Clinical Educator -End of Life Care

Job overview

Do you want a fulfilling role that uses your clinical experience and supports development of staff to ensure patients and their loved ones get the best end of life care experience?

If you answered yes, this opportunity could be just what you are looking for.

Due to an internal NCIC promotion we have a rare vacancy for a clinical educator focussing specifically on education in end of life care.

Working as part of a small supportive team, this role will deliver on the implementation plan of end of life and bereavement care education,  and professional development for clinical, non-clinical staff and volunteers across all NCIC sites. It is an exciting opportunity to support staff  influence  consistent quality in end of life care for patients and families every time.

The overarching focus of the education plan will be the five priorities of care for the dying person and implementation of the suite of Deciding Right templates in practice.

This is a unique role where you have opportunity to focus on what staff, patient and family experience is saying in practice, combining the use of audit data to coach staff with making quality improvements in their area.

The post holder will link with external partners and support the education development across the North Cumbria system to ensure consistency of standards, peer support and a coordinated responsive to the regional priorities for end of life care.

Main duties of the job

Design and deliver formal and informal teaching and training across the Trust, in both classroom and clinical settings and using a variety of digital resources and teaching methods

Participate in the planning processes for learning and development, to ensure that training interventions are linked to identified evidence base, service need and changes from a regional or national directives.

Champion the implementation of new models of education for multi professional learning

Role model through maintaining own clinical expertise, competence and credibility in working alongside staff in their clinical area.

Demonstrate leadership in engaging clinical teams in areas for improvement through encouragement, coaching conversations, respectful challenge and empowerment to lead change in their areas.

Support the review of current data audit approaches  to ensure programmes are evidence based.

Participate in the planning processes for learning and development, to ensure that training interventions are linked to identified evidence base, service need and changes from a regional or national directives.

Champion the implementation of new models of education for multi professional learning

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

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Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Excellent opportunities for development*

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

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*Subject to eligibility