Practice Development Advocate, Endoscopy

Job summary

Main duties of the job

• To work under the direction of the Endoscopy Practice Development team (PDT) to upskill the endoscopy workforce.
• To facilitate, implement and maintain the use of JETS Workforce training programme for all Endoscopy staff in line with JAG requirements.
• To produce and evaluate monthly reports demonstrating the progress and impact of the role of a PDTA.
• To organise Unit based educational programs related to identified training needs.
• To liaise with the relevant persons to identify resources and opportunities for education and training e.g. Other practice educators and Centre of clinical practice re allocation of contracts for courses and corporate nursing team.
• To facilitate learning through the creation of an educationally stimulating environment.
• To be aware of the educational needs of post-registration nurses ensuring that preceptors are available.
• To develop and evaluate orientation programmes for all grades of staff.
• To act as a role model of expert clinical practice as both an informal and formal teacher/facilitator
• To deputise for the Practice Development team in their absence.
• To be able to work countywide as required by the directorate and service needs.
• To participate in the on call rota for the Directorate covering emergency services based at Worcester Royal Hospital or Alexandra Hospital Redditch if current role requires on call commitment.

Job responsibilities

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.