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About this role
For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Main duties
Implementing educational programmes within the department area which meet the development needs of staff, with particular focus, but not limited to, recovery and DSU. Helping to maintain a suitable learning environment for staff; collaborate with nurse/ODP/support colleagues, specialists, and other disciplines to provide regular teaching and learning opportunities for all staff. Helping to maintain a suitable learning environment for students within the department, liaising with Mentors, CPF team, Practice Education team and University partners to deliver excellent training. Working directly alongside trained staff, students, and support staff to raise the standard of clinical practice in line with evidence-based frameworks and procedures/protocols. Contributing to clinical care and practice development within the department and trust. Promoting current evidence-based practice. Participating in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication with colleagues, learners, patients, and their carer(s). Developing and maintaining teaching and presentation skills Attending relevant internal and external meetings. Assisting in the effective utilisation of resources to achieve a high standard of nursing care. Implementation of department induction programmes, preceptorship, and mentorship. Upholding quality initiatives that improve customer care and enhance the interface between staff, patients, and visitors as well as other wards and departments within the trust. Liaising with Lead CPF, Lead Practitioners and senior managers for training needs analysis linked to PDPs. University College Hospital is a major Teaching Hospital and Research Centre with state of the art facilities. Our operating theatre is a busy and dynamic environment setting the benchmark for clinical excellence. We have 27 operating rooms under UCH Theatres & Anesthesia Division which covers different specialties ranging from General surgery, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Bariatrics and upper GI surgery, Colorectal, Gynaecology, Urology, Oncology, Paediatrics, ENT, Maxillo Facial, Vascular and Plastic/ Breast surgery and Robotic Surgery. In addition, we also provide anaesthesia support in outlying areas such as endoscopy unit, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, brachytherapy and interventional radiology. Our new operating theatre complex in Grafton Way Building is now open which caters to elective orthopaedic and ENT and oral surgeries. Further career opportunities will be available with the opening of our Proton Beam Therapy centre. We also cater to specialist Thoracic and Urological surgical procedures at our 7 theatres in the UCLH @ Westmoreland Street site and to Neurosurgical and Neuroradiological procedures at our 7 theatres and 2 angiography suites at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. We are committed to ongoing professional development and opportunities exist to undertake a wide range of in-house and university-based training programmes. In collaboration with University College London (UCL), we have successfully launched our anaesthesia and enhanced recovery training programmes for registered nurses/ practitioners in order to develop a multi skilled workforce. The successful candidate will hold the appropriate qualifications to be a current registered practitioner (RGN or ODP) and demonstrate evidence of continuing professional development. Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* *UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit:Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placeto work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?