Job overview

The post holder will be a proactive role model who will work to support the provision of clinical education with the existing Senior Clinical Educator across both acute floors. They will work to deliver training and education requirements for the staff working within the designated clinical area. This will include mandatory training requirements for staff. The post holder will have a focus on ensuring that new members of the Nursing Teams receive the appropriate training specific to their role and ensure that all competency and assessments are up to date. The keeping of accurate records regarding all aspects of training is also a responsibility of the post holder.

The post holder will also plan and monitor developments needs for staff within the Preceptorship/appraisal framework and ensure that all new staff receives an appropriate induction programme upon commencement of employment. There will also be a requirement to ensure the acute floors have a robust and up to date training needs analysis. The post holder will lead on corporate objectives across the nursing and midwifery workforce.  The post holder will work within the clinical area in addition to the normal staffing requirements except in exceptional circumstances. .

Main duties of the job

See JD-The post holder will take a lead role in the provision of clinical education and clinical skills training, including creating and planning new programmers of education to meet clinical need. The role will encompass assessing staff’s clinical competency in the practice setting in areas such as;

  IV therapies

·         Catheterisation

·         Nutritional support

·         Preceptorship

·         Induction planning & facilitation

·         Clinical skills mapping

·         Support and supervision to newly registered staff

·         Implementation of the band 5 competency document

·         OSCE training delivery

·         Support and development of the Nursing Associate role

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. 

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.