B7 Team Educator ACCOTS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity in the Adult Critical Care Coordination & Transfer Service - ACCOTS for a Band 7 Team Educator to join our West Midlands team.

The post holder will assume responsibility for the development, delivery, implementation and

monitoring of education and training within the ACCOTS service for the WM; whilst also

working as part of the clinical team to provide specialised care required to transfer critically ill adults.

The post holder will demonstrate expert specialised skill andknowledge in clinical practice, act as a professional role model, clinical leader and teacher, providingeffective mentorship and supervision.

Working collaboratively with the multi professional team, the post holder will act as a professional

role model, setting standards of practice and promoting clinical effectiveness. The post holder will

support and mentor new members of the multi professional team, demonstrating an active teaching

role in the ongoing education programmes and undertake the role of sign off assessor for the new

practitioners and medical staff.

There will be a requirement to work shifts including evenings and weekends and with service

evolvement to include nights.

There will be a requirement to work with highly infectious patients and therefore a necessity to

comply with infection, prevention and control guidance.

* Fixed term/ secondments may be considered however permanent employment is preferred.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The Band 7 Team Educator will be responsible for leading the training, education and development of practice for stabilisation and transfer of critically ill adult patients within the West Midlands ACCOTS Service.

The successful candidate will ensure that practitioners attending transfers are trained to deal with rare, unusual, and challenging situations which require novel solutions, promoting a set of attitudes and behaviours in the transfer team that helps them to respond positively to new challenges.

These are some of the key elements of the role:

To be an expert, knowledgeable and visible practitioner within the speciality, ensuring the provision of high-quality evidence-based nursing care to patients and their families.

You will have experience in addressing practice concerns and escalate/ refer on or discuss with others as required in line with Trust Policy / Procedure and legislation.

You will assist the Lead Practitioner and Consultants in planning and delivering transfer training for medical / nursing staff in the critical care units within the West Midland Critical Care Operational Delivery Network.

To work collaboratively with the ACCOTS team educator in the East Midlands to ensure that training and education for transfer is uniform and consistent across both bases.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current registration with NMC/ HCPC

Professional knowledge acquired

through degree supplemented by post

graduate/ Masters diploma level

specialist experience ,training or short

courses in Critical care

Successful completion of a recognised

critical care transfer course (Adult)

A recognised teaching and assessing

qualification including mentorship

course

ILS Competent

Evidence of ongoing dynamic

continuing professional education

within critical care.

Experience

Essential

Significant recent post registration

experience which includes

supervision, education and training of

staff

Experience of working in an adult

critical care transfer environment or

equivalent

Evidence of teaching on formal

education courses

Evidence of developing

teaching/training packages

Participation in multi-disciplinary

teaching sessions

Experience of teaching and assessing

Experience in developing content for

education and training delivery

Competent computer skills including

Microsoft office applications

Certified iv drug administrator, both

centrally and peripherally

Previous experience of research and

audit

Previous experience of change

management /problem solving

Demonstrates high level of knowledge

in relation to the health care

complexities associated with Critical

Care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Kelly Naylor 

Kelly.naylor2@nhs.net