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Job summary

Main area
Paediatric nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 3 days a week
Job ref
846-6410800-UJ
Employer
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Heathside
Town
Coxheath
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Practice Educator

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced nurse with good clinical skills and a passion for teaching health related tasks to non-registered staff and NHS support workers who deliver care to young people in Kent County Council Children's residential Short Breaks Units.

You will be part of an integrated team within a joint Health and Social Services Short Breaks Units for children and young people aged 5- 25 years with learning disabilities, and complex health needs, providing up to date and evidence-based teaching and assessment of clinical skills competency to KCC support staff.

Main duties of the job

As a Practice Educator you will be responsible for delivering and facilitating in-house clinical skills training to both Social Care Staff, as dictated by the health needs of the children and young people accessing the service.

You will ensure staff are able to carry out clinical procedures supported through training and competency attainment and provide ongoing advice for staff to feel confident to carry out their role safely.

in addition, you will provide teaching, assessing, and support within the team in order to ensure they are competent to deliver efficient and safe care to the children and young people and work collaboratively and effectively with all other health care professionals and those allied to health and social care involved with the children and families.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values Compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both.

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered Paediatric Nurse with relevant professional body (NMC)
Desirable criteria
  • Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience with complex needs children
  • Experience of teaching/training and assessments

Aptitude

Essential criteria
  • Reliable, hardworking, reflective, team player
Desirable criteria
  • IT knowledge

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareDisability confident leaderDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeRIDI Awards Finalist 2021Care quality commission - OutstandingKent Community - Platinum Award LogoStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.KEiBA Valuing Disability Business of the Year 2021

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ann Fagg
Job title
Lead Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
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