Community Practice Teacher District Nursing

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Job summary

We will consider exceptional candidates who express a specific interest in education & ensuring the provision & management of a high-quality learning environment, but who do not possess the required post registration qualification. If successful, such candidates would be appointed at Band 6 and would progress to a Band 7 post once they have completed Community Practice Teacher/ Practice Educator qualification.

We are looking for Community Practice Teacher who is passionate about nursing education & development to join the Barnsley Neighbourhood Nursing Service.

The service is responsible for delivering nursing care which includes wound management, chronic disease management, promotion of self-care, administration of IVs & terminal/palliative care.

The role will involve holding a caseload within one of our 6 neighbourhoods, managing & working alongside the team to support the District Nurse Team Leader, ensuring training & education needs are met & new starters/established staff are supported.

Main duties of the job

As Community Practice Teacher District Nursing you will:

Be responsible for the education, facilitation & management of District Nursing students, their learning environment, experience, assessment of practice & verification of competence

Have resilience & great leadership potential

Have ability to inspire people & able to motivate/support others through change to maintain the delivery of proactive & safe care

Demonstrate mentoring skills while encouraging implementation of innovative practice

Have high level communication/interpersonal skills to negotiate & establish collaborative partnerships with patients & care professionals

Have a key role in training, education & staff development, actively participate in regular supervision & appraisals contributing to clinical leadership facilitating a culture of learning/reflective practice

Have a flexible approach to working long days, weekends, bank holidays

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full-time, Flexible working

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year

Closing date

04/08/2023

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