About this role
Job summary
An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Clinical Educator to join the existing education team within Specialty and Integrated Medicine (SIM) Clinical Service Unit to cover maternity leave. We are a diverse and knowledgeable education team who are motivated to influence the future of healthcare through education and staff development.
Are you passionate about staff education? Are you looking for an opportunity to improve standards of care for patients? Do you want to use your knowledge and experience to develop others? If the answer is yes, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for a Clinical Educator to expand the Infectious Diseases speciality training programme, along with the High Consequence Infectious Diseases simulation training and related clinical competencies. The other part of the role will be setting up our Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) line access training programme, increasing the team resources and training in midline insertions.
Main duties of the job Working clinically alongside members of the nursing staff, you will facilitate them in learning new skills, taking on new roles and responsibilities by undertaking an assessment of the nurses competence when taking on these new skills and providing feedback to the individual nurse.
You will also be working with staff to improve standards of practice in healthcare associated infections (HCAIs), and will be an active member of the Quality Improvement Collaboratives.
We are seeking to appoint highly motivated nurses with a passion for developing staff, who can work autonomously, be flexible, show resilience and has good organisational skills.
The role is both challenging and rewarding, and requires the individual to act as a role model at all times, motivating and supporting staff in their professional development and the delivery of high standards of patient care.
About us The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time.
Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care.
We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page.
Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Job description Job responsibilities For questions about this job, contact:
Name Claire Howard and Luke White Position Senior Clinical Educator and Lead Nurse for Clinical Quality & Education Email
Why you should join our Team Specialty & Integrated Medicine (SIM) Clinical Service Unit (CSU)
Specialty & Integrated Medicine (SIM) is home to a variety of services at the Trust. There are wards covering the following specialties: General Medicine, Elderly Medicine, Infectious Diseases/Travel Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology. We also have outpatient facilities for Diabetes, Endocrinology, Intravenous Antibiotics, HIV and Sexual Health.
SIM CSU Clinical Education Team
The SIM Clinical education team covers 16 wards. The team comprises of Band 7’s and Band 6’s who love supporting and seeing staff develop and grow to be the best they can be. We have a fantastic team in SIM and really enjoy working together, to support each other and our amazing clinical teams.
What you will bring to the role To support, educate and develop registered and unregistered staff in their clinical role and competencies in order to deliver high quality evidence based care for service users. This role will be focused around J20 & the Infection Diseases speciality, and the OPAT team, both based at St James’s Hospital.
The post holder will contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of education and training of registered and unregistered nursing staff. They will provide support to the leadership of the team.
They will work in collaboration with the senior management team, providing support to the Lead Nurse for Clinical Quality & Education, to maintain and project the vision and objectives of the service and ensure that they are embedded in practice.
The role will involve supporting the creation and delivery of the ID training programme for nursing staff, the implementation and roll out of the High Consequence Infectious Diseases simulation programme, including Donning & Doffing training, PPE/ Fit Testing, and the training and competence in midline insertions for the OPAT team.
The post holder will lead by example, will be responsible for disseminating good practice and actively challenge assumptions, practice and performance where appropriate.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.
Sponsorship Eligibility To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
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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.
Employer details Employer name Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Address St James’s University Hospital
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS9 7TF
Employer's website https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)