Job Description
Regional Clinical Practice Educator
Full Time – 37.5 hours per week
Remote working with frequent travel to hospital sites and corporate offices
The Regional Clinical Practice Educator role is an integral part of the Clinical Education infrastructure within Ramsay Health Care UK. The RCPE role contributes to the delivery of safe, effective, person-centred care through the provision of high quality, multi-professional learning environments. In partnership with the National Lead for Clinical Education, The wider Ramsay Academy Team, Higher Education Institutes, Colleges, Approved Ramsay Education Providers, and support the delivery & assessment of clinical education within RHCUK.
Purpose of the Role:
To deliver training and support across RHCUK in line with clinical education strategy and professional bodies requirements. To participate and support the development and implementation of a range of corporate projects related to clinical education and service improvement. Maintain working relationships with all members of the multi-professional team including nursing, medical staff, allied health professionals, health care scientists and support workers across the organisation. Manage and deliver training to staff on a range of subjects as indicated by their clinical experience and identified learning needs.
What you’ll bring:
Registered Clinical Professional Degree educated (or relevant experience) with current registration and significant experience
Experience of teaching, assessing and supervising Practice Assessor (previously mentor) qualification or equivalent
Clinical Supervision skills & experience of developing and implementing early career induction and preceptorship programmes
Group facilitation skills & experience of developing initiatives to develop staff
Ability to demonstrate practical clinical skills to groups such as cannulation, catheterization, IV drug administration, Blood Transfusion, Nasogastric Tube Insertion, Wound Care’ ECG (administration), Intra-osseous workshops
Acute Illness Management (AIM) Trainer
Immediate Life Support (ILS) Provider
Advanced Life Support (ALS) Provider or work towards this
What you’ll do:
You will work with the Clinical Team within the Ramsay academy to:-
Review and develop focused clinical resources to support clinical learning & development
Review Induction, Mandatory and Clinical training programmes
Review and advise on equipment lists for clinical training
Review potential clinical training venues
Take the lead and deliver day-to-day training and education at cluster and site level and driving innovation and change
Support the People Development strategy, developing staff to provide excellence and efficiency in care
Support existing trainers/educators with the reviewing and refreshing of materials to monitor and improve the effectiveness of their sessions
Working closely with the hospital senior management teams and training coordinators to organise and provide delivery of training and education within scope of practice for the benefit of patient safety with the aim of ensuring the provision of high-quality safe care
Champion and raise awareness of the benefits of effective education to improve patient care and promote best practice through effective induction, assessment and training of nursing staff
Deliver teaching sessions within study programmes, including induction, mandatory training and clinical skills training/updates aligned with the corporate clinical education strategy and competency framework
Support the development of supervisors/assessors/practice educators within the Units
Share good practices across the Ramsay units and externally with regard to supporting learning and improving the quality of care
Support the Ramsay Academy with other training and initiatives as appropriate
Support with the administration of the Workday LMS.
Benefits:
25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
The Blue Light Card Scheme
About Us:
Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 8 countries, with 88,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.
We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.
We care.
It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.
We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.
