace pension scheme. Those joining us from the NHS may retain eligibility to membership of the NHS pension scheme
• Subsidised meals
• A good work life balance and realistic working hours
• Blue Light Card scheme