Senior Clinical Educator

• Act as an exemplary role model for best clinical practice and Trust values
• Work to an agreed job plan to maximise education delivery to support staff and patient safety/experience.
• Supervise and manage clinical educators to promote effective working across the education team.
• Use expert knowledge to actively promote and contribute to a positive inter-professional learning environment
• Deliver education programmes at a departmental level level and where required cross divisionally in support of organisational priorities.
• Work as part of the local and corporate practice development teams
• Manage and lead education teams
• Develop, implement, and evaluate education programmes
• Work as part of the local and corporate practice development teams
• Work with clinical management to anticipate and address the educational needs of the service
• Work across boundaries to proactively develop and sustain partnerships
• Identify and support audit, service improvement and research projects
• Actively participate in the 24/7 bleep holder roster

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• UK Health related recognised Degree, relevant to post
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of NMC
• Appropriate period of post-registration midwifery experience
• Evidence of specialist knowledge appropriate to the clinical area or practice development and education
• Having or working toward a post-graduate certificate in teaching
• Familiar with and able to effectively use common office software suites (e.g. MS Office)
• Experience of coaching
• Experience designing, delivering and evaluating programmes of education

Essential

• Demonstrates the ability to put patients at the heart of what they do and meet differing needs by fostering a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork
• Shows pride in the quality of care they provide for patients and provides evidence of learning from both successes and setbacks
• Able to identify high standards of health care and demonstrate the proven capacity to champion change and innovation that delivers these high standards
• Evidences the ability to proactively support and develop colleagues in the delivery of care commensurate with Trust values and behaviours
• Able to identify the role of education in fulfilling these values and demonstrates a passion for education in this context

Essential

• Articulate and knowledgeable regarding skills needed to deliver a high standard of care in the area of practice
• Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role and identify when to appropriately escalate/seek assistance
• Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. accurately, and effectively communicate these to appropriate members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrates ability to work as part of a team
• Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Has and continues to measurably contribute to the education of learners and non-registered and less experienced staff
• Able to analyse the practice of self and others and generate structured, objective recommendations for improvement

Essential

• Evidence of excellent communication skills
• Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
• Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team leaders/ward manager/unit co-ordinator
• Acts as a role model and able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice
• Able to supervise non-registered and registered colleagues to ensure effective care delivery
• Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety

Desirable

• Evidence of ability to delegate to and manage colleagues
• Able to balance competing priorities within their workload
• Show familiarity with national strategy and emerging priorities relevant to role