Practice Education Facilitator

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

Research is a rewarding and patient-centred career!

The research conducted at UHS is focussed on the health and well-being of our patients and their families and significantly contributes to the future progress of healthcare for all patients.

We can truly make a difference to an individual's care and experience within UHS. We strive to ensure that research is considered as a treatment option for all eligible patients and close working with clinical teams and within patients' clinical pathways ensure that research opportunities and our research teams are expanding.

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and motivated research nurse (adult or paediatric) with significant research experience, who takes pride and ownership in delivering high quality patient centred care, to lead the delivery of our education and clinical skills programmes for the staff within Southampton Research.

About us

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.

Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.

Job responsibilities

If you are passionate about education and preparing research staff to give patients the opportunity to take part in high quality ethical clinical research, with excellent research knowledge, clinical skills and experience, this could be a very interesting opportunity for you.

Working in the NIHR Clinical Research Facility and alongside the other teams within Southampton Research you will provide expert supervision, teaching and assessment of competence to support research nurses, AHPs and Clinical Trial Assistants working on complex multi-centre studies within a range of specialities in addition to early phase and experimental medicine.

Job Summary:

This job is there to ensure the quality of practice learning environments and to propose interventions for improvement for all types of learners including our apprentices and student learners from HEIs, through leadership and strategic development. The post holder will ultimately ensure high quality education delivery with particular focus on Clinical Research Facility staff. The role also entails developing, delivering and evaluating the education delivery across the area of specialism and more broadly considering trust and CRF / R&D objectives. This role is supported by the Clinical Educator.

Essential criteria:

• Registered nurse on relevant part of the register (NMC).
• Highly developed specialist professional knowledge acquired through Post Graduate degree level education or equivalent experience.
• Mentoring/coaching/education qualification to postgraduate diploma level or equivalent evidence of supporting learners in practice.
• Leadership qualification or significant equivalent experience.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Significant experience of Clinical Research delivery.
• Experience of educating others in a formal or informal setting.
• Broad awareness of trust initiatives/pressures.
• Knowledge of the Research Governance Framework (RGF), International Conference on Harmonisation/Good Clinical Practice.

Desirable criteria:

• Further education at a master's degree level in the relevant practice area.
• Able to manage and prioritise frequent, unpredictable demands and interruptions.

There are approx. 300 Research Nurses, AHPs, Midwives, Clinical Research Practitioners and Clinical Trials Assistants, as well as a team of non-clinical support staff, led by a Senior Research Nursing Team, working together across the Trust in all specialities. Our teams are award winning and bring exciting research opportunities to UHS for the benefit of our patients and for the future of healthcare at UHS.

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated Good by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.

Person Specification

Qualifications / training required

• Registered Nurse or AHP on relevant part of the professional register (NMC HCPC).
• Evidence of on-going professional development.
• Experience of teaching and mentorship.
• Educated to Post Graduate Degree level or equivalent experience.
• Recognised qualification in teaching and mentorship.
• Extensive experience of research nursing.
• Recognised qualification in relevant speciality.

Previous or relevant experience necessary

• Recent experience of working with patients at a senior level.
• Clinical Research experience.
• Relevant speciality experience.
• Knowledge of current issues within acute health care.
• Recent NHS experience or equivalent Knowledge of Research Governance Framework (RGF), International Conference on Harmonisation/Good Clinical Practice.
• Experience of educating and developing staff.
• Logical and consistent work and career pattern.
• Undertaking clinical audit.

Aptitudes and skills required

• Leadership skills - evidence of ability to help/support junior staff.
• The ability to present and teach to both large and small audiences.
• Experience of budgetary control.
• Venesection and Cannulation.

Values and behaviours

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together

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.

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Clinical Research Specialist in Education and QA

£46,148 to £52,809 a year pro rata or per annum