Practice Development Sister

Job responsibilities

OVERALL PURPOSE:

To promote the continuous professional development, identification of training needs and training solutions for all student and staff groups within the In-Patient Unit working in partnership with educational lead colleagues across all clinical teams.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To develop and maintain a clinical competency framework for all clinical roles

Develop in partnership with clinical colleagues and education leads, a training strategy across the department to champion a learning culture.

To work alongside clinical staff to assess quality measures and technical skills, being visible on the ward throughout the week, leading by example in the promotion of high standards of clinical treatment and nursing care.

To oversee the induction and training of new starters

To support clinical placements, arranging induction programs, taking responsibility for the support and evaluation of students and other professional placements

To oversee compliance with mandatory training

To oversee Preceptorship program.

To ensure sufficient and competent Practice Assessors and Supervisors.

To Support the roll out of resilience-based supervision for all clinical staff.

To network with external educational institutions

To support clinical career and recruitment initiatives

To support the development of Apprenticeship roles e.g. Nursing Associates and Registered Nursing Degree Apprentices

To develop and facilitate technical competency days to ensure the staff have the correct skills base required for their roles

To ensure sufficient and competent mandatory skills-based learning facilitators.

To develop staff and student competencies in line with evidence-based practice

To support staff with revalidation.

To support the development and implementation of action plans to meet identified training needs during PDR process

To support staff who are underperforming in partnership with clinical managers and Sisters supporting the development of clear improvement objectives to improve performance and be responsible for providing clinical feedback on progress against set objectives.

To support the facilitation of Sage and Thyme training and Advanced Communication Skills.

To participate in teaching and training internally and to external agencies/partners

CLINICAL LEAD ROLE

To contribute to strategic clinical workforce development planning.

To represent the organisation at strategic education groups across the locality

To liaise with external providers to support applications and to enable funding opportunities.

To develop and lead the productive ward model to drive up efficiency and quality standards

To lead the symptom management portfolio and health care certificate education program

To Chair quarterly organisational training and education meetings

To support the Fylde Coast strategy for palliative care education

To support clinical governance processes and clinical incident investigations and reviews as needed.

To participate in reviews and support learning from clinical incidents.

To participate in the development and review of relevant learning and education policies

To audit against national benchmarks and undertake ad-hoc audits to demonstrate compliance with clinical and technical procedures

To work across the multidisciplinary team to support the development of education resources at a local level, facilitating teaching on the rolling program

To identify and participate in quality improvement projects

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

To maintain professional registration in line with NMC requirements for revalidation

To be responsible for own learning needs and professional development.

To act in accordance with Trinity Hospices value and behaviours

To be a role model to staff, students, and volunteers in the promotion of a positive organisational learning culture

Be responsible for the collection of data relating to training episodes and own workload

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse current NMC pin
• Relevant degree /diploma
• Evidence of implementation of a range of practice development initiatives
• Experience of providing mentorship and practice supervision/ assessment with students in clinical practice

Desirable

• PGCE or other Teaching / educational qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience at Senior Staff Nurse level
• Education, training, and assessment of student nurses
• Computer literacy
• Experience in providing constructive suggestions and support for service improvement
• Experience in chairing meetings
• Experience in organising clinical training in an effective and organised way

Desirable

• Management training
• Coaching and mentorship training.
• Experience in developing new role- i.e., Nurse Associate
• Ward management

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Proven leadership skills
• Proven teaching and facilitation skills
• Ability to work as part of multi professional team and on own initiative
• Good communication skills verbal and written
• Working knowledge of Care Quality Commission Regulations, Mental Capacity Act, Health and Safety, Safeguarding and all other relevant legislation and policies
• Demonstrable knowledge of issues within nursing and the quality agenda
• IT skills.
• Demonstrate ability to compile reports from information and deliver presentations
• Ability to communicate within the multidisciplinary team and effectively with patients
• Maintain quality care by monitoring the competency of self and nursing team members

Knowledge and Understanding

Essential

• Clinical Skills for Specialist Palliative Care
• Standard setting
• Risk Management and Health and Safety at work issues
• Infection Control
• Equality and Diversity
• Evidence based practice
• Awareness of current issues in the palliative care arena

Desirable

• Clinical governance and Clinical audit
• Knowledge of budgetary issues

Other

Essential

• A willingness to introduce change for the benefit of patient care
• An understanding of the importance of our collaborative work with our local system partners.
• Valuing equality of access to our services and understanding the care needs of diverse groups of patients.
• The ability to lead, inspire, and influence others
• Ability to engage with teams to encourage them to challenge ways of working and implement improvements
• Self-awareness of need to ensure personal wellbeing and professional resilience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).