This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic registered nurse passionate about education within the acute medicine (Medical Assessment Unit) environment.
The successful applicant will join an established leadership team of Consultants, Matrons, Senior Sisters, Sisters and work to improve quality of care through education, support all members of the team in continuing education, support new starters in the completion of a preceptorship period and improve attrition rates for students on undergraduate programmes.
The successful candidate will contribute at a local, regional and national level to quality assurance discussions on practice learning and capacity issues. Act as facilitator between the Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) and practice settings, influencing the delivery of educational programmers which impact on the quality of practice experience and student progression.
The successful applicant will join an established leadership team of Consultants, Matrons, Senior Sisters, Sisters and work to improve quality of care through education, support all members of the team in continuing education, support new starters in the completion of a preceptorship period and improve attrition rates for students on undergraduate programmes.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
The postholder:-
• Increase the Trusts capacity to host non-medical students in line with the plans submitted to NHSi.
• Lead on the implementation of the new standards for Nurse training and the standards to support learning in practice
• Ensure a culture of ongoing learning across all professions in acute medicine
• Key contact for advice and guidance on issues relating to practice experience within acute medicine
• Work in collaboration with colleagues to ensure the implementation of the learning and development agreement
• Lead on Education Strategy for CHFT within acute medicine
• Lead on ensuring the design and implementation of quality monitoring processes in conjunction with the education providers to ensure quality learning and training experiences for students across the healthcare community.
• Provide bi-annual review evidencing an internal review of education and training quality within CHFT
• Provide risk assessment and clear escalation process for students to address any concerns arising whilst at CHFT within acute medicine
• Lead locally in support of the strategic direction of national and locally driven quality assurance methodology.
• Lead and monitor the provision of preceptorship for new staff within the nursing and midwifery workforce and allied healthcare professionals within acute medicine.
• Ensure accurate collation of all students on placement at CHFT.
• Provide assurance of funding reaching the learning environment at CHFT.
• Develop and maintain education leads within the clinical environments i.e. link nurses
• Create robust communication networks for practice learning between Service providers, Higher and Further Education and Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber
• Enable effective partnership working, working collaboratively with colleagues from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and organisations within the healthcare community to further develop and enhance the quality of the students’ learning experience.
• Identify and create opportunities for practice learning within a multiprofessional environment.
• Ensure feedback from student placements is collated and appropriate action identified and reported within CHFT.
• Identify and promote opportunities for inter and multi professional learning to take place in practice
• Develop new and existing placements by working closely with all key stakeholders involved in the delivery of service provision and education within the healthcare community.
• Work with HEI and service providers to ensure the number of mentors/practice supervisors across the healthcare community equates to the numbers of students in practice now and in the future.
• Ensure mentors/practice supervisors remain equipped to provide support to students on placement
• Provide effective ongoing support to mentors/practice supervisors to enhance motivation and ensure they can provide quality support to students in practice.
• Develop and maintain mentor evaluation process.
• Maintain the mentor register and produce quarterly report evidencing trends in registered mentors within CHFT, and outcome of mentor evaluations.
• Liaise with local universities and secure opportunities to attend universities to promote CHFT as potential employer.
• Provide effective leadership on the acute floors supporting sisters, ward managers and matrons.
• Support recruitment and retention of new starters at CHFT
• Manage the clinical educators – setting direction & providing senior leadership.
This job description is an outline only and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It will be regularly reviewed and may be amended in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder.
This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Aug 2024
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