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Main area
Education
Grade
NHS Medical and Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week (4 days per week, flexible to accomodate service provision)
Job ref
287-CEF-50-24-A
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Aintree Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£43,923 - £55,329 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59

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Simulation Fellow

NHS Medical and Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow

Job overview

**PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY**

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Simulation Team in development and delivery of the Simulation service.

The successful candidate will have knowledge of the application of Simulation in healthcare education, it's uses and benefits. Recent experience of delivering Simulation Based Education would be an advantage, as well as an understanding of Human Factors and their role in error causation.

Our medical instructors play a key role in delivering the educational component as well as identifying new opportunities and methods to apply learning by simulation and opportunities for research.

This role is based on a 4 day/30 hour week (days flexible around service requirements) for 12 months, and covers our 3 sites of Aintree, Royal
Liverpool and Broadgreen.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the Clinical Education Team based in Educational Learning at Liverpool University Foundation Trusts,
based at Aintree and the Royal sites. The primary role will be to deliver all aspects of simulation, with contribution to clinical skills and
resuscitation as required.

• To be able to manage the technical equipment associated with simulation including controlling the manikins and AV equipment
• To facilitate debrief of Simulation scenarios
• The post holder will work in conjunction with the Clinical Training Leads with, core skills and clinical development that will support the
service activity. This will include the development and delivery of simulation training to individuals, groups or teams providing specialist
advice required. This will include the delivery of in situ simulation and assessing the clinical environment for latent error.
• To update and review programmes of education to ensure that they follow curriculum, current evidence base and national guidelines
• To provide support across the educational pathway for medical education.
• Identify and provide support for centre staff undertaking research projects.
• The post holder will be expected to lead Quality improvement programmes that can promote safe patient care through education.
• The post holder will be expected to present their work, locally, nationally and potentially internationally.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 • To work in collaboration across the educational pathway and to support the implementation of human factors across the service.
• To support the development of a safety culture across the organisation, incorporating patient safety as a key component across the
educational programmes.
• Support the Clinical Simulation Training Lead with the simulation training for the Trust ensuring that learning interventions enable the
Trust to deliver high quality safe care to its patients and meets its regulatory requirements.
• To have the technical ability to be able to run simulation based education this would include manikin management, programming and
managing the AV equipment.
• To be able to conduct / lead an educational debrief following simulation this would need to incorporate both technical and non-technical
skills.
• Assist in the maintenance of audio visual aids used within the Patient Simulation department and external sites.
• Continually maintain and develop own professional knowledge and expertise in line with the need of the Trust, GMC and other
professional bodies

Managerial/Leadership

• To support the development of the annual work plan in relation to simulation based education.
• Participating in the Simulation Working Group meetings and undertaking projects tasked from this group.
• To provide supervision to the simulation technicians
• In conjunction with the Clinical Simulation Training Lead ensure that simulation is responsive to the service requirements and offer
supporting interventions as required, such as insitu simulation and human factors.
• Assist on the key functions of clinical education:
• Simulation Education
• Trauma Training
• Insitu simulation
Interviewer information pack
• Human Factors
• Deliver on educational projects identified by the Clinical Simulation Training Lead, ensuring that project management principles are
adhered to, deadlines met and the objectives to the project are achieved.
• To support the Clinical Simulation Training Lead in performing related risk assessments and implementing/reviewing any subsequent
actions

Education and Development

• Develop annual work plans in conjunction with the Clinical Simulation Training Lead and Medical Instructors for simulation based
education, and providing support to the rest of the education service thus ensuring planning is seamless across the service.
• Design and deliver educational programmes across clinical education, and support medical education and learning and development in
this, ensuring that organisational requirements are met.
• Plan, design and deliver simulation based education, both in the simulation centres and across the organisation, at all levels, using both
formal training delivery and work place based approaches. Apply specialist knowledge and expertise in areas of team resource
management in promoting patient safety.
• To support the Clinical Training Leads in the Implementation of robust evaluation methodology across education, measuring the return
of investment on educational activities.
• Support the Multi-professional Quality Assurance Manager in implementing quality measures across the educational pathway.
• Maintain an up to date knowledge of adult learning methodologies, QI methodologies and active engagement with education research
across the health education pathway.

Governance

The post holder will have a responsibility to:
• Maintain current active professional registration
• Act always in accordance with their professional Code of Conduct and guiding documents
• Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
• Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
• Maintain a professional portfolio, providing evidence for revalidation.
• Maintain own educational development and encourage new practice in others, whilst embracing new technology’s e.g. e-learning

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Junior Medical Doctor MBChB or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Human Factors Instructors Certification
  • ALS/ATLS/APLS Sub Speciality Core Training

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the role of simulation in health care
  • Working knowledge and understanding of the role played by human factors in error causation
  • Experience of teaching in the clinical context
  • Experience in managing common clinical emergencies
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of writing, designing and delivering simulation based education
  • Experience of delivering a human factors debrief
  • North West Simulation Education Network Faculty Development Programme or equivalent
  • Formal Leadership Training/Qualification

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Team Player
  • Leadership Skills
  • Excellent Communication
  • Conscientious
  • High Level of IT Literacy
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to programme and control human patient simulator

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tim Parr
Job title
Simulation Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 529 5317
Additional information

Informal visits are welcomed. Please email to arrange.

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