Practice Educator Nurse

The postholder will deliver the Naomi House and Jacksplace education and training programme to clinical staff to enable them to provide specialist palliative care and support for children and young people from 0-35 years. The post holder will also be expected to lead and manage the team during clinical shifts, providing a high standard of holistic care to children and young people with a variety of complex health needs. Effective communication skills are required to support children, young people and their families during their stay in the hospices. The hospices provide care over a 24-hour period and the post holder is expected to work flexibly across all shifts.

Key Responsibilities To positively support and influence clinical skills development for all care team staff to sustain quality care delivery To support the development of the clinical competence of the Care Team in Naomi House, Naomi House at Home and Jacksplace in line with agreed educational development strategies and priorities. To lead the provision of a very high standard of care and support for all children, young people and their families attending Naomi House and Jacksplace To participate in the development and implementation of educational programmes to support the professional development of all care team staff Leadership Responsibilities To work primarily in the clinical area with the Care Team, role modelling, advising and supporting their development of competency and confidence. Provide teaching of clinical skills to the care team and assess individuals competency using the clinical competency framework To facilitate study days, workshops and hands on training to support clinical skills development for all care team staff. To collaborate with Clinical Team Leaders to identify individual educational needs and assess staff competency and confidence.

To lead and coordinate the day-to-day provision of care to the children, young people and their families in both houses. To allocate staff appropriately on each shift to ensure effective use of resources. To be responsible for ensuring a holistic assessment is completed for all children and young people to enable up to date care plans incorporating all necessary risk assessments. To provide accurate and complete data and maintain the training database as appropriate To line manage staff as delegated by the Clinical Team Leader, participating in appraisals and day to day staff management.

Clinical Responsibilities To deliver a high standard of individualised holistic care and support to children, young people and their families, promoting empowerment, advocacy and partnership. To manage staffing and allocate resources across both hospices according to assessed acuity on each shift. To contribute to the development of others enabling them to apply current knowledge and skills in practice. To actively promote the workplace as a learning environment encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.

To contribute to the development of the clinical competencies framework in line with evidence based practice To monitor standards of care, participating in audit and required actions. To have a working knowledge of a variety of technology. To participate in networking, professional updates and benchmarking to maintain a current knowledge of professional issues. Inform the care team of updated changes to areas of clinical practice To generate and use appropriate learning opportunities and apply own learning to the future development of practice.

To maintain links with local universities to support shared learning To support staff and placement students as required, including the identification and support of staff with additional learning needs. Personal To be responsible and proactive in personal professional development by: Maintaining awareness of current developments in palliative care for children, young people and families. Maintaining clinical skills identified in the Competency Framework. Ensuring timely revalidation with the NMC