Neonatal Clinical Educator, Band 6 inGloucester inGloucester PUBLISHED WED 6 NOV 2024

Are you passionate to improve Neonatal and the family's experience and care through education and training by empowering staff development?

The Neonatal Clinical Education team are looking for an experienced nurse to join their team to support the workforce on the neonatal unit.

We pride ourselves on listening, where your voice will be heard, your knowledge, skills and experience are valued and we celebrated your contributions within the Team.

You must be forward thinking and positive in your approach to change and able to demonstrate effective communication and organisation skills.

For further information, please contact Drew Curling Band 7 Neonatal Clinical Educator )

You will be responsible for facilitating the learning and continuing development of all staff within the department, ensuring education is responsive to service developments. You will ensure education and clinical skills are delivered in line with key priorities and objectives within neonates for staff to deliver safe and excellent patient care. In collaboration with multidisciplinary team, you will be required to develop and maintain an evidence- based service for education and supporting technology-based education resources.

You will coordinate and provide induction training for all new staff working on the Neonatal unit and assist in supporting and evaluation of learning contracts and objectives for staff, working in conjunction with the Lead Neonatal Clinical Educator to support all staff within their role. You will lead by example, demonstrating effective role modelling to all members of the multidisciplinary team .

About us

As a Registered Nurse the expectation is that, with adequate training, supervision and assessment, you will be able to;

- Ensure clinical practice is evidence based or peer reviewed best practice

- Develop, maintain and teach CPD including clinical skills and knowledge necessary to deliver an evidence-based service.

- Assist the Lead Neonatal Clinical Educator and senior nursing team with the development of staff through assisting the on-going development, supervision and monitoring of nurses and nursery nurses; ensuring their role provision meets service needs and local training needs analysis

-Adhere to the NMC code of practice at all times and operate within the NMC standards of proficiency for Registered Nurses

-Contribute to the development of policies, protocols, guidelines, and documentation in the Neonatal Service

-To act as a resource and support nursing teams in the care delivery of patients across neonates in the organisation.

- Able to work alongside nursing staff, role modelling high standards of practice whilst assessing, delivering and evaluating patient care. Highlighting any areas of development for team members as required.

- Devise individual training plans for staff that are either new in post or requiring specific support or training. Providing feedback to support their development

-To actively monitor and support the health and wellbeing of staff: advising on resources available and escalating for line manager assistance as required and agreed by the individual staff member

-Responsible for the administration of clinical procedures/treatments within the specialist area, acting as an expert resource for the nursing team

- Be actively involved in, arrange and deliver educational programmes and study day requirements.

- Mentor, support and educate registered staff in the clinical practice setting

- Support student nurses whilst on placement