Practice Educator - ACCEND

NHS England have developed and launched the Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development (ACCEND) programme. The programme provides guidance on knowledge, skills, and capabilities required by all non-medical health care professionals who care for people living with cancer.The post holder will be a nurse/AHP and will work with the Trust Lead Cancer Nurse, Lead Cancer AHP, and Line managers to support implementation of the ACCEND framework and help to embed it into current processes for the existing and future cancer workforce. This role is 22.5 hours.The role is to provide expert advice, knowledge, guidance and support to the cancer workforce. This will be achieved through a combination of coaching, mentoring, pedagogical guidance and support, to enable cancer clinicians to evidence their ACCEND capabilities and thrive in their role.The post holder will organise their own time and work autonomously.The post holder will ensure evidence-based practice and bridge the gap between research,
theory, policy and practice. They will support the Trust to optimise opportunities in cancer education and development and support the Lead Cancer Nurse to provide assurance to Cancer Board that the cancer workforce are achieving their ACCEND capabilities in a supportive and constructive way, with the risk to service delivery from releasing clinical staff for CPD being carefully managed.

Main duties of the job

This project role is funded by SWAG Cancer Alliance for 23 months and plans to focus on the development of practice learning by developing supportive learning environment for the cancer care workforce, create resources to support managers and developing ACCEND champions/mentors, and attract and retain staff by offering structured professional development.

1. Perform a baseline survey

2. Introduce ACCEND self-assessment tool for all new staff and current staff.

3. Attend CNS, AHP, CSW, registered workforce, administration meetings to better support the workforce and hear direct feedback.

4. Support lead nurses and line managers to align annual performance reviews with ACCEND framework.

5. Actively promote community of practice for people to share learning and experiences.

6. Cancer training and education calendar/e-portfolio and ACCEND training programme available via a digital system.

7. Blended learning approach - promote ACCEND digital resources, placement resources and in-house learning, promote self-directed learning by increasing awareness of UWE PGCert in Cancer Care, Macmillan learning hub modules aligned with ACCEND, NHS learning hub, and Guys Cancer Academy.

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk