Clinical Practice Educator

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

This is a great opportunity for an experienced nurse educator who is interested in supporting our registered and unregistered nursing workforce to develop and grow
We have an opportunity to support our UK-trained and internationally-trained nurses and healthcare support workers to settle into life at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
The role will ensure educational support for these staff, for their development within the clinical environment. Supporting them to deliver high quality evidence based care.
We are looking for a proactive, knowledgeable and leadership focused individuals who will organise, deliver and review programmes to support nurses as they transition into registered role, into new clinical settings and into our organisation.
To provide direct support to both newly recruited registered nurses, established RNs, and health care support workers during their preceptorship period.
To ensure that the registered nurses and health care support workers are supported in the safe delivery of good quality evidence-based care.
The post holder will work in a supernumerary capacity within the clinical areas (80% of time) working alongside nurses and health care support workers in delivering direct care to support the development of skills and competencies. The clinical practice educators will also deliver clinical skills teaching both within the clinical area and in a classroom, environment as required.
The role will work as a link between ward teams (ward managers and preceptors) and the practice development team to support nurses and health care support workers both individually or as teams to develop their clinical skills.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping.
Our Values
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence. In return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
The Clinical Practice Educator plays an important role in providing support to our nurses and newly registered nursing, midwifery and AHP staff within the organisation. The role aims to facilitate and develop the clinical skills of individuals through empowerment, education and assessment.
The role holder will support the commitment to the trust’s five-year plan; your future; our hospital , maintaining the delivery of the five Ps ( our patients, our people, our performance, our places, our pounds ).
The post holder will be willing to work on projects to develop and move aspects of training and development (such as catherisation workshops) forwards by reviewing our progress, identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes where they are needed.
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