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Job summary

Main area
General Medicine
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7304286
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Barnet Hospital
Town
Barnet
Salary
£44,485 - £52,521 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 6 Clinical practice educator

NHS AfC: Band 6

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

The clinical practice facilitator will work collaboratively with the senior sister to deliver effective, high quality, safe patient centred care. She/he will lead the continuing education, training and professional  development for the nursing staff to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge. She/he will develop and drive forward an education programme to ensure that nursing staff acquire the professional standards and competencies when caring for people.

Main duties of the job

The clinical practice facilitator will:

 Ensure that mandatory training requirements are fulfilled and that staff education and development is aligned to staff appraisal and corporate, divisional, ward and service development needs.
 Carry out the training needs analysis and agree educational funding applications in conjunction with the ward sister and coordinate student applications.
 Develop guidelines and policies and undertake audits and reviews within the clinical area.
 Demonstrate clinical leadership and act as a role model at all times.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow  link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for more information about this role and working at royal free London NHS foundation Trust

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 1st level Registered Nurse
  • Recognised specialty course or equivalent
  • Mentorship course or equivalent
  • Degree in related subject
Desirable criteria
  • MSC or willingness to work towards
  • Qualification in teaching

Royal Free world Class value

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent substantial experience in specialist area of practice
  • Substantial and recent experience working in a senior role (Band 6
  • Substantial experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Experienced in managing, coordinating, delivering and evaluating teaching programmes for Staff
  • Experienced in change management
  • Able to assess practice and give constructive feedback

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates a current and in-depth knowledge of specialist area of practice
  • Current in professional issues
  • Demonstrate ability to apply research to practice and follow policies and guidelines
  • Demonstrate a pro-active approach to clinical risk management
  • Skilled in teaching staff individually and in groups
  • Skilled in complex patient management decisions and utilise and disseminate this to learners through reasoning
  • Skilled in audit
  • Skilled in planning and delivering action plans
  • Manage complex emotional responses from patients, relatives and staff
  • Ability to plan and prioritise workload
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to network with staff
  • Skilled in use of computer in Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to initiative and solve problems
  • Team worker
  • Enthusiastic and assertive
  • Adaptable to change
  • Approachable and supportive
  • Diplomatic and calm
  • Honest and reliable
  • Sensitive to needs of clinical environments

Others

Essential criteria
  • Aware of developments in specialty
  • Ability to work flexibly within scope of role
  • • Ability to develop pathways to develop and maximise learning opportunities for staff

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nirmala Evans
Job title
Barnet Education Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020821664226
Additional information

Contactable from Monday to Friday  between 8 - 4pm

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