Neonatal Clinical Education Lead

You will be part of the senior nursing team within the Family Care Group and will be responsible for leading, developing and

maintaining education and training to the Neonatal team. We are looking

for an innovative, dynamic individual dedicated to the provision of excellent

patient care with the development of staff and the improvement of service and

performance.

The post holder will be

responsible in assisting staff to assess, develop, implement and evaluate

patient outcomes through specific education programmes. To be able to work collaboratively across

boundaries, both internally and externally for the benefit of neonatal care and

staff development, sharing areas of expertise and best practice.

The post holder will provide visible and high quality professional

leadership across Neonatal services in nursing, supporting the Divisional

Quality Improvement plan. Through the ability to inspire and lead you will

drive and implement practice improvement and staff development to improve our families

journey, lead in implementing quality measures across the educational pathway

and assist in the delivery of a structured, competency based induction &

training programme for new staff to the clinical areas ensuring a system of

preceptorship & mentorship is fully utilised.

Job Purpose

Responsible for developing and maintaining education

and training to the neonatal team in order to deliver excellent patient care

through having the right staff trained in the right skill at the right time.

Responsible for liaison with relevant staff within the

Paediatric Directorate to analyse the training need

The post holder will work collaboratively across

boundaries, both internally and externally for the benefit of neonatal,

children and young peoples care and staff development, sharing areas of

expertise and best practice.

Responsible lead for education and training of the

nursing team in the Neonatal specialty

Be a role model and uphold high practice care

standards through education and training

To lead on multi-disciplinary neonatal training

To develop a Training Needs Analysis to deliver

the framework

To have a visible presence in the clinical area

To implement changes in practice, introduce

new practices as a result of clinical audit, recommendations from national,

regional or local reports

To assist in the review of national, regional and

local reports

Drive forward quality improvements identified

following the completions of local and national investigations and the

publication of national documents.

Utilise data in the neonatal dashboard to inform

changes in training.

Work in collaboration with the directorate management

and quality governance team to develop systems and strategies for training.

Develop ongoing, innovative ways of delivering

training to ensure that lessons learnt from serious incidents, claims,

complaints and audit findings are disseminated, actioned and therefore embedded

into clinical practice

To maintain accurate records on Trust training

database

Provide monthly training reports to the directorate

Multi-disciplinary working within and outside of the

division

Course Administrator for NLS.

Communication

& Relationship Skills

Liaise closely with the Governance Quality

Leads and Directorate Management Team, to support the delivery of the national

patient safety agenda.

Consistently promote the importance of

maintaining compliance with professional development.

Lead on project groups, chair meetings and

lead discussions with teams both within and outside of the directorate

Produce resourceful communication to all staff

on agreed platforms. This is to include, training opportunities, staff

inductions, trust mandatory training.

To counsel staff in relation to personnel and

professional matters.

Undertake presentations to large groups of

clinicians. Deliver reports to a number of different forums, including

directorate governance meetings, clinical effectiveness committees, local

meetings etc.

Knowledge,

Training & Experience

Registered nurse/midwife qualified in care of

the neonate

Teaching qualification

First Degree or equivalent experience

Evidence of further professional development

Experience of ward management, leadership,

training/skills

Recent teaching experience

Experienced in all aspects of neonatal care

Experience of running training programmes

Able to exercise professional accountability

and responsibility Current Practice assessor or Supervisor

assessor in the clinical setting

Able to demonstrate research based approach to

care

Evidence of leadership skills

Awareness of change in the NHS and maternity

services and the impact on neonatal care and services

Able to provide counselling support for

individual needs

Demonstrates application of theory to practice

Excellent teaching skills

Analytical

& judgmental Skills

To develop a Training Needs Analysis to

deliver the framework

Utilise data in the neonatal dashboard to

inform changes in training

Work in collaboration with the directorate

management and quality governance team to develop systems and strategies for

training.

Develop ongoing, innovative ways of delivering

training to ensure that lessons learnt from serious incidents, claims,

complaints and audit findings are disseminated, actioned and therefore embedded

into clinical practice

To be flexible in the approach to training

needs and demonstrate innovative ways to deliver in house training countywide

Work to tight deadlines, prioritise activities

and be decisive

Planning

& Organisation Skills

Plan an annual training strategy for the

neonatal team to deliver the national safety agenda.

Administrate for external courses - NLS, NIPE

and requested external training.

To liaise with the managers in charge of the

wards/departments within the Trust to plan workloads and staffing levels as

effectively as possible.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large

acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute

services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a

larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from

three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Knowledge and skills

Qualifications

Experience