Clinical Education Facilitator - Theatres
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Whiston, Knowsley
Clinical Education Facilitator - Theatres
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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Whiston, Knowsley
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 4 days ago, 29 Nov | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
- 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.
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 leaderships 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. - 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
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: