Job summary
- Main area
- Practice Educator
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-HL-7302956
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Practice Educator-Respiratory Unit (Kangaroo Ward)
Band 7
Job overview
Are you an experienced Nurse with a passion for education? Do you have significant experience at Band 6 (or above) within education or the Respiratory Speciality, in particular Long Term Ventilation? We are looking for an individual with post registration study within relevant speciality subjects who is an experienced supervisor/assessing to join the Respiratory Education Team, based on Kangaroo Ward.
With excellent communication skills and a personable demeanour, the individual needs to be skilled at building relationships with colleagues at all stages of their career, supporting them to develop new skills and experience.
Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the top five leading children’s hospitals in the world. The Respiratory Unit is made up of Leopard and Kangaroo Wards although this role is predominantly based on Kangaroo Ward, you will be expected to cover and represent both wards at times.
Our highly-motivated and talented team of doctors and nurses are passionate about achieving our shared aim of delivering world-class care, putting the child first at all times.
We are committed to the ongoing training and education of our nursing staff, involving our nurses in developing evidence-based care and leading-edge practice.
Joining the Great Ormond Street Hospital education team will offer you an exciting and enjoyable step forward in your career
Main duties of the job
- As a Practice Educator within the Respiratory Unit, you will be responsible for training & supporting the development of current staff, as well as recruiting and orientating new staff. You will be directly involved in teaching on high dependency, respiratory, ventilation and surgical courses for both internal and external candidates.
- You will be required to be an excellent team player and you will work closely with the Lead Practice Education Team, Clinical Ward Managers, Clinical Nurse Specialists and the other education teams. With a commitment to staff development, you will help to maintain a supportive environment for staff, patients and families in our dynamic and busy wards
- Be a highly visible clinical role model, working alongside staff in clinical practice across all levels of practice
- Work clinically to maintain own knowledge, skills and clinical credibility, demonstrating high standards of practice and clinical expertise in the care of children, young people and their families
- Work with education leads, managers, and supervisors to establish mechanisms for enhancing, developing, and assessing the quality of nursing placement learning
- Utilise, develop, and review tools to audit and evaluate educational and professional practice and education programmes/materials
- Represent the Respiratory Unit at Trust wide and external meetings and in response to Trust wide quality improvement initiatives
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below
Person specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Our Always Values
- • Experience of working as part of a diverse team. • Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture. • Knowledge and Understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. • Understanding of Diversity and Inclusion challenges in the workplace. • Demonstrable contribution to advancing Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Evidence of on-going dynamic continuing professional development within a relevant speciality linked to demonstrable clinical competencies and level 6 academic study within the speciality
- Possession of a relevant degree/in the process of obtaining
- Assessing and mentoring qualification or equivalent
- Leadership or management training
- Up to date BLS/PILS training or equivalent
- Completed BLSi/TBLSi training or be willing to undertake
Desirable criteria
- Be in procession of a PG Cert in Practice Education or equivalent
- EPLS
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- A considerable amount of post registration experience
- Experience at Band 6 within a relevant clinical environment
- Teaching, supervision and managerial experience
- Experience of coordinating and managing patient care
- Experience/knowledge of handling child protection issues according to Trust policies and procedures
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints
- Excellent specialty knowledge relevant to Respiratory Unit
- Excellent knowledge around the care of CYP requiring respiratory transitional care and Long Term Ventilation.
- Previous experience of change management and problem solving
- Understanding of professional and current issues in children’s nursing
- Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience and understanding of research and audit
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent paediatric clinical skills, including: • Care of CYP with a Tracheostomy • Care of CYP requiring long term ventilation • Care of CYP requiring non-invasive ventilation
- Administration of medications via all routes.
- Effective leadership and organisational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Effective teaching, training and preceptorship skills/experience
- Able to motivate and develop a team of staff
- Able to problem solve and initiate change
- Ability to delegate and prioritise
Desirable criteria
- Interviewing skills
- Appraisal skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Phillips
- Job title
- Lead Practice Educator
- Email address
- [email protected]
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