Clinical Nurse Facilitator

Job overview

Are you an experienced, enthusiastic, dynamic and forward thinking children's nurse? Can you demonstrate evidence of your clinical expertise and passion about supporting nursing staff and students in developing their skills and knowledge to care for our babies, children, young people and their families?

If so, we invite you to consider this secondment and come and work within our Denmark Hill children's wards education team ; full time 37.50 hrs. a week) as a Band 6 Clinical Facilitator on the Denmark Hill site in Camberwell.

You will be joining an established Child Health Practice Development Team made up of a Lead Nurse, 11 WTE Band 7 Practice Development Nurses and 3 WTE Clinical Facilitators who work within the Children’s Services over the two sites; the other site being at the Princess Royal Hospital, Farnborough.

Working collaboratively with the senior nursing team, ward managers and the Child Health Practice Development Team you will develop a suitable learning environment to enhance the skills and expertise of students and qualified nurses. Excellent communication skills are required to continue the already good working relationships with internal and external partners. You need to have the ability to prioritise your own workload and have excellent organisational skills to ensure the success of this role.

Main duties of the job

• The primary role of the clinical facilitator is to ensure a positive learning environment for students and junior nurses.
• To support learners to maximise available learning opportunities to achieve the clinical practice standards expected from the educational placement
• To facilitate trained staff to develop and maintain assessor/mentor skills
• To act as a resource within Child Health and across the Care Group as necessary and act as a positive role model to students and other staff members
• To maintain effective relationship with link lecturers, lecturer practitioner and other key staff in the Trust, in the interest of supporting nursing students

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical
 To act as an effective and credible role model for students and other nurses demonstrating expertise in children’s nursing.
 Maintain clinical credibility by working in clinical areas alongside junior members of staff in accordance with individual personal development plans.
 To work within and accept responsibility for maintaining agreed levels of clinical competence and ensure clinical currency as new technologies are introduced
 To comply with policies, procedures and guidelines in accordance with requirement of the clinical role.
 To attend corporate forums as appropriate and liase with other clinical facilitators, PDN’s and lecturer practitioners within the Trust.
 To be aware of the Trust’s safeguarding policies and procedures and demonstrate ability to effectively raise concerns and work with other agencies to protect children

Education and Practice

 To facilitate an active, motivated and dynamic learning environment.
 To prepare and contribute to educational audit of wards.
 To be aware of regulations related to post- qualification education training and Trust responsibilities for qualified nursing staff
 To be aware of regulations related to pre-registration training and Trust responsibilities for students
 To develop local induction programme for students and new members of staff identifying assessor/mentorship support.
 To work with key care group staff supporting teaching and training sessions for students and junior staff as requested on relevant clinical and professional subjects.
 To work with the assessors and supervisors to ensure accurate and honest completion of the students documentation of competence.
 To identify at the earliest possible stage, students who are failing to meet required standards and take appropriate action to alert the key person within the relevant university
 Demonstrate awareness of how own role/modeling contributes to both qualified and students’ development and progress.
 To ensure the assessment and development of all junior nursing staff includes both practical skills and knowledge related to the clinical areas including CNST training required as mandatory.
 To respond appropriately to any health and safety issues involving students, ensuring prompt accurate reporting of information and that action is taken as required.

General
• The post holder has a general duty of care for their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital, in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
• To observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.
• We want to be an organisation where everyone shares a commitment to delivering the very best care and feels like their contribution is valuable and valued.
• At King’s we are a kind, respectful team:
Kind. We show compassion and understanding and bring a positive attitude to our work
Respectful. We promote equality, are inclusive and honest, speaking up when needed
Team. We support each other, communicate openly, and are reassuringly professional
• To observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.
• To be responsible, with management support, for their own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.
• This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.
• All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication.
• Everyone is responsible for promoting inclusion no matter their role or team. At King’s, we want to create an environment where everyone feels valued, respected and welcomed

Safe Guarding

The Trust takes the issues of Safeguarding Children, Adults and addressing Domestic Abuse very seriously. All employees have a responsibility to support the organisation in our duties by;

• attending mandatory training on safeguarding children and adults
• familiarising themselves with the Trust's processes for reporting concerns
• reporting any safeguarding child or adult concerns appropriately
Infection Control Statement

The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene procedures and requirements when in clinical areas.

The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.

These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Level 1 nurse (child)
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• ENB 998/997, Mentorship, Supervisor/Assessor training or equivalent qualification,
• An understanding of educational programmes, policies and procedures that apply to students at HEI.
• Ability to utilize research in clinical practice
• Relevant degree level study or willingness to study towards this within agreed timeframe
• Ability to work with adult learners with varying abilities and the activities of large multidisciplinary team within this.

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of issues in wider nurse education
• Previous experience of supporting change in a clinical practice

IMPORTANT

• Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
• If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
• To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
• Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
• Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy
• All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
• Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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