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Job Overview
As a member of the ASCR Education Team, the Clinical Practice Facilitator will promote the delivery of high-quality patient care and safety by the provision of direct supervision, training and preceptorship support for all healthcare practitioners.
This will include providing support for registered nurses/practitioners. The Clinical Practice Facilitator will act as a point of escalation for preceptors who require support in managing individuals who are struggling to demonstrate the required standards of practice in accordance with the Trust’s capability procedures.
The Clinical Practice Facilitator will support development of the learning environment and competency frameworks benchmarked against national standards of care.
Main duties of the job
- Support newly qualified registered practitioners, students and new healthcare support workers.
- Support and develop the preceptors using a facilitation / coaching approach
- Provide direct supervision and training for qualified registered practitioners and new staff
- Support development of the learning environment and competency frameworks benchmarked against national standards of care.
- Support the clinical teams to develop skills matrices and record staff development using their matrix
- Support the development of clinical practice guidelines & policies
- Assist the workforce in achieving quality standards
- Develop and implement new initiatives and ways of working
- Contribute to the delivery, management and review of all existing accredited and internal education programmes
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Work independently and within timeframes
- Work collaboratively within teams
- Communicate with all levels of staff throughout the Trust on a daily basis
- Required to work in both elective and emergency environments and in satellite units to support staff / learner development needs
- Be able to deliver difficult information and lead processes that may be upsetting (for example capability process, failing student process etc)
- Be able to challenge poor practice in an assertive and professional manner and support improvement
Person specification
Education/training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- University validated teaching & assessing qualification/ Supporting Students in Practice (SSIP) course
- Nursing Degree
- Evidence of supporting learners in the relevant practice setting, including the management of failing students / performance management
- Ability to lead a team
- Ability to work independently and using your own initiative, including project management
- Advanced knowledge of current evidenced practice
- Knowledge of Health and Safety/Risk Management within the clinical setting
- Expertise in relevant area of practice and be able to maintain own clinical practice
- Excellent facilitation / teaching / assessing skills
- Ability to organise own work schedules, meet targets and devise objectives.
- Ability to manage projects and implement change
- Ability to facilitate meetings
- IT skills
- Flexibility and positive attitude in all areas of responsibility
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and coaching skills.
- Able to act as a professional role model
Desirable criteria
- University validated post registration specialist qualification relevant to area of practice or equivalent.
- Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
- Knowledge of the Trust’s aims & objectives, policies, principles and standards in respect of both patient care and personnel management.
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
Please note that North Bristol NHS Trust does not reimburse travel expenses relating to interview attendance.
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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.
