Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a RN to join the Clinical Education Team at the Royal Marsden working across all Trust sites as a Band 7 Practice Educator for Preceptorship on a 12-month secondment/fixed term contract for 0.5 WTE (18.75 hours per week). This is a great opportunity for a RN who is passionate about supporting staff in practice and is interested in developing their career within Practice Education.
 
The successful candidate will need to be passionate about practice education, work-based learning and providing support for staff in practice to transition from student to registered professional.
 
The successful candidate will need to be SACT Competent and be fully up to date with all their clinical skills to support preceptees in clinical practice. You will need to be able to demonstrate experience in assessing and supporting learners in clinical practice and able to give feedback to support development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for provision of a high-quality learning experience for preceptees and development of preceptors at the Royal Marsden. Key elements of the role include: 

• To ensure that systems are in place to enable all newly qualified nurses to meet Trust & local objectives in the preceptorship period to become confident and competent practitioners.
• To work with nursing staff in clinical areas to promote a standardised approach to preceptorship, building on and improving existing initiatives.
• To liaise with the Practice Educators, Clinical Practice Facilitators and ward/department leaders on initiatives to improve the capacity and motivation of the nursing workforce to take on the preceptorship role.
• Support the Lead Recruitment Nurse with International Recruitment and staff to achieve NMC Outcomes for NMC pin registration. 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.