Nurse Manager - Education & Development

Job Description

• Manage and direct the team within Medical Professional Training Centre (MPTC) including a team of Specialist Clinical Educators, Specialist Life Support Instructors, Assistant Manager, and an Education Assistant, within a purpose-built clinical simulation centre and across the wider NMC network.
• Lead and implement the NMC Nursing Midwifery Education Strategy, aligning to the NMC Clinical Strategy.
• Lead the NMC Nursing & Midwifery Clinical Excellence Program, reporting to the AVP Nursing Transformation.
• Support the team develop and implement educational programs as required across the NMC network.
• Develop, implement, and embed nurse education KPIs for MPTC and the wider NMC network.
• Lead the NMC Nurse Midwifery Competency Framework and matrix with oversight of the Competency Platform.
• Lead regular, consistent, and systematic review of educational programs, linking to learning needs and patient quality outcomes.
• Adapt the educational framework and work with facilities in response to sentinel and serious adverse incidents.
• Support and conduct multiple clinical specialist site visits across the NMC network and escalate observations to DONs and GMs for action.
• Support and uphold American Heart Association (AHA) International Training Centre certification of MPTC.
• Manage oversight, quality adherence to regulatory and accreditation standards with internal audit and quality assurance of educational programs within MPTC and across the NMC Network.
• Devise operational and capital budgetary requirements. Ensuring budgetary compliance and essential adjustments are made in a timely manner.
• Build internal and external stakeholder engagement, within a positive working environment.
• Support and lead the team with Student Nurses, Transition to Practice Nurses and Gap in Practice Nurses.
• Direct professional development of the team and maintain individual educator requirements and professional development.
• Direct the growth and development of MPTC inclusive of the simulation centre and simulation accreditations.
• Role model the positive practice environment by conducting team appraisals and advocating supportive leadership strategies.  
• Direct oversight of the team’s operational requirement (training calendar, annual training reports, training requirements and logistics, materials, consumables, and resources)
• Collaborate and support the DONs with clinical education requests, nursing students, transition to practice nurses/midwives, gap in practice nurses/midwives and nursing/midwifery interns.
• Adhere to the American Nurses Credentialing Centre (ANCC) accreditation of MPTC, as guided by the Accredited Provider Program Director (AP-PD).
• Lead, support, mentor and grow the NMC Nurse Educator Network.
• Develop and maintain regular activity reports and lead the NMC Nursing Midwifery Educator Database / Dashboard.
• Lead collaborative efforts with multi-disciplinary team members of service lines and specialized committees across the NMC network.