Practice Educator

at  Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting time to join the Community and Mental Health Division as it continues to grow, the division is currently made up of approximately 1000 staff who work together with the overall aim of improving patient care and experience both in the hospital setting and out in the community. Following the expansion of the division, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated, and passionate Senior Nurse or Allied Health Professional to join our divisional education team as a Practice Educator.
This is a new and exciting role and will provide supervision and training across the division with a focus on supporting non-registered clinical and administration roles. They will also work closely with the wider divisional educational team to develop and deliver a robust education strategy.
The Practice Educator will promote a culture of continuous improvement within all areas of the division/organisation to ensure best practice is achieved in the delivery of high-quality patient care for children, young people and their families.
The Practice Educator will promote a culture of continuous improvement within all areas of the division to ensure best practice is achieved in the delivery of high-quality patient care for children, young people and their families.
This role will provide support, supervision and educational support across the division for staff working in non-registered clinical and administration roles. They will work closely with the wider divisional educational team to develop and deliver a robust education strategy.
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Overview of the main roles and responsibilities for the role,
Leadership
Contribute to the writing of operational policies, recommendations for practice and the implementation of divisional and local initiatives.
Collaborate with the wider division and trust education teams, Matrons and Service Leads to ensure the divisional educational needs are addressed.
Maintain and sustain the vision and objectives of staff development, education and support until they are firmly embedded into the culture and values of the division.
Identify clear objectives, goals and processes for education and development and to communicate these effectively to others in the work team.
Act as clinical expert and role model leading by example best practice and demonstrating professionalism within clinical practice.
Ensure adherence to trust and local policies, guidelines, and Standard Operating Producers throughout the division.
Participate in the performance management of staff when necessary.
Support the senior staff throughout the division to undertake appraisals as part of the PDR process as and when required.
Be familiar with HR policies and procedures as they apply to ensuring staff comply with mandatory training and competence to practice.
Network and share best practice at local, regional and national level
Maintain clinical credibility and visibility by working alongside staff when and where it is appropriate to the role.
Utilise information from appraisal process to assist with the co-ordination of the ward training needs analysis.
Education, Training and Development
Collaborate with divisional Matrons and Service leads to implement local identified education strategies.
Maintain records of education and training provided and records of attendees.
Facilitate staff orientation, training, education and practice development programmes with equitable access and support for all levels of staff.
Provide support to unit supervisors and those staff undertaking external courses and training.
Promote and actively participate in teaching of all grades and disciplines of staff throughout the division and wider trust.
Encourage staff to be innovative in the development of patient care using evidence-based practice and patient focused models.
Collaborate with divisional Matrons and Service Leads to facilitate full compliance with mandatory training and appraisals
Produce an annual report on training, educational achievements made and make recommendations for the future education strategies.
Liaise with other staff groups to develop and deliver multi professional clinical education.
Collate accurate education and training records in line with Trust Targets.
To encourage and foster a culture that supports ‘lessons learned’ from adverse events and to provide relevant education and training to address any education gaps.
Support the local, divisional and trust wide recruitment processes and induction and preceptorship programmes.
Collaborate with the divisional Matrons and Service Leads to evaluate external educational modules in relation to cost effectiveness.
Responsibility for research and development
Collaborate with the Research Nurse team to develop and support a programme of nursing research.
Undertake clinical audit utilising appropriate audit and research tools.
Disseminate audit and research findings and implement change as necessary

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