Clinical Nurse Educator

Clinical Nurse Educator
Dee View Court, Aberdeen
£39,009 to £44,191 DOE
37.5 hours per week

Be There When It Matters

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Dee View Court Specialist neurological centre for a dedicated and professional Clinical Nurse Educator, known locally as Practice Educator. This integral role will develop, lead and implement the service’s education and training plan based on the Sue Ryder Learning, Development and Workforce Strategy. This post has a responsibility for supporting staff and enabling practice development based on best available evidence and is perfect for anyone wanting to develop and progress in their own career.

About us:

At Dee View Court, Scotland's only purpose-built neurological care centre, we provide the support people need to optimise their health and wellbeing, maximise their independence and support their emotional and social needs. We are here for people with conditions that get worse over time – such as Huntington’s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease – as well as those with conditions resulting from a brain or spinal injury or stroke. Our expert team includes Sue Ryder Nurses, registered mental health nurses, care assistants, physiotherapists and occupational therapists who are specialists in supporting the physical, communicative, cognitive, behavioural and psychological needs of people with neurological conditions. Our focus is on giving every person the help they need to live their life in the way they choose.

About the role:

The role will play an integral part in facilitating the development, delivery and evaluation of an education and training programme for clinical, non-clinical staff and volunteers to ensure the workforce is competent to provide high quality, evidence-based care for service users. Key elements of the role will include:

1. Developing and supporting the education and training needs of the clinical healthcare workforce.
2. Contributing towards the delivery of the strategic aims and objectives set out in the organisational Clinical Education Strategy and Framework at the designated Service.
3. Demonstrating clinical expertise and credibility in clinical practice by being a role model at all times.

You will:

1. Contribute to the development, planning, delivery and evaluation of all education and training programmes for the service.
2. Analyse and collate staff related learning needs identified at appraisal reviews and use the data to inform the training plan and budget requirements.
3. Provide a range of educational approaches and learning events, including face to face, e-learning and blended learning, to meet the needs of all staff and volunteers whose roles encompass patient-facing activities.
4. Work in a supernumerary role to support and develop registered, non-registered staff and volunteers.
5. Promote an organisational culture where staff are empowered to challenge inappropriate behaviour and unsafe practice using appropriate organisational processes.
6. Support the Senior Leadership Team to deliver the Quality Improvement Plan by using Datix incident analysis to continuously improve the reporting process and deliver appropriate education and training to prevent recurrence where appropriate.

About you:

1. Educated to degree level (level 6 or working towards).
2. Registered Clinical Professional (registered with NMC, HCPC).
3. Evidence of Practice Supervisor/Practice Assessor training.
4. Evidence of continuous professional development.

You will have knowledge and experience of:

1. Experience in a clinical role in specialist healthcare.
2. Working knowledge of training needs analysis, planning and facilitation of adult-based learning, mandatory and priority training requirements, different learning styles, and application in delivering education and training.
3. Working knowledge of clinical assessment skills for clinical non-registered and registered staff.
4. Working knowledge of evidence-based practice.
5. Knowledge of current national agenda for health and social care, specifically in relation to the development of specialist palliative care services.
6. Skilled in coaching and supporting staff and volunteers, appraisals, inductions, mentoring and preceptorship.
7. Able to work independently and collaboratively to implement innovative practice.
8. Able to challenge practice if required and manage change.
9. Competent IT skills.
10. Research skills: searching literature for evidence-based practice and critical analysis of the literature.
11. Core soft skills: communication, time management, organisation, presentation, teaching and facilitation, leadership, evaluation.

In return we offer:

1. Competitive enhanced pay for nights (30%), weekends (30%) and public holidays (60%).
2. Company pension scheme.
3. 27 days holiday - rising to 33 with length of service plus bank holidays.
4. Free uniform.
5. Employee Networks - LGBTQ+, Ethnic Diversity and Equality, People with Disabilities, and Women and Non-Binary Individuals.

Subject to satisfactory PVG membership.

For more of our employee benefits please visit our website: Sue Ryder Employee Benefits.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and continue to make Sue Ryder a great place to work, and attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible. We are particularly interested in increasing applications from the global majority, LGBTQIA+ and people with disabilities as they are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

Later this year Care Concern Group will take over the ownership of Dee View Court, Aberdeen and all staff employed by Sue Ryder at that service will transfer to the Care Concern Group. Within the Care Concern Group is a specialist division providing care to residents living with complex physical and/or mental health needs including residents living with neurological conditions similar to the residents that are supported at Dee View Court.