Clinical Practice Educator | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 05 July 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7261200/321-NOTSS-6439715-B6-A |
Summary
Are you an enthusiastic nurse looking for a new opportunity? Are you passionate about education and learning?
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
If this is you, then we would really love to meet you.
We are excited to announce that the Newborn Care Unit at The John Radcliffe Hospital has a fantastic opportunity to join the Education Team. We are committed to offer all the successful candidates the opportunity to gain valuable training so that they can not only advance their careers but join a team that offers the very best in neonatal care.
The John Radcliffe Hospital (JR) is an award-winning hospital and Oxfordshire's main accident and emergency site. It is part of Oxford University Hospitals which is one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in the UK and has a national and international reputation for the excellence of our services and our role in teaching and research. The OUH values are Learning, Respect, Delivery, Excellence, Compassion, and Improvement and these underpin everything we do.
Come and help us lead in delivering compassionate excellence to our patients and staff.
The Clinical Practice Educator (CPE) will identify training needs, plan, implement and evaluate educational activities for students, new starters and existing members of non-medical staff (Band 1-6) within their directorate in the Division.
The postholder will demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills commensurate with a clinical expert and effective leader; serve as a role-model; an agent of change and a facilitator of work-based learning.
Explicit within the role and the outcomes required of it, the CPE will work collegiately to ensure standards are established, implemented and sustained, particularly those related to staff knowledge, skills development and patient safety.
The post holder will work 80% of their time clinically (not in the standard staffing numbers) working with students, new starters and existing staff especially those who are doing post graduate studies and research.
The CPE will work 20% of their time supporting Associate Clinical Practice Educators (ACPE) in identifying training and education needs and planning, implementing and evaluating education activities in their clinical area of practice.
In conjunction with other CPEs, their PDEL, Managers, Matrons and the Divisional Lead for Practice Development and Education, they will participate in and contribute to the annual review and development of the strategic education plans for non-medical staff.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
1. Education
• In conjunction with ACPEs, CPEs, their PDEL, Managers, Matrons and the Divisional Lead for Practice Development and Education Lead, promote an environment that encourages learning and sustains the personal and professional development of all non-medical staff.
• Ensure utilisation of the Oxford Model for exemplary professional nursing and midwifery practice and the NHS Change Model in promoting practice development and education for all non-medical staff as the means by which quality improvement is systematic, goal focused, measured in its implementation and relevant to the area of clinical practice.
• Identify training and education needs and plan, implement and evaluate educational activities for students, new starters and existing members of the non-medical staff.
• Facilitate the on-going development and implementation of education initiatives in particular the orientation, preceptorship and mentorship programmes for students and new members of staff.
• Provide bedside and classroom teaching, supervision and support for all nonmedical staff in facilitating work-based learning and development of knowledge, clinical skills and expertise.
• With the Divisional Lead for Practice Development and Education, plan and allocate student placements and monitor their progress.
• With the Link Lecturer and Learning Environment Lead, complete an audit of the learning environments, disseminate and act on results to improve students and mentors experience.
• Attend Divisional and Trust-wide Clinical Practice Development and Education meetings and report back to other ACPE, CPE, PDEL, Ward Mangers, Matrons and Divisional Lead for Practice Development and Education as appropriate.
• Complete mandatory training as required by the Trust and act as a resource and role model for other staff with regard to their mandatory training needs.
• Be committed to an ethos of lifelong learning for self and others.
• In collaboration with an individual’s mentor, give staff constructive feedback focusing on their progress and development.
• Act as an expert resource and a role model for staff requiring practice development, education and clinical skills.
2. Professional
• Take responsibility for continued personal and professional development by setting achievable objectives (immediate, medium and long term) and seeking on-going reviews and performance appraisal.
• Promote the nursing role within the multi-disciplinary team valuing diversity and equality in practice.
• Act as a professional representative at a Divisional, Trust, local, national and international level as appropriate.
• Participate in and contribute to research and local, national and international quality and service improvement projects as appropriate.
3. Clinical Practice and Research
• Demonstrate and promote patient-centred approaches to care and education.
• Practice as a professional senior nurse with competence, confidence, authority and expertise, acting as a credible role model within the professional code of conduct.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge and skill in the management of complex and changing healthcare needs of patients; integrating theory and practice supported by research evidence.
• Demonstrate skills at interpreting complex clinical information and data, responding to changes promptly and appropriately and developing excellent and compassionate plans of care, following relevant protocols in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure that patients’ interests are fully considered within the contexts of care; and actively participate and support others to participate in ethical decision making.
• Actively investigate advanced theoretical knowledge and demonstrate evidence-based practice.
• Actively participate in quality assurance and risk management initiatives and incorporate into the training needs of their clinical area of responsibility, as appropriate.
• Maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation. Demonstrate competency in the use of information technology resources, in particular the Electronic Patient Records (EPR) system. In addition promote such skills in others.
• Demonstrate effective communication regarding complex and sensitive information to patients, individuals in the multi-disciplinary team, and significant others.
4. Managerial
• Take responsibility for initiating and leading key clinical area and team developments and project work, as discussed and agreed as appropriate with other ACPEs, CPEs, their PDEL, Ward Managers, Matrons and the Divisional Lead for Practice Development and Education.
• Support other ACPEs, CPEs, PDELs, Ward Mangers, Matrons, and the Divisional Lead for Practice Development and Education in the operational management relating to practice development and education matters
• Provide leadership and supervision for junior members of non-medical staff.
• Contribute to developing individuals through appraisal in conjunction with their Mentor/Preceptor/Sister/Charge Nurse.
• Support junior staff to develop mentoring and appraisal skills
• Participate in the management of change and support others in the process; encourage new ideas/developments and take responsibility for evaluating the outcome of project work.
• When dealing with people, act within the professional code of conduct in a manner that respects equality and diversity and strives to encourage this behaviour in others.
This advert closes on Thursday 19 Jun 2025
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