Job Description
An opportunity has arisen at Oxford Centre for Enablement for maternity cover of a part time band 6 clinical educator nurse working 15 hours over two days a week. This role could be part of a full-time or more hours band 6 post on the ward where the remaining hours would be working clinically as a band 6 deputy Sister/Charge Nurse.
Applications are welcome from existing band 6 nurses who are interested and also from band 5 nurses looking to progress their career.
The post-holder will work closely with the existing Clinical Educator on the ward and with the directorate practice education team.
The post-holder will be expected to plan and deliver a portfolio of educational priorities which is agreed with the ward sister/charge nurse and the educational team.
The successful candidate will work with the existing clinical educator to be responsible for the coordination and orientation of new staff, international nurses, pre PIN nurses, students and Trainee Nursing Associate apprentices by developing evidence-based educational materials.
The post holder will also be responsible for planning, preparing and facilitating educational programmes, ensuring all mandatory and role related training is up to date, responding to changes in Nursing practices and serve as a role model to promote excellence and safety.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Oxford Centre for Enablement is a unique place to work. It incorporates the rehabilitation of people from the age of 16 to infinity who have acquired a brain injury - either by illness or a traumatic event.
The staff work together as a multi-disciplinary team to achieve the best outcomes for the patients and to ensure they have the best chance of a life beyond their brain injury.
Clinical Educators will be able to:
- Act as an exemplary role model for best clinical practice and Trust values
- Work alongside learners to facilitate their independent learning
- Work to an agreed job plan to maximise education delivery to support staff and patient safety/experience.
- Manage their own time to ensure a balance between clinical education and education administrative activities
- Actively promote and contribute to an inter-professional learning environment
- Deliver education programmes at a divisional level and where required cross divisionally in support of organisational priorities.
- Work as part of the local and corporate practice development teams
- Assist in anticipating and addressing the educational needs of the service
- Work across boundaries to proactively develop and sustain partnerships
- Participate in audit, service improvement and research projects relevant to the clinical educator role
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