Senior Clinical Practice Facilitator

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Senior Clinical Practice Facilitator (Planned Care) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. This is an An exciting opportunity for a 1 year secondment.

You will have excellent communication skills, be able to prioritise and manage your own work load. You will have proven management and clinical skills, be motivated, and have a keen interest in teaching/staff development.

The successful candidate will be highly visible, supporting the Division in the ongoing development/ training of staff to improve patient safety and practice standards.

You will be pivotal in devising, delivering and evaluating training programmes to support clinical staff of all grades and experience.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

Main duties of the job

To maintain a high level of visibility within the clinical setting and build positive relationships, excellent communication and organizational skills.

Support the delivery and achievement of workforce development in line with Trust objectives, strategy and CQC requirements.

To devise, deliver and evaluate training programmes to ensure the professional development of all grades of nursing staff within planned care.

Provide leadership and expert clinical knowledge to a range of health professionals, working with minimal supervision.

Support the development of clinical practice, and address issues that have arisen from incidents, complaints, audits and external regulator reports.

To provide a collaborative education link between all areas within the Trust to support the development of protocols and guidelines for the care of patients.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specificationPrevious ExperienceEssential criteria

• Significant experience at Band 5
• Experience in mentoring, assessing and coaching
• An awareness of relevant political and professional issues in health care
• Previous experience as shift / team leader
• Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
• Ability to work under pressure
• Proven ability to contribute to the development of specialist protocols and practice changes, arising from audits

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of active involvement in developing new ways of working
• Experience of Change Management
• Evidence of Management Skills training
• Budget/Resource Management
• Formal teaching experience

Skills /KnowledgeEssential criteria

• Up to date knowledge of relevant political and professional issues in healthcare
• High standard of clinical skills
• Understanding of effective team work
• Strong leadership skills
• Effective communication and liaison skills
• Understanding of skill-mix and workload patterns
• Effective role mode
• Demonstrates ability in influencing and negotiating
• Ability to adapt to changing situations and workloads
• Ability to facilitate and support learning
• Organisational ability
• Assertiveness skills and an ability to deal with complex interpersonal conflict
• Highly self-motivated
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Demonstrate an awareness of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and how this affects their role in the department
• Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
• Computer literacy
• Awareness of Health & Safety legislation

Desirable criteria

• Enthusiastic and keen to participate in projects
• Ability to teach groups
• Research awareness
• Experience of working autonomously
• Ability to troubleshoot
• Ability to lead and manage change
• Awareness of clinical governance issues.

Qualifications / TrainingEssential criteria

• RGN on part 1 of the NMC register
• Diploma in Nursing
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and education related to speciality and commitment to life-long learning.
• Able to produce personal professional portfolio
• Teaching and Assessor course

Desirable criteria

• Degree in nursing
• KSF Appraisal training
• Attendance Management training
• Disciplinary / Capability training
• Recruitment & Selection training
• Complaints Resolution training
• ALERT training

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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