The Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS) is a 24-hour service, which aims to provide the highest quality paediatric intensive care for children and their families, from the first point of contact to the final unit destination.
An exciting opportunity for a secondment / maternity leave cover post has arisen for a band 7 Practice Educator role. We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced transport nurse who has a special interest in education and service development. You’ll support a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary team. You will be responsible for ensuring high quality evidence-based care is delivered to each child and able to lead both internal and external educational activities.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in unfamiliar environments are essential to the role.
- To provide and promote nursing expertise in the transport environment
- To be a role model in providing high quality care to the children and families we transport
- To advocate for the child, family, and carers
- To ensure that all junior staff and trainees have support and direction in developing their clinical skill
- To promote and maintain effective communication across the multi-disciplinary team
- To support the clinical governance leads by promoting a safe environment through adherence to trust and service specific protocols and guidelines
- To collaborate with the North Thames Paediatric Network Education Team to support and deliver region-wide education and learning
- To collaborate with the CATS medical lead for education, ensuring delivery of the in house education programme, national forums, and simulation courses
- To support the outreach educational programme delivered by CATS to the district general hospitals we serve, looking at learning opportunities through case-based discussions, workshops, and simulation
- To oversee the delivery of annual update days for all CATS trained nurses, ensuring process and/or equipment change, and strategic direction of the service is addressed
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
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Person specification GOSH Culture and Values Essential criteria- Collaboration
- We work together to deliver safe, consistent, patient-centred care. Respect
- We treat everyone with respect, kindness and equity. Curiosity
- We stay curious to drive innovation that delivers exceptional patient outcomes.
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