Clinical Practice Educator

2 weeks ago


Birkenhead, United Kingdom Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Clinical Practice Educator for Children's Services. This role will cover all of Children's services including Children's Emergency Department, Children's ward, Children's assessment unit, Children's Outpatients and all Children's Specialist Nursing teams.

**Key responsibilities include**:
The clinical practice educator will work collaboratively with the Ward Sisters and Senior Nursing Team to deliver effective, high quality, safe patient centred care across all clinical sites. She/he will support the continuing education, training and professional development of staff, including preceptorship and induction of newly qualified nursing staff promoting the acquisition of new skills and knowledge. She/he will assist in the development and implementation of appropriate protocols and standard operating procedures and undertake associate clinical audits as directed to ensure that all staff are able to acquire and adhere to the professional standards and competencies required in nursing practice.

Clinical Responsibilities
- Consistently demonstrate clinical expertise and credibility in practice
- Be a role model and maintain high standards of practice for all staff
- Contribute to an environment in which effective practice is fostered, implemented and evaluated through a range of approaches
- Assist the nursing team in ensuring a high level of nursing care in a variety of disciplines
- Assess the learning needs and develop appropriate training opportunities for newly qualified and developing nursing staff.
- Assess, review and evaluate clinical practice through audit giving appropriate feedback and guidance as required.
- Provide “hands on” supervision of staff in clinical practice to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge
- Maintain a high level of his/her own clinical skills.

Educational responsibilities
- Develop and maintain orientation and induction packages for new staff and support the orientation and induction of newly appointed nursing staff.
- Contribute to a learning environment in which effective practice is fostered, implemented, evaluated and disseminated
- Encourage and foster a culture which supports learning from adverse or untoward events and assist with relevant training and support where required
- Reduce clinical risk and promote patient safety through policy and guideline implementation, development of education programmes, assessment of clinical skills and clinical competence of staff

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Clinical Practice Educator position available at WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment



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