Senior Practice Facilitator

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

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 - for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH 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 second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.

Person specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register
• Teaching course
• Honours degree (Level 3/ FHEQ Level 6) in health-related subject

Desirable criteria

• Management training course/ leadership course

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum 18 months experience in a practice development role/ clinical practice facilitator/ senior staff nurse (Band 6)

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Understands importance of audit; able to apply audit processes
• Willing to provide support to other clinical areas within the division
• Demonstrates understanding of principles and practice of Clinical Governance, e.g. Risk Management

Communication

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a multi disciplinary team
• Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
• Able to use IT to disseminate information e.g. e-mail, Power Point, and Excel
• Able to support staff to achieve computer literacy

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates evidence of professional development in line with KSF, maintains updated Portfolio
• Experience working as preceptor/ facilitator
• Reflective in Practice
• Prioritises own workload
• Able to work on/under own initiative
• Demonstrates commitment to act as preceptor/facilitator
• Experience teaching others and responding to learning needs
• Able to plan and deliver teaching sessions/programmes
• Able to co-ordinate / facilitate a group of staff
• Experience of managing resources
• Articulates reasons for desire to work in this clinical areas
• Committed to providing safe, effective and timely patient-centred care in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and Trust Core standards
• Demonstrates awareness of contemporary issues in nursing and health care
• Demonstrates understanding of research- based practice
• Able to evaluate the impact of practice development activities
• Able to support staff in acquisition of essential and expanded clinical skills

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates knowledge of effective budgeting practice

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential criteria

• Candiate is familiar with Trust policies relating to Infection Prevention and Control.
• Candiate has completed all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

Specific Requirements

Essential criteria

• Flexible approach to shift patterns
• The postholder will need to be assessed as fit to complete the full duties of this post, this will be determined by Occupational Health with any reasonable adjustments applied
• Job sharing may also be discussed

At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage's staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor's contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 560.3KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 248.6KB)
• UCLH Values (PDF, 860.9KB)