Job summary
- Main area
- Education and Training
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment also accepted)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday with occasional weekend or out of hours work by prior negotiation)
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-7006914
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Associate Clinical Education Practitioner
Band 5
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
This is a fixed term or secondment opportunity for 12 months
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Learning and Education Team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
This post is a key member of the Clinical Skills training team at Stockport NHS Trust. The post holder will play a key part in the delivery and ongoing development of training sessions for a range of staff with a particular focus on clinical staff who do not hold a professional registration. As part of the wider training team they will also deliver training on resuscitation, moving and handling and conflict resolution and may be required to participate in other programmes depending on their level of relevant experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the organisation delivery and facilitating the Care Certificate programme under the direction of the Learning and Education Department Senior Leadership Team and will act as a role model for our band 2, 3 and 4 staff across the organisation promoting professionalism and the Trust Values at all times
The post holder will work as part of a close team that deliver training and education on a range of mandatory and essential clinical subjects. They will be expected to identify and address their own learning needs and be responsible for maintaining an excellent level of personal competence for each of the subjects that they contribute to, and to actively participate in internal quality assurance activities.
The post holder will work closely with other members of the learning and education team to ensure that sufficient learning opportunities are provided to meet organisational demand and to adapt existing delivery methods to take account of changing circumstances and needs.
The post holder will actively promote assessment of competence in the workplace across a range of subjects, and will support assessment in practice working alongside clinical teams to implement and maintain a robust system of competency assessment.
This role requires a post holder who is an effective communicator, problem solver, and able to work both independently or as part of a team.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description
Plan, deliver and evaluate education and training sessions for a limited portfolio of clinical topics and skills including update sessions for more experienced practitioners.
Contribute to the delivery of the Trust’s induction and mandatory training programmes.
Promote and actively support the assessment of clinical competence in the workplace.
Provide educational support and interaction via a range of methods, becoming proficient in a number of these and be able to determine appropriate strategies for different educational initiatives to meet the needs of the organisation and our workforce.
Design, develop, distribute and maintain content within the Trust e-portfolio system
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
‘Before applying for a secondment opportunity please familiarise yourself with the Trust secondment policy (found on the intranet) and ensure that you have discussed and gained approval from your current line manager’
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience of working in a HealthCare setting and completed Care Certificate
Education
Essential criteria
- Educated to a degree level or equivalent level of experience
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Qualification and experience in the delivery of teaching/training/ assessing
Experience of team working
Essential criteria
- Gives examples of ability to work as part of a team and to take responsibility for designated duties
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jim Rawcliffe
- Job title
- Clinical Skills and Manual Handling Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 4956
- Additional information
extension 112700
Alternate Contact- [email protected]
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