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This exciting role within our Practice Education Team based at our Beckford Street site is for a Practice Education Facilitator. The role has been designed from the outset to influence the quality of the clinical learning environment by providing support, educational input and development activities for mentors/ preceptors/ practice supervisors/ practice assessors and students within HNC, pre-registration and post-registration education programme's.
The role aims to enhance the quality of the practice learning experience and positively contribute to the future nursing/midwifery workforce by enhancing the quality of the learning environment, the education and training needs of health care assistants and of the full range of professional groups that may be addressed.
Your main roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to;
- Maximise the number of student nurses and midwives who can be supported within clinical practice areas
- Enhance and support the role of the mentor/preceptor/practice supervisor/practice assessor
- Ensure that the student experience is of the highest quality and enables the greatest benefit from the individual clinical learning experience
- Ensure support and supervision for staff engaging in Continuing Professional Development/Educational programme's which ultimately lead to practice development and improved services for patients & clients
While the knowledge, training and/ or experience required is below;
- Registered Nurse/Midwife with valid NMC registration
- Educated to/working towards/operating at degree level
- Post graduate expertise within speciality/ area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
- Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality/ area of practice.
- Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/ area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality/ area of practice.
- Leadership skills to enable the day to day management of service delivery.
- Further education/evidence of continuous professional development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification and be able to provide evidence of mentorship experience or evidence to demonstrate the post holder has contributed to enhancing the practice learning environment and student supervision and assessment.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Heather Lyle, Lead Practice Education Facilitator, on 0778531 2519.
If you have any queries regarding the application form or recruitment process, please contact jane.davies@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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