Job summary
The West London Children's Healthcare Clinical Education Team is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and motivated senior paediatric nurse with a strong background in general paediatric nursing care and a passion for education and practice development.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting and delivering clinical education across Great Western Ward, a 20-24-bedded general paediatric ward, Westway Day Surgery Unit and paediatric outpatient departments.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the professional development of paediatric nursing staff, promoting clinical excellence and ensuring that practice remains current, evidence-based and aligned with regulatory, professional and organisational standards.

The successful candidate will have significant clinical experience within paediatrics, with a strong interest and experience in general paediatric and Child and Adolescent Mental Health care. They will demonstrate effective clinical leadership, excellent communication and teaching skills, and the ability to inspire and support staff in developing their confidence and competence in practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced paediatric nurse ready to progress into a Band 7 clinical education role, contributing to the development of the paediatric workforce, quality improvement and the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care for children, young people and their families.

Main duties of the job

• 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 be an expert practitioner, demonstrating advanced communication and nursing skills, using expert knowledge and decision making skills in children's nursing.
• To provide excellent visible clinical leadership and develop support mechanisms for sharing good practice across children's services.
• Support the paediatric senior team when involved with capability or performance management to ensure that they are able to undertake their role in regular education and assessment of that staff member.
• To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover for any area specified within your clinical competence.
• The post holder will be expected to work a minimum of 20% in a direct clinical capacity to maintain competency. They will also be expected to work clinically alongside nursing staff supporting their learning needs as identified.
• Work strategically and operationally with the divisional team in ensuring that clinical policies, procedures, guidelines and educational programmes meet the needs of the division.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification
Education
Essential

• Registered Children's Nurse on NMC register
• Student assessor or mentorship qualification
• Relevant post-registration accredited clinical course
• Evidence of a teaching qualification or working towards and/or Advance higher education fellowship or working towards
• EPALS/APLS

Desirable

• Leadership or management qualification

Experience
Essential

• Significant post registration experience in one or more of the following areas: Paediatric high dependency care District general paediatric clinical environments Child and adolescence mental health
• Understanding of clinical governance and quality improvement agenda
• Experience of teaching both within clinical practice and within a formal classroom setting
• Excellent speciality knowledge relevant to general paediatric care and ward based nursing practice
• Experience undertaking audits and developing action plans to improve clinical practice

Desirable

• Experience of managing poor performance
• Experience of managing a team
• Experience of working with HEIs and undergraduate nursing programmes
• Experience of clinical apprenticeship programmes

Skills
Essential

• Demonstrable teaching skills and knowledge including managing the assessment of learners needs, planning, delivery and evaluation of education programmes.
• Ability to develop individuals through mentorship/coaching/clinical supervision
• Ability to work across the multi professional team and organisational boundaries
• Awareness of current professional issues within children and young people's nursing
• Interviewing and personal development appraisal skills

Desirable

• Awareness of NHS reforms and professional issues relating to the design and delivery of clinical education
• Ability to work full shift pattern including rotation, nights, twilight shifts, weekends & bank holidays as relevant to area
• Competency in the management of central venous access devices

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).