Job overview
We are seeking an experienced Neonatal nurse who is a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with a passion for education, staff and service development who can work well within a team and individually, if you have a desire for learning, personal development and supporting the continued development within Neonatal Services this is the role for you .
We are a Level 2 Neonatal Unit within the Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust and part of the Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Network
Main duties of the job
- Working clinically the post holder will support healthcare practitioners to develop appropriate clinical patient safety knowledge and skills, with achievement of competencies.
- Ensure optimisation of resources for provision and development of clinical education
- Act as a clinical expert, visionary, role model and deliver the education and learning for all staff, in a variety of settings, including the clinical area, working alongside the staff.
- Use of a blended learning approach to ensure maximum benefit from learning opportunities
- Utilise effective methods of assessment, evaluation and impact of competence in clinical and patient safety education.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Maximise the opportunity for inter-professional and interdisciplinary working to facilitate better Trust-wide clinical education.
- Ensure that all clinical education is conceptualized, commissioned and delivered around a centralised framework that maps across operational and workforce plans
- Ensure a skilled clinical workforce exists equipped with the necessary professional and clinical skills for the delivery of high-quality patient care, aligned to learning from incidents, RCAs and SIRIs
- Provide guidance to ensure the appropriate clinical skills are embedded into education and learning and those comply with professional body requirements, AEI accreditation process (where applicable) and are evidence based.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop robust mechanisms for tackling poor practice based on the principles of effective patient safety and governance.
- Liaise with the Yorkshire and Humber Neonatal Operational Delivery Network education team.
- Support staff during the completion of the Neonatal Foundation Programme and Neonatal Qualified in Speciality Course.
- Provide support to:
- Poor performers
- New starters
- All Non-Medical Registered and Un-registered Practitioners
- Staff undertaking academic study at AEI’s
- Staff who need to achieve competence following skills training
- assist in the development and maintenance of national initiatives related to education and continuing professional development such as Nursing Revalidation and clinical skills
- Maintain accurate and up to date records of learning events both formal and informal.
- To ensure compliance and implementation of Trust, local and national policies and procedures relating to resuscitation.
- To work with colleagues promoting good working relationships encouraging teamwork, motivation, innovation, and high standards of clinical practice.
- To be clinically competent in and also able to teach complex clinical skills, e.g. IV drug calculation and administration and advanced airway management.
- Provide specialist advice to multidisciplinary groups across all areas of the Trust, always ensuring the delivery of a high standard of care to patients with consideration of patient safety.