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Clinical Practice Facilitator (CPF)–Perioperative Education

Job details
Posting date: 05 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £42,471 - £50,364 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 05 May 2024
Location: London, NW1 2BU
Company: University College London Hospital
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6203149/309-UCLH-4187

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Summary

A Vacancy at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the UCLH Theatre and Anaesthesia team as a Clinical Practice Facilitator for Perioperative Education.

In order to practice the role, you must be an Operating Department Practitioner registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) OR a NMC registered Nurse (with appropriate perioperative care experience and/or accredited post-graduate module/course).

You will be required to function effectively as a part of the theatres education team providing peri-operative learning and development support to staff and students in the department. You must be organised, have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with experience of supervising a multi-disciplinary team providing the highest standard of patient care and learner supervision across a varied caseload.

You must be motivated and enthusiastic, as well as the ability to work well under pressure and flexibly as part of a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring a welcoming, caring and safe environment, as well as promoting, maintaining and monitoring standards in accordance with the guidelines of the NMC/HCPC and CQC

As Clinical Practice Facilitator, you must have a good knowledge and experience in perioperative practice and an excellent understanding of peri-anaesthesia care.

Manage the delivery of continuing professional development (CPD) programmes developed by the Theatres Education Team in response to service delivery needs and the expansion of roles in the department

Facilitate clinical supervision programmes as appropriate and teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor to learners in the clinical area, as needed.

Manage new starter onboarding and induction under the direction of the Senior Nurse for Theatres Education and Lead Clinical Practice Facilitators.

Manage departmental staff compliance to mandatory and statutory training

Participate in ensuring compliance to medical devices training under the direction of the Lead Clinical Practice Facilitators

Support the training and development programme initiated by the Division to ensure staff members achieve their full potential.

Maximise use of clinical and academic resources, implementing best practice in assessment and supervision learners in the clinical setting

Ensure E-rota and electronic patient records are implemented and used to their full potential.

To maintain a visible presence in the ward /department, undertaking clinical work as needed.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.  

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:  
• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

University College Hospital is a major Teaching Hospital and Research Centre with state of the art facilities. Our operating theatre is a busy and dynamic environment setting the benchmark for clinical excellence.

We have 27 operating rooms under UCH Theatres & Anesthesia Division which covers different specialties ranging from General surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Bariatrics and upper GI surgery, Colorectal, Gynaecology, Urology, Oncology, Paediatrics, ENT, Maxillo Facial, Vascular and Plastic/ Breast surgery and Robotic Surgery. In addition, we also provide anaesthesia support in outlying areas such as endoscopy unit, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, brachytherapy and interventional radiology.

Our new operating theatre complex in Grafton Way Building is now open which caters to elective orthopaedic and ENT and oral surgeries. Further career opportunities will be available with the opening of our Proton Beam Therapy centre.

We also cater to specialist Thoracic and Urological surgical procedures at our 7 theatres in the UCLH @ Westmoreland Street site and to Neurosurgical and Neuroradiological procedures at our 7 theatres and 2 angiography suites at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.



In addition you must have:
• Registration with the Health Professions Council as an ODP or a NMC registered Nurse
• Extensive experience of providing care in a perioperative environment
• A recognised qualification and experience of supporting learners in the perioperative environment
• Demonstrates a good working knowledge and compliance with CQC Standards

We are committed to ongoing professional development and opportunities exist to undertake a wide range of in-house and university based training programmes.

In collaboration with University College London (UCL), we have successfully launched our anaesthesia and enhanced recovery training programmes for registered nurses/ practitioners in order to develop a multi skilled workforce.

The successful candidate will hold the appropriate qualifications to be a current registered practitioner (RGN or ODP) and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.


This advert closes on Sunday 21 Apr 2024

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