About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and clinically credible professional to join our team at the Health and Care Academy.
We are seeking an accomplished educator to lead the development, design and delivery of a new academic programme for practitioners working at enhanced level of practice. This is a key role that will shape the future workforce by supporting learners to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for enhanced clinical decision making and person centred care.
The successful candidate will be an experienced clinician, holding a non medical prescribing qualification and possessing demonstrable expertise in enhanced assessment, clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning skills. They will be able to act as a credible professional role model, providing expert guidance, support and advice to learners, clinical supervisors and managers.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Lead the development, design and delivery of education for practitioners working at enhanced level of practice. Support learners undertaking enhanced practice education pathways through coaching, mentoring and professional support. Work collaboratively with clinical services to identify workforce development needs and educational priorities. Act as an expert resource for enhanced clinical practice and clinical skills development. Maintain clinical competence and professional credibility through ongoing clinical practice and continued professional development.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description Job responsibilities
Effectively undertake a lead role in learning & teaching of academic and clinical programmes delivered at the Northumbria Health and Care Academy. To enhance the reputation of the Northumbria Health and Care Academy and University of Sunderland as a centre of excellence by engaging with teaching, reach-out and research programmes in nursing and health related topics. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration Essential
1st Level Registered Nurse with effective NMC registration/ Allied health professional with effective HPCP registration / 1st Level Registered Midwife with effective NMC registration Educated to degree level in Nursing or a related subject Postgraduate qualification in a related subject area (Masters study) Higher Education teaching qualification or working towards and completion will be within 12 months of appointment (e.g. PGCE) Non Medical prescribing required for those teaching on programmes related to non medical prescribing
Desirable
Higher Education Academy Fellowship status Professional Nursing Advocate
Experience and knowledge Essential
Demonstrable experience of teaching and learning in the field of nursing Proven experience of working with NMC approved programmes in academic and/or practice setting
Desirable
Experience of module leadership within a Higher Education Institution desirable Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
Other requirements Desirable
You may also need to travel between Trust premises as required for the performance of your duties. You may also be expected to work at any of the trust sites. The Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Northumbria Health & Care Academy
Northumbria Way
Cramlington
NE23 6NZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)