Senior Clinical Educator

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work with Clinical Education as part of the wider Education Team in our busy teaching hospitals.

.The post holder will rotate through the Skills, Simulation and Resuscitation Services on our 3 sites (Royal, Broadgreen and Aintree), providing education to all grades of staff and participating in trust wide audits which support the Patient Safety Agenda of the Trust. This opportunity is open to registered healthcare professionals

You should be proficient in delivering basic clinical skills, and have experience of teaching, supervising and assessing in the healthcare setting.

"Previous applicants need not apply"

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the Clinical Education Team working across the LUFHT educational estate. The primary role will be to deliver all elements of clinical education, including advanced resuscitation courses, clinical skills and simulation, with contribution to other Trust education initiatives as required.

The post holder will work in conjunction with the Clinical Training Leads will identify core skills and clinical developments that will support service activity. This will include the development and delivery of clinical training to individuals, groups or teams providing specialist advice as required. This will include the delivery of insitu simulation and assessing the clinical environment for latent error.

To update and review programmes of education to ensure that they follow current evidence base/national guidelines.

To provide support across the educational pathway including medical education and the Practice Placement Facilitators.

The post holder will be expected to lead quality improvement programmes that can promote safe patient care through education.

To ensure appropriate supervision and mentorship is provided to the junior Clinical Educators, acting as a role model for high quality education delivery

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake the teaching and facilitation across education in all areas of clinical education e.g. clinical skills, resuscitation and simulation. Including a requirement to deliver more advanced training such as Simulation debriefing.

Deliver educational programmes across Clinical Education, whilst supporting Medical Education and Learning and Development in this, ensuring that organisational requirements for education are met.

Plan and deliver specialist training / workshops to large groups and individual staff across the organisation, at all levels, using both formal training delivery and work place based approaches. Apply specialist knowledge and expertise in areas of team resource management in promoting patient safety.

Engage with all of the multi-professional learners across education, including the development of education packages for new and emerging roles e.g. Nursing Associates, Physicians Associates.

To support the Clinical Training Leads in the implement of robust evaluation methodology across education, measuring the return of investment on educational activities.

Support the Clinical Leads in implementing quality assurance measures across the educational pathway. Embracing the Quality Improvement methodologies whilst delivering on quality initiatives across the educational pathway that can impact on the delivery of safe patient care.

Maintain an up to date knowledge of adult learning methodologies, QI methodologies and active engagement with education research across the health education pathway.

To be involved and contribute to the continuous evaluation process across education including peer review and return of educational investment measures.

To provide mentorship and supervision for all junior staff within the team, ensuring that you act as a leader and role model the Trusts values and behaviours at all times.

Assist the Clinical Skills Lead in the design and delivery of the undergraduate syllabus including taking responsibility for an undergraduate curriculum each year.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.