Community Children’s Nurse Clinical Educator

Job overview

Community Children’s Nurse Clinical Educator Band 6 - 37.5 Hours Per Week.

Are you passionate about the education for current and future healthcare workforce? Do you want to use your knowledge and experience to develop others? If the answer is yes, we would love to hear from you.

Our Clinical Education team is part of the wider children and young people’s community nursing service. You will join a team who are passionate about delivering excellent clinical nursing care to our patients in their home, in our special schools, and our residential respite settings.

We are seeking a highly motivated, committed and passionate individual to join our expanding Clinical Education team. You will be required to work clinically alongside student , qualified nurses and our workforce of children’s carers, facilitating their learning of new skills and knowledge. As part of the clinical education team you will have a responsibility for facilitation and implementation of educational programmes.

As a minimum you will need to be a registered nurse who is confident in a range of clinical skills and has significant post qualification experience of working with children and young people with complex health needs.

A discussion prior to application is advised.

Main duties of the job

Develop and deliver programmes of training and education for members of the CYP Community Nursing Service, students, both undergraduate and post-graduate undertaking placements with the service, and external agencies including the voluntary sector and staff in education and early year’s settings.

Act professionally, developing the role of registered and non-registered nursing staff in the best interests of the CYP’s and the nursing profession in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct.

Maintain an identifiable clinical presence and undertake relevant clinical activities to maintain own clinical competency and therefore be able to support and guide staff in developing their own clinical practice.

Ensure that evidence-based practice is developed and implemented to improve patient care. To contribute to the updating and the clinical content of the Coventry and Warwickshire Children and Young Peoples Competency Framework.

For more information on this role please see the attached supporting information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.

Act as sign off mentor for pre-registration student children’s nurses.

Act as a preceptor to newly registered nurses working in the service.

To participate in the service on-call rotas including supporting end of life care.

To act as mentor and supervisor of junior staff and carers.

Act as lead author for clinical policies and procedures

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Car driver and access to a vehicle for work essential

Children’s Nurse who holds effective registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

OR adult or learning disability nurse who can demonstrate significant experience working with children with complex physical health needs.

Resuscitation Train the Trainer qualification or willingness to undertake. Provide Basic Life Support/ Resuscitation training for parents, carers and families

PG Certificate or willingness to undertake

Significant experience of clinical training and teaching in a variety of settings.

Car owner/driver, or suitable alternative transport to enable you to undertake the job - and be prepared to be insured for business use.  (It is unlikely that public transport will meet this requirement).  If necessary, adjustments can be considered in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.

Must be able to contribute to a service provided across 24/7, including weekends and Bank holidays if required.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.