Clinical Educator

The primary purpose of this role is to support and deliver on-going education, training for nursing and midwifery teams and may be required to support members of the MDT. Identify all opportunities for themselves and others where learning can take place, both formally and informally. Support a Training Needs Analysis and maintain registers of training as appropriate, support ward and departmental sisters/charge nurses to ensure mandatory training is compliant with Trust standard. Makes an active contribute to the Corporate agenda which should be in the region of 40% of the time Contribute to corporate training and education. Will be asked to support practice development initiatives. Develop appropriate competency based clinical skills education and develop relevant competency assessment documents for approval by the appropriate Trust Committee e.g. Clinical Role Development Group or Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Group. Support the Trust Governance and Patient Safety agenda through active participation in the work of the Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Group. To maintain the delivery and quality of services provided within the care environment including the care delivered, supporting nursing standards and acting as a role model working clinically with staff where needed. To provide a nursing lead as a member of the multidisciplinary teamo Provide adviceo Patient and Staff advocacy Influence change and development of practice, utilising the most recent evidence base. Support the appropriate manager with the development and performance management review of staff where appropriate. Abide by Trust policies when dealing with complaints, accidents and incidents. Maintain discipline within the clinical area, abiding by Trust Disciplinary Procedure Policies Contribute to interview panels, where appropriate in the appointment of staff, and be aware of legislation and local personnel policies affecting the employment of staff. Implementation of evaluation audits to measure the impact of educational programmes and disseminate the results. Support and deliver a competency based induction for new staff and students to the directorate. Facilitate the provision of Clinical Supervision ensuring this is a support mechanism available to all staff. Identify areas of good practice and provide opportunities for staff to share this across the organisation. Responsible for development of all levels of staff by identifying training needs, setting objectives and facilitating inter professional education for staff. Contributes to local, regional and national study events, providing knowledge and expertise. Responsible for ensuring all practice is underpinned by education and competency assessment for self and other members of the team. Responsible for supporting development needs of all levels of nursing and related staff by identifying training needs, developing competency based educational interventions and facilitating inter professional education for staff within practice and academic arenas. Acts as an expert in the provision of high quality care. The successful individual will be expected to support and maintain an effective learning environment and in response to training needs analysis, develop training programmes that support staff. You must be able to meet the transport requirements of this post. A car driver is essential; subject to the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 as Trust wide working is an essential requirement of this post. Internal rotation across all sites within the Trust will occur.