Professional Nurse Educator - Lead (Fixed Term)

Reference

PRI93807

Location

Remote

Priory Group Division

Central Services

Salary

£55,000 per annum + Car Allowance

Hours

37.5

Vacancy Type

Fixed Term - Full Time

Job Advert - Division Information

* Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review *

Priory is the leading independent provider of mental healthcare and adult social care in the UK.

We are currently recruiting for 2 post holders. This is initially offered on a Fixed Term (or Secondment) contract of 2 years, as a new role to the Priory. These are exciting opportunities, as we grow our professional development team within the organisation. 

Job Overview

To support with the design and implementation of professional nurse development across the division. 

Duties include but are not limited to

• Lead by example, acting as a role model by demonstrating excellent professional attitudes and behaviours. 
• To be a reflective practitioner, recognising own limitations and challenging themselves to acquire their own knowledge and skills for learning.
• Provide specialist knowledge and expertise into educational programmes that supports the development of Registered Nurses, Nursing Associates and Healthcare Assistants.
• Lead on embedding education and support programmes for nursing staff across the division.
• To develop, deliver and evaluate programmes of clinical and professional education for nursing colleagues based on the needs and priorities identified. This will be across a variety of settings, including face-to-face and online/virtual delivery.
• Support with ad-hoc requests for clinical skill development for teams that support the individual needs of patients or service users, in line with the individual’s own clinical skills.
•  Act as a Visiting Lecturer to Priory’s Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Programme.
• Acting as a link between clinical practice and the senior nursing team; providing a contemporary evaluation of nursing development needs.
• Working in collaboration with professional, quality and specialist clinical networks to support clinical and professional education programmes.
• To have up-to-date knowledge of national developments in nursing education and development and work with the senior nursing team to identify opportunities for application in Priory, this may include advances in technology to support learning.
• Support with quality assurance monitoring processes for education for nurses. 
• To be alert to contemporaneous styles and theories of learning, with a particular focus on its benefits in nursing education.
• Actively engage in Nursing Research and the contribution to Academic and Professional Journals.

What we would like from the role holder

Working remotely across a 5-day working week, with requirement to frequently travel to sites across the UK. It will also require travel to in-person meetings arranged in advance.

The successful candidates will be required to frequently travel across either:

• The East and South of England
• The South West and Midlands

Experience

• 3 years minimum experience within a leadership role
• Multi-disciplinary/multi agency working
• Experience as an assessor or supervisor for pre-reg and post-reg nurses
• Negotiating and working across organisational boundaries
• Experience of change management and influencing or supporting a learning environment within a team.
• Experience of leading a project or improvement in a clinical setting.

Job Advert Location Description

 

What we would like to give you: 

• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays + additional day’s leave for your Birthday!
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• Initial Disclosure Check Cost covered, if applicable to role
• ‘My Possible Self’ App and health-related benefits
• Online discounts and cashback rewards
• Technology scheme (qualifying period)
• Cycle to work scheme (qualifying period)
• ‘Cash for Colleagues’ – Employee referral scheme
• Career Pathways Programme – for development and further qualifications

Job Advert Role Description

Please take the time to familiarise yourself with the full job description attached prior to making an application.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy ahead of the closing date, without notification.

Division DBS info

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS.

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Job Description

Professional_Nurse_Educator_JD_June_24.pdf

Closing Date

04/08/2024