Theatres Practice Educator band 7

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• good communication skills, evidence of teaching and assessing
• good organisational skills, able to work as part of a team
• Sound understanding of clinical governance process
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

To be a clinical expert in all levels of Theatre nursing and to provide ‘hands on’ supervision of staff in clinical practice to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge.
In conjunction with team leaders and other members of the unit education team to be responsible for the assessment, supervision and development of all members of the nursing team.
In conjunction with other members of the unit education team to contribute to the planning, development and implementation of education and training programmes and opportunities for all members of the nursing staff.
To jointly co-ordinate, develop and manage the Theatre preceptorship course, Student Nurse / ODP’s on Placement
To assist in the co-ordination and development of the Induction of new staff in Theatres
To be part of the Theatre Coordinator Team and cover any Coordinator shifts when colleagues are unavailable.
To carry out audits and reviews of practice and policies within the unit
To lead, or contribute to, the development of clinical practice polices and evidence-based practice as appropriate
To lead, or contribute to, the implementation of new policies and procedures

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting documents Job Description and Person Specification which contain more information about the role