Clinical Educator inCamberley inCamberley PUBLISHED 23 SEP 2024

To take on the role of a workstream link within the clinical education directorate.
Job Overview


An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Clinical Education Team at Frimley Park Hospital as a Band 6 Clinical Educator.

Applications are invited from nurses with a passion for clinical education and practice development with the drive to ensure clinical staff provide high quality, safe and compassionate care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide a link between the ward/departments and the Clinical Education department
  • To support all learners and staff clinically
  • Working clinically for 70% (minimum) of contracted hours in the clinical area

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties


Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities


KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

To work with the Clinical Education team to provide support and assistance

to all learners and staff

To provide a link between the ward/departments and the Clinical Education

department

To take on the role of a workstream link within the clinical education directorate

Working clinically alongside learners and staff to support development of

clinical skills, achievement of competencies and facilitating theory/practice

links

To carry out learner assessments in line with placement requirements

To assist with evaluation of training and education for learners

Disseminate education with regards to corporate and patient safety issues

To support the implementation of practice changes in response to identified

corporate and patient safety issues

Ensure an environment conducive to learning is provided for all learners and staff

Foster a learning environment within the ward and departmental areas,

ensuring staff are provided with opportunities to develop and update their

clinical expertise in the support of learners and staff

To assist in the delivery of educational programmes to meet specific training needs including objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)

Ability to autonomously facilitate teaching for all learners within the remit of the Clinical Education team

Co-ordinate/assist in corporate training within the department

Network and establish links with other Clinical Educators in order to

benchmark current practice and aid own and colleague’s professional development

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

  • NMC registrant with relevant years experience at Band 5/6
  • Practice assessor or equivalent or working towards
  • Up to date with mandatory training

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working within education
  • Report writing skills

Specific competencies

Essential criteria

  • Ability to prepare, deliver and evaluate training programmes including OSCE preparations
  • Recent experience of supervising, assessing and supporting students and junior staff
  • Highly motivated, ability to prioritise workload and deadlines

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of change management and clinical audit


Skills


Essential criteria

  • Ability to facilitate teaching sessions within a classroom setting

Apply online now
Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Clinical Education Team at Frimley Park Hospital as a Band 6 Clinical Educator.

Applications are invited from nurses with a passion for clinical education and practice development with the drive to ensure clinical staff provide high quality, safe and compassionate care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide a link between the ward/departments and the Clinical Education department
  • To support all learners and staff clinically
  • Working clinically for 70% (minimum) of contracted hours in the clinical area

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

To work with the Clinical Education team to provide support and assistance

to all learners and staff

To provide a link between the ward/departments and the Clinical Education

department

To take on the role of a workstream link within the clinical education directorate

Working clinically alongside learners and staff to support development of

clinical skills, achievement of competencies and facilitating theory/practice

links

To carry out learner assessments in line with placement requirements

To assist with evaluation of training and education for learners

Disseminate education with regards to corporate and patient safety issues

To support the implementation of practice changes in response to identified

corporate and patient safety issues

Ensure an environment conducive to learning is provided for all learners and staff

Foster a learning environment within the ward and departmental areas,

ensuring staff are provided with opportunities to develop and update their

clinical expertise in the support of learners and staff

To assist in the delivery of educational programmes to meet specific training needs including objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)

Ability to autonomously facilitate teaching for all learners within the remit of the Clinical Education team

Co-ordinate/assist in corporate training within the department

Network and establish links with other Clinical Educators in order to

benchmark current practice and aid own and colleague’s professional development

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria

  • NMC registrant with relevant years experience at Band 5/6
  • Practice assessor or equivalent or working towards
  • Up to date with mandatory training

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working within education
  • Report writing skills

Specific competencies

Essential criteria

  • Ability to prepare, deliver and evaluate training programmes including OSCE preparations
  • Recent experience of supervising, assessing and supporting students and junior staff
  • Highly motivated, ability to prioritise workload and deadlines

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of change management and clinical audit


Skills

Essential criteria

  • Ability to facilitate teaching sessions within a classroom setting

Apply online now


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