Position: Clinical Nurse Educator

JOB DESCRIPTION

CLINICAL NURSE EDUCATOR

Date: May 2015

Hours: 0.6 FTE

Responsible to: Lead Clinical Nurse Educator Education and Research Unit

Functional Relationships: Internal . Director of Palliative Care . CNS – Education Practice Coordinator . Senior Leadership Management Team (SLMT) . Interdisciplinary teams including Quality and Pharmacy . Arohanui Clinical Teams . Other Arohanui Hospice staff

External . All Community Partners (including Community agencies, Aged Residential Facilities and General Practice Teams)

Purpose

To assist the Education and Research Unit of Arohanui Hospice to provide relevant and supportive specialist palliative care education and training programmes for health professionals and others working in the field of palliative care. This includes supporting the Last Days of Life education and the facilitation and education associated with the district wide Palliative Care Quality Framework.

To assist and support the Lead Clinical Nurse Educator to develop and maintain strong local and national links to ensure future palliative care programme development is evidenced based.

Key Responsibilities

1. To assist the design, delivery and administration of external and hospice based palliative care education programmes which have been developed from a research led knowledge base, wherever practicable, to enhance confidence and quality improvement in palliative care practice.

2. To ensure quality improvements in the provision of end of life care within Arohanui Hospice and its care partners within the community by the continued sustainability of the Last Days of Life framework.

1 3. To promote the Arohanui Hospice Education and Research Unit and the value of its best practice education programmes.

4. To raise awareness, knowledge and skills to those who provide palliative care to all people with a palliative need, regardless of setting.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Assists the development, delivery and coordination of palliative care education to hospice and other healthcare providers.

 Provide input into programme development  Identify learning needs for health providers  Development of education resources to meet needs and changes in practice including education delivery methods  Maintains records of sessions provided and attendances  Ensures presentations demonstrate current evidence-based data to support practice  Provide and support attendees with evidence of level of practice for their PDRP  Evaluates the provision of palliative care nursing education to assess knowledge and understanding.

Promotes the philosophy and practice of palliative care and end of life care and acts as a resource for community partners and other providers.

 Promotes best practice in the provision of palliative care through education  Actively promote palliative care/end of life care guidelines with providers eg. Community, Aged Residential Care and Arohanui Hospice  Provide support and advice to medical and nursing staff by telephone consultation and site visits  Engages in the delivery of best practice palliative care education to both enable and support community agencies.

Maintains and develops professional competency and extends own knowledge.

 Develops and maintains registered nurse Palliative Care Competencies  Demonstrates ability to further improve knowledge and ability in relevant areas of practice  Maintains clinical practice as outlined by the Nursing Council of NZ  Guides others in their assessment, clinical decision making, implementation, evaluation and documentation of patient care  Acts as a role model  Attends nursing in-service educational programmes and relevant interdisciplinary professional meetings and keeps up to date with current literature and practice developments relevant to hospice palliative care and education.

Service development and quality improvement.

 Assists with the production of monthly reports detailing education activities for the month  Participates in quality improvement activities

2  Evaluates effectiveness of education strategies and actions improvements where necessary  Recognises and values the roles and skills of all members of the health care team in the delivery of education  Collects statistics to evaluate the effectiveness of the education role  Maintains records of communication with providers.

Liaison and communication

 Participates in regional and national palliative care education networks  Supportive and responsive relationships are developed and maintained with other providers.

Cultural Safety

 Demonstrates cultural competence and cultural safety

Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles

 Integrates principles of the Treaty of Waitangi into practice in all settings  Is aware of cultural protocols and practices when working with patients and or whānau who are Māori  Works in partnerships with patients and or whānau and acknowledges individual need.

Health and Safety

 Takes responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and others, in partnership with the organisation  Ensure all hazards are identified and reported.

Quality Improvement

 Works towards implementing a proactive continuous quality improvement culture which reflects current trends, certification and accreditation requirements and the Arohanui Hospice Quality Framework  Documents quality improvement activities  Ensures any opportunities for continuous improvement activities are reported as they arise.

Person Specifications Essential  Holds a current registered nurse practicing certificate

 Demonstrated understanding of the registered nurse scope of practice

 Understands the Philosophy of Palliative Care

3  Five years of relevant clinical experience from a generalist or specialist palliative care setting

 Current knowledge and skills relevant to palliative care nursing and commitment to ongoing education to maintain and extend this

 Must have a current PDRP to Level 3 or a commitment to the completion of this

 Awareness of current trends in Last Day of Life care for people with life limiting conditions

 Good working knowledge of MS Office and MS PowerPoint and relevant presentation equipment (e.g. laptop/data show setup and use)

 Well-developed verbal and written communication skills and is able to use these skills in order to teach others both in formal and informal situations

 Hold a clean class I and unrestricted drivers licence and have no impediments to travelling within the Arohanui Hospice region to deliver training and education

 Demonstrates ability to work independently as well as within an interdisciplinary team.

Desirable

 Completion of Post Graduate Diploma in Palliative Nursing (or similar) or nearing completion of a relevant palliative care education programme

 Qualifications in adult education or a commitment to working towards this

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