Clinical Practice Lead

Aintree Theatres are going through exciting transformational changes to deliver the future of Healthcare Services across Liverpool and we are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual in a newly created Clinical Practice Lead position to support, develop and facilitate clinical practice for practitioners new to the speciality, offering clinical guidance, reassurance and pastoral support., To work in collaboration with the Theatre Unit Manager and Senior Practice Educator to identify and facilitate support for staff requiring development within the operating department including training staff in safe scrub skills/technique and theatre etiquette/professionalism.

To collaborate and work in partnership with clinical colleagues to maximise learning opportunities for theatre staff.

To work with and on behalf of the Senior Practice Educator providing support and advice on staff educational and development matters.

To establish robust working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.

To adapt and prioritise own workload.

To assist and support the Theatre Unit Manager and Senior Practice Educator in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives.

To ensure training and safe use of medical devices within the Theatre department.

To support Trust educational department to provide multi-disciplinary training involving but not limited to Simulation training as required.,

• Maintain a highly professional personal profile and update clinical knowledge and skills as an exemplar role model in clinical practice for theatre staff


• Responsibility for ensuring theatre staff are developed to a high standard in clinical practice.


• Promote staff and patient safety in theatre.


• Provide support to all theatre teams, acting as a professional resource and facilitator for developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care to ensure clinical effectiveness.


• Contribute to developing a culture that promotes equality and values diversity. Foster an environment conducive to learning and development of self and theatre staff.


• Responsible for the clinical leadership of theatre teams as required.


• To participate in the requirements of the out of hours normal service as required when necessary including weekends and on call duty across a 24 hour service within a range of working environments., To work in collaboration with the Theatre Unit Manager and Senior Practice Educator to identify and facilitate support for staff requiring development within the operating department including training staff in safe scrub skills/technique and theatre etiquette/professionalism.


• To collaborate and work in partnership with clinical colleagues to maximise learning opportunities for theatre staff.


• To work with and on behalf of the Senior Practice Educator providing support and advice on staff educational and development matters.


• To establish robust working relationships with all service users and actively encourage and promote joint working in the pursuit of continuous service improvement.


• To adapt and prioritise own workload.


• To assist and support the Theatre Unit Manager and Senior Practice Educator in achieving clinical, operational and corporate objectives.


• To ensure training and safe use of medical devices within the Theatre department.


• To support Trust educational department to provide multi-disciplinary training involving but not limited to Simulation training as required., Maintain personal, professional knowledge and clinical competencies as required for NMC/HCPC.


• In partnership with other stakeholders promote a culture of training, development and evidence based research in the pursuit of clinical excellence.


• Lead and facilitate in training and support of theatre staff to ensure best practice is achieved.


• To actively participate in selection and recruitment processes of staff in accordance with national legislation and local policies.


• To participate in the induction and provision of orientation programmes for all new members of staff and mentorship of staff.


• To support staff in the completion of peri-operative competencies and associated documentation.


• To create and maintain high quality written and electronic records in accordance with data protection and relevant legislation., To work with the multi-professional theatre education department in the delivery of effective clinical educational programmes for theatre staff.


• To ensure all records (patients, staff) are managed in accordance with good record keeping guidelines.


• Support staff awareness and development to ensure emergencies are managed in accordance with hospital policy.


• Support the Theatre Unit Manager/ Senior Practice Educator to reduce inefficiencies and ineffective utilisation of the operating theatres.


• Support the development, implementation and periodic review of clinical protocols to ensure patient safety.


• Participate and support staff in undertaking clinical audit.


• Support both team leader (Appraiser) and the appraisee to complete annual appraisal and periodic review where needed.


• Support the Theatre Unit Manager and Senior Practice Educator in ensuring that training and development needs that have been identified as part of a Personal Development Plan are properly supported by suitably qualified staff to achieve the plan.


• Support and encourage the integration and development of knowledge and skills of staff throughout theatres and aim to develop a greater breadth of competencies enabling service flexibility and provision for the future., The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.


The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.


• Have significant experience of working within the Orthopaedic Trauma and Emergency setting.


• Have a desire to educate and support clinical teaching utilising a variety of teaching methods.


• Have excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills.


• Be accountable for the day-to-day supervision of practitioners in the speciality liaising with the Theatre Manager and Senior Practice Educator to ensure the delivery of safe, effective clinical care.


This role is clinical within the specialty but has educational and developmental responsibilities including, but not limited to, skills training, audit and research.,
• Extensive clinical knowledge within the speciality


• Knowledge of different methods/styles for teaching and learning


• Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements


• Working knowledge of Inter-professional learning theory


• Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Flexible and adaptable approach


• Forward thinking and innovative


• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines


• Consistent high attention to detail and quality of work, Extensive clinical knowledge and skills within the speciality


• Experience of teaching, supervising and assessing healthcare staff in the practice setting


• Practical experience of facilitating change


• Experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures, Current NMC/HCPC Registration


Desirable criteria


• Current NMC/HCPC Registration


• Masters level study relating to education in practice/equivalent, Extensive clinical skills within the designated speciality


• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal


• Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships


• Ability to teach and facilitate in a variety of settings with different groups of staff.


• Able to plan, implement and evaluate teaching


• Excellent organisational skills


• Ability to prioritise workload


• Ability to work flexibly, autonomously and as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.