Job Description

Introduction to Team Care Shooting Star Childrens Hospices Teams Care Directorate: Led by the Director of Care and Medical Director. The Care Teams are the heart of our organisation, consisting of dedicated Drs, nurses, healthcare assistants, allied health professionals and support staff. They provide compassionate and personalised care to children with life-limiting conditions, and those at the end of their lives focusing on pain management, symptom control, emotional support for both the child and their family and bereavement care after death. Holistic care is tailored to each child and familys needs.

Practice Education Team:

Led by the Clinical Education Lead, the practice education team consisting of clinical educators and an associate clinical educator aims to support and empower our clinical workforce to ensure staff are equipped with the necessary skills, values, and behaviours to deliver compassionate, evidence based, patient-focused care. Job Profile a) Job summary SSCH recognises that excellent education and training for all our clinical staff is essential to provide safe, effective services and to ensure the highest possible standards of patient care. The post holder will lead the education team in delivering an education program across all clinical settings including inhouse hospice services, psychosocial services, community hospice care and specialist palliative care. The postholder will work across SSCH and contribute to the building of a learning culture throughout the organisation and work closely with other clinical services, quality team and wider organisation, to ensure the provision of an excellent and equitable education service.



The post holder will lead and deliver a range of projects to meet the requirements set out in the organisational strategy and care directorate business plan. The postholder will also support network wide educational programs and engage with the regional paediatric palliative care educational programs. b) Main duties and key responsibilities Key Duties and Responsibilities: To monitor and measure success against agreed performance indicators To ensure that service users and carers are actively invited and involved in the development, delivery and evaluation of education To share learning and development both internally and externally with our partners including presentations at events and conferences To support the Clinical Educators in leading and delivering against workforce development projects To support medical, nursing and AHP colleagues to challenge practice and identify competency issues To maintain a professional portfolio demonstrating clinical practice and skills To develop an annual internal and external education program To develop a multimodal educational portfolio to meet the needs of clinical care teams working across care settings To engage with the local and regional paediatric palliative care network, supporting educational opportunities and collaboration to optimise educational opportunities To lead on student nursing and nurse associate placements To engage with educational research, where appropriate, with the research team To champion higher education opportunities and internal educational development pathways for the workforce Leadership Develop strong internal and external partnerships to meet the requirements of the organisation To lead and motivate staff to ensure a high standard of professionalism, efficiency and effectiveness, fostering a culture of continuous quality improvement. To review and make any necessary changes to care competencies Horizon scan for any changes that would benefit practice at SSCH To be responsible for the ongoing development and sustainability of high quality and innovative practice and educational development within the organisation To establish and maintain an effective communication network both within the services and with key stakeholders across the organisation To work closely with the Deputy Director of Care, Clinical Educators, Clinical Governance Facilitator and wider Heads of Care and service Leads, in the identification of services learning and educational needs, that reflect workforce development and strategic priorities To ensure all education aligns with other activities across the organisation to promote efficient ways of working and an inter-professional approach to education To develop the annual education curriculum for both internal and external audiences Managerial To participate in supervision in accordance with SSCH policy To line manage a team of Clinical Educators and ensure that the broader education team is kept abreast of and involved in training developments To manage projects within agreed timescales utilising project management skills to ensure projects are delivered and acceptable to key stakeholders To be responsible for the staff development and training budgets To support in the financial forecasting of current and future training & development programmes To support the Hospices commitment to patient, carer and public involvement in the way services are planned, developed and provided and to incorporate this approach in a way which respects issues of equality and diversity in all aspects of work To maintain external links with national bodies and paediatric palliative care networks and community to ensure our practice is in line with national guidance Students Responsible for overseeing and managing student placements, monitoring progress and assessments and supporting the signing off a student's placement at the end.



This includes recognising difficulties and rapid solution finding during placements to support process, personal and academic difficulties Provide pastoral support to students, including signposting to university support: Identify and address issues relating to student health and wellbeing, referring to the Deputy Director of Care for guidance as appropriate. Identify any concerns about student conduct, professionalism and/or health, and refer to Clinical Supervisor and/or Lead Tutor where appropriate. Support the placement of students based in clinical teams, including providing clinical experiences for students in line with the Learning Outcomes of the module; Provide oversight of medical students in the clinical environment; Offer formative feedback to students. Contribute to regular evaluation of placement, review student feedback and contribute to Annual Quality Reviews.



Act as a single point of contact for our partner universities in mapping student placements, both planned and elective and oversee our student enquiries inbox Attend student LEL/CPF meetings as a representative of SSCH, sharing key points with the student link nurses in the organisation Work with the student link nurses to maintain adequate levels of practice supervisors and practice assessors to support students in practice. Aswell as undertaking an annual education audit in partnership with the clinical governance facilitator which gives assurance to SSCH and our partner universities that students are supported adequately within the organisation Have oversite of other student placement opportunities across SSCH (physiotherapy/nursing associate/advanced practice) Continue to develop the student placement offer across SSCH as needs present