Associate Paediatric Practice Education Nurse

Are you an experienced senior paediatric nurse with a passion for staff development and education? West London Children's Healthcare (WLCH) is excited to announce an opportunity for a registered children's nurse to join the paediatric clinical education team as an Associate Paediatric Practice Education Nurse.

In this role, you will be instrumental in supporting the education and training of our paediatric nursing teams, playing a key part in enhancing patient care and promoting professional development within our high dependency, general paediatrics and surgical wards.

As an Associate Paediatric Practice Education Nurse, you will work clinically with teams at ward and department level, implementing quality improvement initiatives, innovations in practice, and supporting the delivery of high quality care within our inpatient paediatric services.

You will bring proven clinical expertise in paediatric high dependency care, general paediatric care or surgical care, with significant experience working at senior staff nurse level.

This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate and dedicated individual to make a meaningful impact on the education and development of our paediatric nursing teams, helping to shape the future of paediatric care at WLCH.

Main duties of the job

Your role will involve delivering education in clinical practice, ensuring it meets the needs of the paediatric nursing workforce. You will work closely with the critical care paediatric clinical education team to support the delivery of key training objectives aligned to workforce needs, specifically within long-term ventilation and high dependency care.

As an expert practitioner and role model, you will support the development of a workforce capable of delivering safe, high-quality care to children and young people. This includes leading the delivery of "hot topic" training sessions in response to the clinical needs of the units, as well as supporting the preceptorship of newly qualified nurses as they transition into registered practice and develop essential competencies.

In addition, you will deliver practical skills teaching and simulation-based education across paediatrics, enhancing clinical competence and ensuring nursing teams are equipped to provide the highest standard of care.

Job responsibilities

• To be an expert practitioner, demonstrating advanced communication and nursing skills, using expert knowledge and decision-making skills in children's nursing.
• To support and develop junior staff, HCAs and students working within the department.
• To deliver nursing care to a high standard and be an effective role model.
• To assist in the safe, effective and efficient management of the department within allocated resources.
• To promote a progressive attitude to research and practice development in the continual improvement of patient care/services.
• To deputise for the Paediatric Practice Educator on occasion with activities directly related to the ward.
• To work alongside the Paediatric Practice Educator and Ward Managers to ensure the delivery of individualised programmes for induction and ongoing development of all staff in line with their Personal Development Plans (PDPs).
• To support the ward team to ensure that staff can make maximum use of the full range of Trust-wide learning opportunities.
• To uphold the Trust Values and to embed these into the clinical practice of staff.
• To support the implementation of a West London Children's Healthcare wide nursing education strategy that links to the workforce strategy and the divisional strategic plan.
• To maintain clinical credibility you will be expected to work two clinical shifts per month.

Person Specification

• Registered Children's Nurse on NMC register
• Student assessor or mentorship qualification
• Relevant post-registration accredited clinical course
• BSc in children's nursing
• EPALS/APLS
• Demonstrable post registration experience in one of the following areas: Paediatric high dependency care Paediatric long term ventilation Paediatric respiratory care
• Experience of working as a band 6 leading a shift
• Experience of supervising and assessing student nurses/Precepting newly registered nurses
• Experience of precepting newly registered nurses
• Competency in the management of central venous access devices
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to provide both verbal and written feedback to individuals
• Ability to work with indirect supervision managing own workload
• Demonstrable teaching and presentation skills
• Clinical facilitation skills to develop practice, motivate, support and develop the workforce's needs.
• Ability to develop individuals through mentorship/coaching/clinical supervision
• Awareness of current professional issues within children and young people's nursing
• Ability to work across the multi professional team and organisational boundaries
• Ability to problem solve and initiate change
• National Nursing Competencies - caring for babies, children and young people in hospital. Long term ventilation