Job overview
Working with a vision of “delivering excellence in all everything we do”, the post holder will be based within CAS.
The post holder will be a proactive role model who leads in the clinical environment on the provision of clinical education and assessment of competence in clinical care.
The post holder will work flexibly covering clinical shifts as required to support our learners and new staff members as required.
The post holder will
- work alongside nurses and other healthcare practitioners to ensure the provision of high quality safe and effective evidence-based care; in accordance with local, divisional and hospital policies and procedures
- Assist in identifying and defining areas for improvement and develop targeted teaching and learning activities to facilitate improvement
- Develop and deliver training and educational programmes and optimise learning activities for practitioners
- Ensure that the organisation has an accurate record of a practitioner's learning
Main duties of the job
In addition to the below summary, you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Personal Specification documents attached to this advert.
To support the development of staff, and foster empowerment through knowledge to achieve excellence through the delivery of evidenced based nursing practice.
To coordinate orientation of new staff
To promote reflective practice, clinical supervision and experiential learning opportunities developing a learning culture in the clinical environment. To contribute towards the development and maintenance of clinical staff competence in the use of medical equipment in the clinical area, in order to comply with the Trust’s health and safety policy.
To be a visible role model to ensure that the dignity, rights and confidentiality of the patient and individual team members are protected and maintained in accordance with national standards and guideline
Working for our organisation
Loxley is a 24 bedded mixed sex Oncology and Haematology ward specialising in treating patients with sickle cell disease, the side effects of their cancer, side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy and palliative care.
You will be joining a diverse and motivated team that is dedicated to the development of specialist clinical skills and the delivery of high quality safe patient care.
Personal and professional development is actively supported. There are numerous opportunities for nurses with a keen interest in the development of link nurse roles and we offer opportunities for professional development.
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Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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