Lead Clinical Skills Practitioner

Job overview

The post holder will be working as the lead of the clinical skills team. The role requires clinical responsibility  for planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating multiple clinical / procedural skills to Warwick University medical students, resident doctors and multidisciplinary client groups both internal and external to UHCW NHS Trust.

The role requires the post holder to work autonomously and flexibly with a high level of skill and concentration, responding as appropriate to unpredicted issues often within very tight deadlines to meet curriculum and service needs.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

• Managing the team of Clinical Skills Practitioners. Direct line management and responsibility for annual reviews. Encouraging staff development, work plans, and maintaining high standards of practice and education.
• Independently manage the clinical skills department – maintain equipment, disposables storage and rotation, H & S, COSHH regulations, sharps safety, slips & trips etc.
• Manage, draft and implement medical student timetables for skills teaching sessions and assessments during phase 1, phase 2, phase 3 and assistantship, liaise with the medical education team at UHCW and the admin leads at WMS to confirm capability of students to complete these.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Teach clinical skills as required by the GMC for WMS students to achieve their goal required competencies and the Trust goal to produce competent and safe resident doctors.
• Licence holder for the Acute Illness Management (AIM) course for UHCW NHS Trust
• Named person responsible for quality assurance reports to the Critical Skills Institute Manchester
• Licence holder for the Critical Skills Institute Manchester AIM train the trainer course
• Maintain first aid instructor status of self and clinical skills practitioners
• Research and draft teaching materials such as presentations and hand outs, these will be discussed and agreed with the clinical skills team at UHCW utilising our experts in Trust wherever possible.
• Engage in all aspects of post graduate courses in collaboration with senior clinicians for candidates internal and external to the trust
• Research and compose assessments for clinical skills sessionsCollaborate with SWFT and GEH to gain consensus on the materials developed for the WMS course by using a standardised approach adhering to national guidance
• Organise procedural skills videos for medical student, resident doctor and multidisciplinary client use and ensure access on the Trust Medical Education intranet / internet sit

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.