Job summary
- Main area
- Education & Training
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 411-COM-24-6445107
- Employer
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Practice Educator (Allied Health Professionals)
NHS AfC: Band 6
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
This is an exciting time to join the Community and Mental Health Division as it continues to grow, the divisional teams 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 Divisional Education Team, we are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated, and passionate Allied Health Professional to join our divisional education team as a Practice Educator.
This role will provide support, supervision and educational support across the division with a focus on supporting the AHP workforce. They will also work closely with the wider Divisional Education Team to develop and deliver a robust education strategy.
Main duties of the job
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 a range of Allied Health Professionals. They will work closely with the wider divisional educational team to develop and deliver a robust education strategy.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Summary of Duties & Responsibilities include, (Please see attached JD for full list of duties & responsibilities)
Leadership
- 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.
- Act as clinical expert and role model leading by example best practice and demonstrating professionalism within clinical practice.
- 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
- Education Training and Development
- Collaborate with divisional Matrons and Service leads to implement local identified education strategies.
- · Facilitate staff orientation, training, education and practice development programmes with equitable access and support for all levels of staff.
- · Promote and actively participate in teaching of all grades and disciplines of staff throughout the division and wider trust.
- · 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, induction and preceptorship programmes
Person specification
Education & Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Allied Health Professional
- Teaching qualification or willing to work towards
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of professional and leadership training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post registration clinical, leadership and managerial experience
- Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the role
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice
- Evidence of working with learners in practice
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate service development experience
- Experience of undertaking audits
- Evidence of developing and delivering training
- Experience of working with children & young people within the community setting
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding and knowledge of policy developments related to the delivery of care
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Knowledge of strategic issues facing the wider NHS
- Effective leadership skills
- Evidence of innovation in previous post
- Proven ability to work under pressure, to prioritise workload and achieve deadlines
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work autonomously, plan, organise, prioritise and delegate appropriate interventions to support staff
- Good data processing / collection and IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of presenting information to wider audience.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Reflective practitioner
- Approachable and accessible
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ashlea McKenna
- Job title
- Practice Educator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971308198
- Additional information
Liam Southern
Head of Nursing & Allied Health Professionals,
Community & Mental Health Division,
07977677524
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