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Job overview

This is a clinical post and the post holder must be able to work in a variety of community settings and demonstrate competency in a range of core skills.

The post holder will be responsible for promoting high standards of care through the demonstration of clinical expertise and creating a clinical environment that supports and encourages learning and the advancement of high quality, professional practice within our services.  The post holder will also, as a part of the education team, facilitate the induction, clinical mandatory updates and continuing professional development for nursing staff working across Sutton Health and Care.

The post holder will work clinically alongside staff to provide skills support and completion of competency based activity across a range of services

In addition the post holder will be involved with liaising with the relevant education providers to ensure that communication between education and practice is maintained.

Main duties of the job

To work with the team to facilitate learning opportunities in clinical practice for post registration nurses, pre-registration nursing students, Nursing Associates, Associate Practitioners and Health Care Assistants. In addition the post holder will need to support staff who are undertaking enhanced skills, such as administration of IV Therapy and Lower Limb Compression Therapy.

This will include:

• Support in practice, providing ‘hands on’ delivery of care to oversee and support competency achievement
• Supporting in the development and delivery of designated clinical sessions for Mandatory Training/Induction programme.
• Contribute to the development programme for Nurses new to the Community
• Support the Clinical Skills and IV Therapy Competency programme
• Working collaboratively with the Senior Nurses and Team Leaders to develop clinical skills within the teams to support competency achievement
• Work with the team to ensure responsiveness to changing needs in clinical practice highlighted by complaints, incidents or National Guidance.
• Support in the design and delivery of clinical learning programmes and/or creating clinical learning opportunities, as required, for a safe effective patient responsive service.

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.