Clinical Skills Tutor

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us #WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put "Quality at our HEART". Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• E quity
• A ccountability
• R espect
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation , we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The Undergraduate education team is looking to recruit a highly motivated and skilled staff member to assist in driving high quality clinical skills training delivery throughout the Trust for medical students from various study years attending their clinical placements in the trust.

Are you looking for the opportunity to work within clinical education and be part of a forward thinking and innovative team? Do you want to positively influence future medical workforce to develop their clinical skills? This role will give you that opportunity whilst working is a supportive and friendly team.

The post holder will be part of the Medical Education Department's Undergraduate Education team and reporting to the Undergraduate Medical Education Manager/ Director of Clinical Studies/ Director of Undergraduate Education. The post holder will deliver a range of clinical skills training sessions to support the development of clinical competence across the range of medical students in line with agreed medical school curriculum and Trust educational development strategies and priorities. You will ensure the Trust's training, education and development priorities are delivered in a timely manner and support the drive to ensure clinical skills education is delivered to a high-quality standard.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a member of the undergraduate education team and will be responsible for providing teaching and training within the clinical skills lab for undergraduate medical students based at Northwick Park Hospital. This is a varied and rewarding role supporting medical students to improve their competency in clinical skills and offering further support to those who require it.

Main duties of the job:

• Delivery of clinical skills teaching and practical procedures to undergraduate medical students following Trust and medical schools' guidelines in the Clinical skills room.
• Effective management of the clinical skills laboratory at Northwick Park Hospital for all medical students on site. Currently at the hospital there are students from two medical schools: Imperial College School of Medicine and Brunel Medical School.
• Organise and support the local arrangements for all aspects of the undergraduate clinical exams.
• To act as a role model exploiting every opportunity to enhance the knowledge of others in issues relating to clinical skills and to promote health and safety, clinical excellence, infection control and risk assessment.
• Collaborate with Teaching Fellows to provide a holistic learning experience to the undergraduate medical students.
• To continually seek to improve the quality of education using evidence-based practice, liaising with professional colleagues, reviewing literature and evaluating feedback.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential criteria

• Nursing qualification - current registration

Desirable criteria

• BSc in medical specialty
• Post Grad Certificate in Medical Education or Healthcare Education

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

• Completed basic general nursing
• Completed training for coaching/ small group discussion/providing feedback
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.

Desirable criteria

• Experience in teaching or laboratory experience
• Experience in Critical Care / Emergency Nursing

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of teaching undergraduate students or as a clinical tutor in practice or university setting

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification or teaching course certificate

Skills, abilities and attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels involving complex information
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Awareness of clinical governance
• Effective team member
• Good organisational skills
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Caring and compassionate

HEART values

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate commitment to Trust HEART values: honesty, equity, accountability, respect, and teamwork
• Demonstrate commitment to place Quality at our HEART

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Our employment checking processes require that all shortlisted applicants provide the contact details of their current HR Department. If shortlisted you will be sent an email reminder to present the contact details of your HR Department at the interview.

Please note the Trust uses identity checking software for verifying the authenticity of identity documents provided by candidates.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• Clinical Skills Tutor - Job Description & Personal Specifications (PDF, 230.9KB)
• Guidance for applying (PDF, 914.7KB)
• HEART values (PDF, 158.5KB)