Band 5 Neonatal Clinical Educator Birmingham, England
Job description
Job overview
UHB Neonatal Special Care Unit: Where a passion and career come together
UHB are seeking a Band 5, Neonatal Clinical Educator to work collaboratively with the fellow educators to lead the development and education of the large Neonatal workforce across University Hospitals Birmingham.
The purpose of continuous education in this specialised service is integral to ensure staff have the appropriate level of knowledge, skill and ability to deliver high standards of safe effective care to our babies and families. The individual must be interested in supporting and developing junior Neonatal staff, must be confident to teach, assess and supervise staff members within the clinical setting.
We are looking to recruit a highly skilled and motivated Neonatal nurse, who has recent hospital experience in nursing infants who have special care and high dependency needs. If you are competent in the assessment, treatment and management of babies, providing family integrated care and can support a nursing team through positive role modelling, professionalism and education then we want to hear from you!
The trust vision - building healthier lives - underpins our services for babies and families and our approach to developing our services in the future.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
Within this role you will work collaboratively with Neonatal education colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team to deliver education and skills training to nursing members of the workforce.
A robust induction and skills framework will enable nursing staff to develop confidence and competence and ensure our infants and families receive high quality evidence based care.
You will participate in the development of new recruits, acting as a clinical role model in neonatal Special Care (SCBU), this role will support staff to transition from special care to High dependency (NHDU) after the initial preceptorship period, working towards a service with a higher skill set.
The post holder will plan and deliver teaching sessions to assess staff member's knowledge and application of skill when nursing patients and when using equipment.
You will need to be confident when communicating to ensure that you can support staff effectively, this includes providing pastoral care, maintaining wellbeing and helping staff to meet their developmental needs
The educator will be competent in new practice initiatives and act as a change agent within the defined speciality. They will need to be a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual who promotes a positive attitude to learning at all times.
You will join an established Neonatal nursing and Education team who will support you to achieve your potential.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Registered Children's nurse or Adult nurse on the permanent NMC Register
Neonatal Life Support qualification
Mentoring qualification or equivalent experience as Practice Assessor
Experience
Essential
Minimum 12 months neonatal experience
Relevant subject knowledge as evidenced through qualifications & clinical practice
Recent clinical experience in a neonatal setting
Evidence of the ability to support and supervise new neonatal recruits.
Experience of teaching and coaching students in the clinical environment.
Participated in the assessment of clinical knowledge and skills
Experience of providing constructive feedback
Delivering family integrated care and teaching parents within the clinical environment
Working knowledge of IT
Understanding / experience of the principles of Children's Safeguarding
Awareness of health and safety issues and how these relate to training in both simulation / practice settings
Experience with supporting staff or students through challenging situations, escalating appropriately and maintaining confidentiality
Experience of incident reporting, identifying risks
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
