Job description
Overview:
Post Status:
Department
Location:
Salary:
Closing Date:
Position Summary:
The successful candidate must have appropriate interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills to perform the role effectively. Responsibilities:
Leadership & Management
Professional
The above Job Specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.Qualifications:
Mandatory Requirements:
2. Annual registration
4. Character
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.
Desirable Criteria:
Further Information for Candidates:
Supplementary information:
Informal Enquiries ONLY to:
Post Title:
Nurse Tutor
Post Status:
Permanent
Department
Centre of Education
Location:
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9
Reports to:
Head of Nurse Education and Practice Development
Salary:
Appointment will be made on Nurse Tutor Scale (€65,025 - €72,969) at a point in line with Government pay policy.
Hours of work:
37.5 Hours per Week
Closing Date:
Wednesday 30th November 2022 @ 12 Noon
Position Summary:
The post holder will be involved in planning, developing, co-ordinating, delivering, and evaluating evidence-based, quality assured education and training programmes for registered nurses, Health Care Assistants and other staff categories, as relevant. This post holder will also be involved in development and delivery of QQI accredited programmes with Consortium of Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CCNME). Education and training programmes must be based on the most up to date evidence and research, and provide an engaging and challenging forum in which to foster collaborative learning, reflection on practice and innovation. The principles of quality and patient safety, and person-centeredness, must underpin and be applied to all programmes.
The successful candidate must have appropriate interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills to perform the role effectively.
Teaching & Learning
- Participate in conducting learning and development needs identification with registered nurses and HCAs within Beaumont Hospital and St Joseph’s Hospital Campus.
- Plan, design, co-ordinate and deliver a range of education programmes
- Support the delivery of the Nurse Service Plan through aligned education programmes.
- Plan, design, co-ordinate and deliver education and training programmes for HCAs and support staff.
- Be involved in development and delivery of QQI accredited programmes with Consortium of Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education (CCNME).
- Lead on curriculum development and preparation of programmes for Category 1 approval in line with relevant policy of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and CCNME.
- Manage programme bookings, timetabling, programme cancellations etc. in line with departmental policy and procedure.
- Participate in the development, accreditation, co-ordination and delivery of programmes leading to academic award and ensure such programmes comply fully with relevant requirements and standards of professional regulatory and academic awarding bodies.
- Plan and manage the assessment process for relevant programmes including invigilation, internal examining, collation of results, submission of approved results to the awarding body, communicating results to learners,. In line with relevant requirements and standards of programme validation, and departmental policies and procedures.
- Engage in regular review of programme content and material, and teaching and learning methodologies, to ensure they are up to date and based on the best available evidence and research.
- Engage in continuous quality improvement of programmes through programme evaluation and review, development and implementation of programme improvement plans, and monitoring of corrective action taken to address identified deficits.
- Engage in peer review and audit of programmes of education and training, and related services, in line with approved quality assurance policies and procedures.
- Monitor the effectiveness of education programmes on service delivery and their impact on professional nursing and midwifery practice.
- Identify equipment and other teaching and learning resources required to support the provision of programmes of education and training, and manage the ordering and purchasing process in line with HSE National Financial Regulations.
- Participate in the design of on-line programmes of education for BORIS that are responsive to the identified needs of registered nurses.
Leadership & Management
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with nurse managers, programme facilitators, practice development staff, members of the multidisciplinary team, and other key internal stakeholders, in the organisation, planning, co-ordination and provision of programmes of education and training to meet identified service need.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues in other Centre for Nurse Education /Centres of Nursing and Midwifery Education nationally, CCNME, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, Quality and Qualifications Ireland, external examiners, third level institutions, and other key external stakeholders, in the provision of education and training programmes.
- Ensure a safe environment and safe work practices in the discharge of duties, including regular risk assessment and identification and implementation of control measures, in accordance with the departmental safety statement and other relevant HSE policies and procedures.
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records of programmes of education, and related activities, in line with departmental policies and procedures, the requirements and standards of programme validation and approval bodies, and data protection legislation.
- Maintain statistical and other data relating to designated areas of responsibility, in line with departmental policies and procedures, and supply quarterly and annual reports to the Head of Nurse Education and Practice Development
- Ensure efficient and prudent use of resources, and compliance with HSE National Financial Regulations, in carrying out duties and responsibilities.
- Attend meetings and seminars, and serve on working groups and committees, as delegated by the Head of Nurse Education and Practice Development
- Participate in the supervision and guidance of clerical and support staff assigned to the department.
- Actively engage in and promote participative team based processes in operation in the department.
- Participate in the development, review and updating of policies, procedures and guidelines to support the role and function of the Centre for Nurse Education.
- Organise and plan workload and manage time in an efficient and effective manner in order to complete assigned duties and responsibilities within identified timeframes.
- Contribute to development of the Centre for Nurse Education annual prospectus of programmes of education and training and the Nursing and departmental service plan.
Professional
- Keep informed of emerging developments in the nursing profession, nurse education and the health services in general.
- Ensure all programmes of education and training have a quality, patient safety and person-centred focus.
- Maintain, own knowledge of relevant policies, procedures, regulatory standards, legislation, professional regulatory body programme requirements and standards, and quality assurance standards of awarding bodies, to perform the role effectively.
- Maintain confidentiality relating to learner records, with particular reference to personal details and assessment results, and ensure compliance with data protection legislation.
- Formally declare to the Head of Nurse Education and Practice Development, in a timely manner, any conflict of interest relating to the assessment and marking of individual learners so that alternative arrangements can be put in place.
- Foster an ethos of research and evidence–based practice across all programmes of education and training.
- Adopt a quality enhancement approach to the provision of education and training programmes, and related services.
- Take responsibility for own professional development, reflection on practice and continuous performance improvement
The above Job Specification is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to him/her from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.
Selection Criteria:
Selection criteria outline the qualifications, skills, knowledge and/or experience that the successful candidate would need to demonstrate for successful discharge of the responsibilities of the post.
Applications will be assessed on the basis of how well candidates satisfy these criteria.
Selection criteria outline the qualifications, skills, knowledge and/or experience that the successful candidate would need to demonstrate for successful discharge of the responsibilities of the post.
Applications will be assessed on the basis of how well candidates satisfy these criteria.
Mandatory Requirements:
1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
(a) Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:
- Are registered, or are eligible for registration, in the relevant Division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives, with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann) (as
appropriate to the setting). - Are registered, or are eligible for registration, as a Nurse Tutor with the Nursing and Midwifery Board Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
- Have a minimum of three years in the previous five years registration clinical experience as appropriate to the setting at the closing date for receipt of applications for the post.
(b) Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge, leadership and management ability for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
2. Annual registration
- On appointment, practitioners must maintain live annual registration in the relevant Nursing Division of the Register of Nurses and Midwives maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland [NMBI] (Bord Altranais agus Cnáimhseachais na hÉireann).
- Practitioners must confirm annual registration with NMBI to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).
3. Health
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of
undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a
reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of
undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a
reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.
4. Character
Candidates for and any person holding the office must be of good character.
Desirable Criteria:
- Experience in curriculum design and development
- Experience in setting, correcting and moderating written and other forms of assessment
- Experience in the design and development of eLearning
- Proven ability to teach, conduct research, and / or publish
Further Information for Candidates:
Supplementary information:
The Hospital
www.beaumont.ie
Management Unit:
www.beaumont.ie/hr
Other (Please specify):
Informal Enquiries ONLY to:
Name:
Susan Hawkshaw
Title:
Nursing Practice Development Coordinator
Email address:
susanhawkshaw@beaumont.ie
Telephone:
01 8092864
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