Wellington Free Ambulance Looking for Clinical Educator at Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand Full Time

Deliver leading edge clinical education to Wellington Free Ambulance staff – enabling them to continue to meet ambulance service requirements.

Description:

As Clinical Educator you will be responsible for delivering leading edge clinical education to our Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA) staff, ensuring that they meet all the requirements of the ambulance service and can continue to provide leading edge patient care and be a great place to work!

You will also be responsible for:

• Delivering clinical education training encompassing online, face to face or blended to our front-line staff
• Delivery of training to both internal and external sources
• Developing and implementing training materials and course resources
• Developing and delivering bridging training programmes for new front line staff
• Managing revalidations and implement best practice assessment criteria
• Facilitating pre entry testing processes for our front line staff, including clinical assessments
• Developing individual learning plans (ILPs) for remedial programmes

This is a permanent full-time position, based in Pipitea, Wellington. We are offering a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements for the right candidate.

What We Can Offer

It goes without saying you will gain fulfilment from your work and a sense of pride knowing that you are working for a not-for-profit that is an iconic part of the Wellington and Wairarapa region. In addition we offer:

• A range of benefits that help our staff balance their own lifestyle and work commitments including flexible working, Employee Assistance Programme, annual flu vaccinations and discounts at a number of supportive businesses across our region
• Be part of a supportive team of passionate healthcare professionals, with lots of room to grow your career and continue your own self development.

About Us

We are proud to be the only paramedic service in Wellington and Wairarapa region, and the only ones in the country who are free. It’s nice to be an iconic part of this region

We are proud of the place we hold in our community, and the high-quality, leading-edge patient care that our people deliver every day. As well as emergency paramedic care, we provide patient transfer services; have paramedics who are part of the Life Flight crew and rescue squad, and operate the 111 clinical communications centre for our region. We respond on average to around 57,000 emergency incidents per year.

We consider ourselves to be the best little ambulance service in the world, with an awesome team around 400 staff and volunteers. Being this size means when you join you do become part of our whanau and you really do make a huge impact for our community!

If you would like to learn more about our great place to work, please visit Wellington Free Ambulance’s website www.wfa.org.nz . You can also see more about our fantastic organisation by viewing our page on Facebook.

Wellington Free Ambulance is committed to being an equal opportunity employer with a focus on ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion to provide a stronger internal and external culture and to improve our organisational performance. We value and embrace differences in all people and encourage diverse ways of thinking and being

Skills and Experiences:

Our successful applicant will be willing to go above-and-beyond with the service they provide, so that we can continue to provide world-class emergency services. They will have:

• Knowledge and application of Adult Learning Principles in training environment
• Proven experience in education or training delivery
• Passion for delivering quality education to develop staff capability and clinical excellence
• Computer skills (MS Suite to intermediate level, power point to advanced level)
• Exceptional communication skills, able to deliver to a diverse range of audiences
• Registered Clinician or health professional (or equivalent skills/knowledge)
• Undergraduate/Post graduate qualifications in education or currently working towards
• Recognised preceptor OR mentoring training programme
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt to changing needs – with some weekend and evening courses needing to be delivered
• Be able to work independently or as a team member with a collaborative manner and being receptive to others’ ideas, knowledge and skills.

COVID-19 WFA’s COVID-19 risk assessment has determined that we require all staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 prior to commencing work with WFA. It remains a condition of your ongoing employment to maintain your vaccination status, which may include booster or additional vaccinations as required.

For the full list of responsibilities and criteria please review the position description here. If this link does not work Press “Apply” to view the position description on www.wfa.org.nz. Please submit your online application including a cover letter and resume. For any further information email [email protected].