Nurse Trainer / Practice EducatorNHS

Job summary

The Role

The Clinical Practice Educator will be focused on supporting all services across Care Dorset in their clinical and nursing related learning needs, working closely with members of The CarePath Academy Team, comprised of Health & Social Care Trainers and a Digital Learning Coordinater, and will be reporting to the Learning & Development Manager.

The role will be responsible for creating and delivering engaging and inclusive clinical training materials to registered and non-registered care colleagues, ensuring they are equipped with the required level of knowledge, skills, and competencies to deliver the highest quality care possible. The Clinical Practice Educator plays a key role in helping to develop positive learning cultures within teams and will be a role model to promote the sharing of best practice underpinned by the NMC standards.

About Us

Care Dorset launched in October 2022 as a new provider supporting adults across a range of support models and in different settings including reablement, day services, supported living, and residential care.

We are a local authority trading company, wholly owned by Dorset Council, with strong ambitions to innovate and transform our existing services to deliver better outcomes for people as well as growing commercially.

We are people focused. We are genuine. We have integrity. We will develop. We are a team.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with SMEs to develop high quality in-house clinical training programmes, workshops and resources for front-line care colleagues.
• Creating and facilitating educational sessions on a broad range of clinical and non-clinical subjects to maintain workforce capabilities in delivering safe and effective care, including but not limited to:
• Catheter Care
• Stoma Care
• Skin Integrity & Tissue Viability
• Diabetes Care
• Phlebotomy
• PEG Feeding
• MUST
• Clinical Supervision
• Medication Administration
• Monitoring Vital Signs
• Moving & Assisting of People
• Basic Life Support
• Facilitate adult learning processes that create productive & psychologically safe learning environments which supports effective knowledge transfer
• Ensure that the training delivered meets legal and regulatory compliance guidelines (CQC, NICE, RCN, HEE Frameworks)
• Ensure that training initiatives align with Care Dorsets policies, procedures, values & strategy.
• Use a range of multimedia and IT systems to collect, monitor and evaluate data in relation to talent & learning activities. Use the data to report on trends, concerns, and solutions
• Collaborating with the wider CarePath Academy team to evaluate service delivery and identify skill gaps and learning needs in practice, initiating changes as required.
• To develop & maintain productive and supportive relationships with managers and care colleagues to ensure their workforce has the skills and training needed to deliver effective and compassionate care.

Job description

Job Description Clinical Practice Educator

Dept: Learning & Development

Contract type: Perm

Line Manager : Learning & Development Manager

Line Management: Natasha Prince

Job Purpose:

The Clinical Practice Educator will be focused on supporting all services across Care Dorset in their clinical and nursing related learning needs, working closely with members of The CarePath Academy Team, comprised of Health & Social Care Trainers and a Digital Learning Coordinater, and will be reporting to the Learning & Development Manager.

The role will be responsible for creating and delivering engaging and inclusive clinical training materials to registered and non-registered care colleagues, ensuring they are equipped with the required level of knowledge, skills, and competencies to deliver the highest quality care possible. The Clinical Practice Educator plays a key role in helping to develop positive learning cultures within teams and will be a role model to promote the sharing of best practice underpinned by the NMC standards.

Part role includes responsibilities in supporting with new starter induction programmes, occasionally delivering non-clinical courses, learning evaluation, advising registered clinical roles as a mentor and point of expertise in practice, and ad hoc workplace assessments.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with SMEs to develop high quality in-house clinical training programmes, workshops and resources for front-line care colleagues.

Creating and facilitating educational sessions on a broad range of clinical and non-clinical subjects to maintain workforce capabilities in delivering safe and effective care, including but not limited to:

Catheter Care

Stoma Care

Skin Integrity & Tissue Viability

Diabetes Care

Phlebotomy

PEG Feeding

MUST

Clinical Supervision

Medication Administration

Monitoring Vital Signs

Moving & Assisting of People

Basic Life Support

Selecting & using the most appropriate training methods and activities, taking a blended learning approach (including eLearning, virtual classroom, and face-to-face delivery)

Facilitate adult learning processes that create productive & psychologically safe learning environments which supports effective knowledge transfer into the workplace.

Ensure that the training delivered meets legal and regulatory compliance guidelines (CQC, NICE, RCN, HEE Frameworks)

Ensure that training initiatives align with Care Dorsets policies, procedures, values & strategy.

Use a range of multimedia and IT systems to collect, monitor and evaluate data in relation to talent & learning activities. Use the data to report on trends, concerns, and solutions

Collaborating with the wider CarePath Academy team to evaluate service delivery and identify skill gaps and learning needs in practice, initiating changes as required.

To develop and maintain productive and supportive relationships with managers and care colleagues to ensure their workforce has the skills and training needed to deliver effective and compassionate care.

To provide ongoing mentorship to registered nurses and other relevant clinical roles in their developmental goals and advise on applications for external qualifications as needed.

Amending and revising learning and development programmes as necessary, to adapt to changes occurring in the work environment, legislation and best practice guidance.

Responding to the local, operational requirements of the workforce.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

About us

Benefits

Generous Annual leave entitlement - starting at 27 days, rising to 31 after 5 years (exc. Bank holidays)Enhanced Maternity PayOccupational Sick pay entitlement from day oneFunded Blue Light discount package (superb discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)Access to Employee Assistance ProgrammeComprehensive inductionExcellent training & development opportunities supporting career progression.Access to Litmos online learning platform our one stop shop for learning & developmentCelebrated success through annual awards ceremony