Job description
Base: 1 x Hertfordshire, 1 x Brent
Are you a passionate, motivated and experienced community nurse? Is your goal to support career development of clinical staff from Health Care Assistant through to Advanced Practitioner by the development of your teaching, supervising and assessment skills?
As a Practice Development Nurse for our bedded services you will join the CLCH Academy Team where you will be supported with your development whether this is at undergraduate or post graduate level we want to invest in your development.
The Practice Development Nurse will work closely with the Academy team and the service ensuring that national and local workforce and development strategies are aligned, communicated and embedded into their designated service with the specific focus on staff development training and quality.
The Practice Development Nurse will work within their designated service working closely with the Academy team and the Locality Manager to plan, implement and evaluate the development of staff. They will work with designated teams to coordinate and embed learning and development ensuring that staff are competent and capable to undertake their roles.
The Practice Development Nurse will work with the Academy team and the Locality Manager to identify learning needs, plan and implement any training required and continuously evaluate staff competence ensuring that development is aligned to and informs local and national priorities.
The Practice Development Nurse will be expected to:
- Promote high standards of care through the demonstration of clinical expertise
- Facilitate the creation of a positive learning environment in the work place where staff development is encouraged and supported
- Facilitate the induction, education and continuing professional development for all levels of registered and non-registered nursing staff within the Nursing Teams
- Work alongside staff in individual teams undertaking a key role in practice development
- Translate Academy priorities such as changes in nursing standards, new clinical roles such as Apprenticeships into their designated service
- To work with the Academy team and Locality Manager to identify specific training needs and plan programmes to ensure staff are competent and have the right skills to undertake their roles
- To work with the Academy team, nursing teams, CBU Manager, Divisional Director of Nursing and Therapies as an ambassador for practice development
- To support community team leaders in planning, implementing and evaluating practice changes in line with evidence and best practice