Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Hiring for Clinical Educator Job at Bolton, England , UK Full Time

The post holder will be primarily required to support the breadth of the Healthcare Worker experience, which may require cross boundary working, and contribute to the delivery of the new Quality Assurance Concordat. They will work in partnership with the Clinical & Professional teams to ensure the provision of high quality multi-professional learning environments within Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and will be required to work locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted to support existing and Professional Development Programmes i.e. Trainee Nursing Associate (TNA) and Preceptorship.

• Plan and coordinate training and development activities that support the healthcare support workforce to meet their career aspiration and deliver excellent care
• Support the assessment of a range of practice learning environments, determining interventions to sustain and enhance practice education; ensuring all service areas/ placement providers have an up to date action plan in place.
• Support and facilitate the development of clinical practice supervisors/ assessors, providing supervision and support structures in order to build education in practice capability, consistency and efficiency.
• Supporting the structuring and coordination of inter-professional learning activity across a service area(s) for TNA’s, Registered NA’s, Registered Nurses and other healthcare support staff.
• Developing and maintaining links with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) to support practice supervisors/ assessors, e.g. contributing to curriculum development, validation and review of the annual quality review of education contracts.
• Support the development of the healthcare support workforce enabling staff to reach their potential/ aspirations.
• Support the Clinical & Professional teams with the Professional Development offering for Nursing Associates and Newly Qualified nurses alongside supporting completion of the multi-professional preceptorship programme.
• Deputise as appropriate for manager in attending meetings and delivery of service needs.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients and people are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our Trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of our people and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. Staff are valued and we can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development.

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.