Clinical Education Facilitator - Theatres

Job summary

Part Time 18.75 hours per week

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Theatre Education Team at St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals, MWL NHS Trust. We are looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated individual to join our highly skilled and dedicated team of Nursing and AHP Staff as Clinical Education Facilitator. To lead, support and develop students and staff working in our spacious, fully equipped state of the art theatres on the Whiston and St Helens sites.

Applicants must be committed to providing first class care to all patients, be registered with the NMC or HCPC and should have at least 3 years' theatre experience at band 5 and be able to demonstrate that you have excellent communicational, training, organisational and leadership skills. You must be self-motivated with a commitment to provide quality training to staff and excellent patient care within the peri-operative phase of the patient's journey. Suitable applicants should have demonstrable theatre and Anaesthetic experience, experience of training and mentoring students and theatre team members of all grades.

An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.

Interviews for this position will be competency based and may be required to complete a presentation as part of this process.

Main duties of the job

• To facilitate support and develop staff and students within the operating department.
• To participate in regular contact with students when on clinical placement and provide necessary support.
• To collaborate and work in partnership with clinical colleagues to maximise learning opportunities for staff and students.
• To work in partnership with colleagues and other stakeholders to promptly identify and action any student related problem to minimise disruption to the learning environment.
• To report to the Theatre Operational Lead for Education, any evidence or doubts regarding the suitability of a clinical area to meet students or staff members learning needs or address significant development difficulties experienced by an individual.
• To work with and on behalf of the Theatre Operational Lead for Education providing support and advice on staff and student educational and development matters.
• To establish robust working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.
• Support the Theatre Operational Lead for Education/Theatre Manager to achieve meeting agreed financial targets.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES

• To facilitate support and develop staff and students within the operating department.
• To participate in regular contact with students when on clinical placement and provide necessary support.
• To collaborate and work in partnership with clinical colleagues to maximise learning opportunities for staff and students.
• To work in partnership with colleagues and other stakeholders to promptly identify and action any student related problem to minimise disruption to the learning environment.
• To report to the Theatre Operational Lead for Education, any evidence or doubts regarding the suitability of a clinical area to meet students or staff members learning needs or address significant development difficulties experienced by an individual.
• To work with and on behalf of the Theatre Operational Lead for Education providing support and advice on staff and student educational and development matters.
• To establish robust working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.
• Support the Theatre Operational Lead for Education/Theatre Manager to achieve meeting agreed financial targets.
• To adapt and prioritise own workload.
• To assist and support the Theatre Operational Lead for Education/Theatre Manager in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives.
• To ensure training and safe use of medical devices within the Theatre department.
• To support Trust educational department to provide multi-disciplinary training involving but not limited to Simulation training.
• To maintain up to date documentation relating to key trainers within the Theatre Department/Trust.
• To support the Theatre Operational Lead for Education to ensure that Theatre Department/Trust training targets are achieved, and accurate records are kept.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintain personal, professional knowledge and clinical competencies as required for NMC/HCPC.
• In partnership with other stakeholders promote a culture of training, development and evidence-based research in the pursuit of clinical excellence.
• To assist in developing and evaluating course programmes and clinical placements.
• To participate in the facilitation of teaching within the Trust as required.
• Lead on medical devices training within theatres and ensure database is established and maintained/updated in partnership with medical devices coordinator for the Trust.
• Participate in regular liaison with colleagues from HEIs and other stakeholders.
• To actively participate in selection and recruitment processes staff and students in accordance with national legislation and local policies.
• To participate in the induction and provision of orientation programmes for all new members of staff and students. Ensure students attend Trust induction days and mandatory training.
• To support staff and students in the completion of peri-operative competencies and associated documentation.
• To create and maintain high quality written and electronic records in accordance with data protection and relevant legislation.
• To support Theatre Operational Leads in maintaining safe staffing levels within the department.

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To work with the multi-professional theatre education department in the delivery of effective educational programmes for theatre staff and students.
• To lead the agenda on education and development issues at departmental/wider trust meetings.
• To ensure all records (patients, staff and students) are managed in accordance with good record keeping guidelines.
• To participate in the selection and recruitment of staff and students.
• To create and maintain high quality written and electronic records in accordance with data protection and relevant legislation.
• Support staff awareness and development to ensure emergencies are managed in accordance with hospital policy.
• First line delegated management to support achievement of the Care Group and Trust objectives through appraisal process.
• Support the Theatre Operational Leads/Manager to reduce inefficiencies and ineffective utilisation of the theatre department.
• Support the implementation and regularly review agreed clinical protocols to ensure patient safety and best practice.
• Participate and support staff and students in undertaking clinical audit.
• To monitor sickness and absence of seconded staff, apprentices and students ensuring compliance with Trust or HEIs policy and maintain accurate record keeping utilising ESR where applicable.
• Support both team leader (Appraiser) and the appraisee to complete annual appraisal and periodic review where needed. Support the Theatre Operational Lead for Education and Theatre Operational Manager in ensuring that training and development need identified on a Personal Development Plan and the staff are properly supported by suitably qualified staff to achieve the plan in line with service provision and are met within agreed timescales.
• Support staff and non-medical students discipline in all areas of service delivery and where necessary implement and/or participate in Trust or HEIs disciplinary procedures to address incidents of misconduct.
• Support and encourage the integration and development of knowledge and skills of staff and non-medical students throughout theatres and aim to develop a greater breadth of competencies enabling service flexibility and provision for the future.
• Support Theatre Operational Lead for Education /Manager by participating in various multi-professional internal/external meetings.
• Committed to deputising for the Theatre Operational Lead for Education when required.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Theatre Operational Manager to achieve meeting financial targets by effective use of resources.

RISK AND GOVERNANCE

• To assist in the monitoring of students progress by regular review/discussion of progress reports in liaison with HEI partners and other stakeholders.
• To identify and monitor suitable clinical areas to provide clinical placements for students.
• To facilitate delivery and provision of clinical supervision for colleagues and students in the operating department.
• To act as mentor for post registration programmes.
• To promote continuing professional development for all staff.
• Contribute to the improvement of patient care through development of standards and participation in audit and research.
• Actively participate in review and development of policies within theatres in partnership with Governance Department and other stakeholders.
• To support the development of nursing and operating department practices in theatres, which reflects evidenced-based research e.g. NCEPOD and clinical audit that will improve the quality of patient care.
• Support the Theatre Operational Leads/Manager in initiating appropriate actions in response to complaints or comments by patients and/or service users and stakeholders.
• Ensure all equipment and working practices within theatres comply with Health & Safety and other statutory requirements.
• Participate in monitoring of quality standards in all areas of service provision. Support the theatre teams in initiating appropriate actions in response to Datix reports and resultant action plans.
• Support the Operational Leads/Manager to undertake risk assessments to identify potential risks to patients and staff and students, producing and implementing action plans as necessary.
• Ensure the Trust /Department meets the requirements of educational audits for partner HEI establishments.
• To promote establishment and maintenance of robust links with partner HEIs, outside agencies and other stakeholders.
• To promote staff, students and personal responsibility for awareness and compliance with legislation, guidelines, policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC/HCPC registration
• Teaching and Assessing qualification or willing to work towards
• Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Substantial years post registration experience
• Awareness of health and safety, risk and governance issues

Desirable

• Previous experience in delivering clinical education and development

Skills

Essential

• Forward thinking and innovative
• IT skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Motivated and enthusiastic, commitment to personal & professional development.
• Excellent time management, record management and organisational skills
• Leadership and management skills
• Ability to adapt to change within a working situation