Neonatal Clinical Educator

Job overview

Come and join our excellent Clinical Nurse Educator and Governance team for Children and Young People at North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust.

You will lead on the delivery of a comprehensive and on-going training programme for all nursing staff through clinical teaching and the provision of specialist knowledge and education.

The post holder will ensure that a comprehensive orientation and induction programme across the paediatric unit is in place with up-to-date teaching underpinning evidence-based practice.

Main duties of the job

• Effective leadership
• Providing education and support to colleagues relating to career development
• Supporting changes in practice and education in line with best practice
• Quality improvement work
• Communicating across a complex team of staff
• Support the existing Clinical Neonatal Nurse Educator team

• Direct and indirect clinical care

Main duties of the job

To deliver education and study days

To develop plans to improve development of staff

To promote consistency of guidance and nursing competencies

To provide mentorship and leadership

Work collaboratively with neonatal and paediatric educators within the ODN to ensure staff are provided with opportunities to access additional learning resources.

Welcome students and new starters and ensure they have a robust induction to the paediatric area.

Plan and facilitate training days for the nursing teams

Present and teach demonstrating a sound teaching approach utilising mixed media simulation and creating positive learning environment

Work alongside staff and students to provide direct clinical based teaching

Further develop own competence and ability to teach wider range of skills as required to disseminate best practice

Review and update  clinical competence in line with best practice

Respond to educational requirements that emerge from service need

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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