About this role
Job summary
You will be offered a bespoke development programme, based on your existing knowledge & skills, with protected learning time & support to access training, study opportunities and qualification pathways required for a Teacher Practitioner Role.
This new role provides the opportunity to enhance the delivery of palliative and end of life care in both practice and theory for yourself & others, promoting evidence-based practice internally and externally, whilst supporting your own career development.
What we are looking for: This role is ideally suited to a Registered Nurse who has been qualified and practicing for at least 12 months. Someone who has an interest in palliative care and a passion for learning, teaching, and sharing knowledge to support others development and improve patient care.
If you are motivated, willing & able to continue with professional academic studies & would like to establish a new career in healthcare where you are enabled to make a difference, wed love to meet you!
We are looking for a Full Time hours (37.5 hours per week) but Part Time of 30 hours per week would be considered.
Main duties of the job
St Michaels Hospice has a dynamic Education team offering a variety of internal and external training opportunities to a wide audience. They bring a wealth of experience and specialist skills and are now looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse to join the team in a new Teacher Practitioner Development Post role.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has at least 12 months post registration clinical experience, with a passion for working within Palliative Care to join a supportive team and develop the required skills to commence a career in Clinical Practice education.
About us
St Michael's Hospice is nestled in the stunning Herefordshire countryside, in a state-of-the-art facility. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a transferrable NHS pension or you can enrol onto our own Hospice pension. We offer Life Assurance, a superb working environment and facility, generous study leave allowance, discounts with local suppliers, individualised training needs analysis, advanced communication skills training, employee counselling service, free tea & coffee, a friendly & welcoming work environment and 30 days annual leave (pro rata if applicable), plus bank holidays. We are one of the top 100 best not for profit organisations to work for and have been caring to make a difference, to patients living with a terminal illness and their families, across Herefordshire and beyond for over 40 years.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job title: Teacher/Practitioner (Developmental Post )
Spinal Point Range: 13,15,18
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Min 30 Hours per week).
Department: Education
Location: St Michaels Hospice, Bartestree and other locations as necessary
Reports to: Lead Teacher/Practitioner
Financial Responsibility: No direct financial responsibilities
Job Purpose: To develop and apply the skills required to educate, train, and support both clinical and non-clinical staff. To enhance the quality of palliative and end-of-life care delivery through the promotion of evidence-based practice internally and externally. To actively engage in and successfully complete a structured development programme to support progression to a Teacher Practitioner role.
Responsibility Areas:
Service Delivery
Assist with the delivery of academic and vocational teaching across a range of palliative care topics including assessment of learners.
Assist with the identification & support of staff in the clinical setting with their on-going CPD includes internal & external students.
Assist with the development of learning materials and facilitation of learning with a wide range of individuals and groups internal and external.
Contributes to the effectiveness of work experience programmes
Contributes to operation of library & stock renewal
Supports with the Leading, management & delivery of functional skills training in line with National Numeracy & BKSB (Health Education England)
Assisting Teacher Practitioner with Volunteer librarian (x1) In- house students (TNA / RNDA & others) (x 2-6)
Planning
Assists with the planning and managing of the annual programme of education.
Develops the ability to plan learning and teaching activities linked to service delivery needs.
Develops the ability to plan, cost and deliver tailor-made training to a variety of external organisations & individuals
Develops the ability to assist with planning individualised induction and on-going training requirements for clinical & non-clinical staff & volunteers
Communication
Develops the skills to represents the organisation externally e.g. Higher Education, care homes; care agencies, NHS Trusts, wider hospice movement, health and social care education focus groups.
Works collaboratively with colleagues to ensure work streams complement each other.
Develops & shares evidence-based knowledge and skills internally and externally which may result in influencing and changing practice to achieve desired outcomes
Problem Solving and Innovation
Develops resources and strategies for promotion of best practice.
Develops the skills to respond to internal & external requests for clinical support & advice
Ensures learning and teaching is based on appropriate evidence base linked to regulatory frameworks e.g. National Institute for Clinical Effectiveness; Nursing & Midwifery Council; Allied Health Professions Council; General Medical Council; Care Quality Commission.
Contributes to the development of new learning programmes
Contributes to the development of clinical policies and care plans
Education
Completion of all mandatory training required for role
Commitment to complete a Development Plan personalised to meet the desirable elements outlined below.
Person Specification
1) Specialist Knowledge and Experience
Essential
Professional Nursing Registration with NMC
Relevant 1st level degree as minimum qualification
Registered Nursing care experience in a clinical care setting for at least 1 year
Desirable or willingness to work towards:
NVQ Assessor qualification or equivalent
Mentoring & Assessor qualification
Teaching qualification (Post Graduate Certificate of Education or equivalent)
IT Skills across a range of IT Software
Philosophies & Principles of Palliative Care - ability to share at a variety of levels.
Leadership & Management or Coaching qualification.
MSc level qualification in a relevant subject
Facilitating Clinical Skills & Simulation Training.
Facilitating Advanced Communication Skills.
2) Skills and Behaviours
Leadership: motivates & empowers others in order to reach organisational goals.
Communication: Speaks confidently and fluently. Holds others attention when speaking. Writes fluently, clearly and concisely. Adapts own communication style to suit others.
Persuasiveness: Influences, convinces or impresses others in a way that results in acceptance, agreement or behaviour change.
Relating to others: Quickly builds rapport and easily establishes relationships. Relates well to different types of people, listens and gets on with them.
Quality Orientation Provides a quality service. Shows awareness of goals and standards. Ensures quality is met.
Organisation: Organises own time effectively. Prioritises and prepares in advance. Sets realistic time-scales.
3) Special Conditions
This post is conditional to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Requirement to work flexibly to meet needs of the service.
Must be willing to travel across the county and beyond as required.
Required to work occasional evenings and weekends.
Required to work in a variety of clinical settings with direct patient / care contact
Our values
What matters to you is whats important to us
To ensure we deliver upon this every day, we empower people to work collaboratively to reach thebest possible decisions, realise them in thebest possible wayand at thebest possible time.
We value:
Knowledge, judgment, and kindness in reaching thebest possible decisions
Courage, integrity, and passion in realising those decisions in thebest possible way
Honesty, empathy, and determination in doing so at thebest possible time.
Living our values influencesthe way we behave. The way we behave informsthe way we do things. The way we do things isthe St Michaels way
Equal Opportunities Statement
At St Michaels Hospice we are committed to an equal opportunities approach in everything we do. This means that we seek to ensure anyone connected with St Michaels, from patients and families through to donors, supporters, volunteers and staff are treated fairly, appropriately and with dignity and respect.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professional Nursing Registration with NMC Relevant 1st level degree as minimum qualification
Desirable
NVQ Assessor qualification or equivalent Mentoring & Assessor qualification Teaching qualification (Post Graduate Certificate of Education or equivalent) Leadership & Management or Coaching qualification. MSc level qualification in a relevant subject Facilitating Clinical Skills & Simulation Training.
Experience Essential
Registered Nursing care experience in a clinical care setting for at least 1 year
Desirable
Philosophies & Principles of Palliative Care - ability to share at a variety of levels. Facilitating Clinical Skills & Simulation Training. Facilitating Advanced Communication Skills.
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.
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 St Michael’s Hospice
Address St Michael's Hospice
Hereford
HR1 4HA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.st-michaels-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)