Falls Educator

We have a fantastic opportunity for a passionate clinician to help to join our Falls team. The successful candidate will share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary Falls prevention services to our patients. We are looking for a person who has a passion for Falls prevention, who is a clinical Nurse or Allied Health Professional with relevant experience in frailty and working with patients aged over 65 in Falls. The post will coordinate the educational response for learning requirements and teaching in relation to Falls data and incidents. The post holder will coordinate the clinical data input the National Audit if Inpatient Falls. The Falls Educator post is a new pilot role which will be vital and valued within the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, education to ensure compassionate patient care. We would welcome any telephone discussion about the role prior to application., The post holder will support the Associate Director AHP, Falls Lead in the Trust Falls response. They will provide specialist Falls prevention education, with input into wards in the organisation, promoting best practice in the prevention of falls and the implementation of evidence-based interventions within a hospital setting. The post holder will support staff in the implementation of the falls risk assessment prevention tools, and the evidence-based falls bundles. They will be the nominated person for the National audit of Inpatient Falls and will collate and audit the data, analysing themes and learning requirements regarding Falls. This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities of the post, and the post holder may be required to undertake additional duties appropriate to the pay band., At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience. We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards. We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"Detailed job description and main responsibilities · Provide expertise and advice pertaining to Falls best practice and education, to all levels of staff. · To be able to effectively communicate with all levels of staff. · To be able to teach all levels of levels. · To be able to analyse themes and reasons for Falls and discuss with improvement strategies with clinical teams. · To liaise with Ward Managers, Nursing staff, Allied Health Professionals, Support staff, Porters, Education and Practice Development Team, Clinical Matrons Service managers/Service Leads, Consultant body, Patient Safety Team. · To be able to present learning from an In phase incident at Falls meetings. · Be responsible for managing and prioritising own workload and maintaining accurate Falls training records. · Ensure a supportive learning environment allowing staff to engage in Falls related training. · Act on own initiative when dealing with enquiries and findings of themes of falls but recognise when support is required and escalate accordingly. · To develop own learning and lead on learning of staff relating to Falls education. · Demonstrate and practice clear and expert reflective practice. Please see full job description for all responsibilities.

• Please note - Once sufficient applications have been received this vacancy may close early
Please check your email address on a regular basis as applicants invited to attend an interview will be notified via this method. As part of our recruitment process, you will be required to undertake pre-employment screening: Disclosure and Barring Scheme (previously Criminal Records Bureau) Where a post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it may be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Scheme to check for any previous criminal convictions. Should you require a copy of the Trust's Disclosure and Barring Service Policy, please contact a member of the recruitment team on . It is the policy of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost for their DBS certificate. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay on commencement with the Trust. Please note the essential qualifications required for the post outlined within the Person Specification. You are required to hold and provide evidence of the necessary qualifications for the post at interview should you be shortlisted. For any new employees commencing employment with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust , you will be subject to satisfactory completion of a 6 month probationary period. Please note that internal applications and individuals that are appointed to fixed term appointments of less than 6 months duration are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or a bank member of staff). As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references covering their last three years employment history. Applicants are requested to ensure e-mail addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references are not acceptable. If the hours advertised for the post are up to full time (37.5 hours per week), applications are still welcomed from individuals who may be seeking to work less than full-time hours and all requests will be considered in line with the post being appointed to for the successful applicant. North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy., As a supporter of the Armed Forces and an employer of Reservists, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust are proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, which is a promise by the nation to ensure that those who serve or who have served in the UK Armed Forces (and their families) are treated fairly. We recognise that reservists and veterans bring a variety of transferable skills and qualities to our workplace, developed through their military careers. Our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community has been recognised through the Armed Forces Covenant as a Silver Employer. What does this mean? We proactively demonstrate our forces-friendly credentials within our recruitment and selection processes, by having a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for those indicated as part of the Armed Forces Community. We engage with our local and regional Career Transition Partnership representatives and are a member of Step Into Health. We employ veterans and reservists from differing branches of the Armed Forces and actively promote our positive policies for the Armed Forces Community, including our Special Leave policy. We advocate support for defence people issues, including facilitating easier access to Healthcare Services for our patients within the AF Community. We have supported employees through Reservist training, through additional leave for their training and ongoing support under our Special Leave policy.

We are on a continuous journey of improvement and transformation , however our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. If you share our passion then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients' experience the best it can possibly be. With a budget of around £365m, three hospitals and 5,500 staff, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital-based services to the population of Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and parts of East Durham and Sedgefield as well as community, therapeutic and screening to a wider population across Durham and Teesside.