Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Practice Development Sister to work with our community nursing teams. This is a permanent part time post (22.5 hours) to be worked 3 days per week between Monday - Friday 08:30 - 16:30.
Substantial NHS experience at Band 5 is essential for this post, as is community experience. As the role involves visiting patient homes & clinics across the Trust every day, postholdersmust state in their application if they have access to a car with suitable business insurance. If you do not mention this in your application, you willnot be considered for the post.
An Enhanced DBS with Adults and Children's Barred List check will be obtained during pre-employment checks.
This vacancy may close early.
Please note: This post is part-time and may not meet the minimum salary threshold required for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. Therefore, applicants who require sponsorship may not be eligible. Applicants who may require sponsorship are advised to check the current visa requirements on the GOV.UK websitebefore applying. Eligibility will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Main duties of the job
- Responsible to the Practice Development Lead and will have responsibility for professional development within the community nursing teams.
- The post holder will be required to provide formal classroom and one to one educational support for the community nursing teams, primarily those new to the service.
- The primary function of the role is to provide mentorship, clinical leadership and education for the community nursing teams to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, co-ordinated and responsive high quality care to patients.
- Maintain clinical credibility by providing patient care in a teaching/supportive role.
- Act as an advocate and champion for for patient care in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviours.
- Act as a role model to team members so that patients receive the most effective care possible.
- Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the borough population, particularly in relation to community nursing.
- Maintain own clinical and professional knowledge by identifying training needs through PDR.
About us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- To work alongside Team Specialist Managers and Team Leaders to provide clinical leadership, education and professional development to the community nursing team.
- To be responsible for the educational and professional mentorship required, maintaining and improving standards, within the community nursing teams.
- To ensure that the nursing teams are professionally developed and supported to provide a high quality nursing service to its patients by caseload and clinical supervision.
- Maintain own clinical skills and knowledge, by working with Practice Development Lead and community nursing teams as appropriate and alongside other colleagues from health and social care.
- To ensure that Trust policies, procedures, standards, codes of practice and protocols are adhered to, by self and any others you are developing/mentoring.
- Develop training packages for staff, as identified at PDR and skills analysis, and for Specialist Practitioner Students and pre-registration student nurses.
- In conjunction with Team Specialist Managers, Team Leaders and others, e.g. Social Services, assess, monitor and support the maintenance of clinical competencies of staff within community teams.
- Acknowledge the public health role and encourage others to actively seek out opportunities for improvement and protection of the health and wellbeing of the wider community.
- With the Team Specialist Managers, Team Leaders and Mentors ensure appropriate allocation and learning experience for all students by utilising knowledge of theories of adult learning.
- Provide ongoing support for students, utilising skills, knowledge and experience of all team members, thus enabling team participation in the planning and delivery of education and training of pre and post registration students.
- Attend regular mentorship updates to inform education and training planning; linking identified training needs to local needs.
Key results from the job holder
- To maintain clinical credibility by providing patient care in a teaching/supportive role.
- Provide training and education to those staff developing into a caseload management role.
- Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of patient users, thus promoting continuity of high quality health and social care.
- Acts as an advocate and champion for patient care in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour.
- Act as a role model to team members so that patients receive the most effective care possible.
- Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the borough population, particularly in relation to community nursing.
- Represent community nursing/deputise for Practice Development Lead/District Nurse Divisional Matron/Team Specialist Managers at meetings/working groups.
- To be aware of the Care Quality Commission standards and actively promote these to the community nursing teams.
- Maintain clinical and professional knowledge by identifying training needs through PDR with Practice Development Lead.
- Attend training and updates in accordance with NMC recommendations, individual and organisational requirements.
- Develop the students/community nursing teams understanding of Clinical Governance and the context of Clinical Governance in the wider organisation.
- Contribute to the development of education and training within the organisation.
- Be involved in the development and also participate in the clinical induction and preceptorship programmes for newly appointed staff and students.
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Participate in individual and group supervision and take responsibility for developing own learning.
- To work with the Practice Development Lead to improve quality within the clinical governance framework.
- To work with the Practice Development Lead to develop and implement clinical practice guidelines.
- Ensure team members receive appropriate clinical training and supported experience, identified via PDR and KSF.
- Support or undertake any Route Cause Analysis/Investigations as delegated by the District Nurse Divisional Matron/Quality Matron.
- Work with the community nursing Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders to monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient care delivered by the team is evidenced based and supported by best practice, through the use of clinical audit, caseload, and clinical supervision.
- Participate in clinical audits as required and, in conjunction with Practice Development Lead, Team Specialist Managers and Team Leaders, formulate recommendations and action plans.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Create an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
- Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
- Provide mentorship and assessment for identified individuals as required, ensuring learning outcomes and individual competencies are met.
- Provide support to other mentors, working co-operatively to best support students.
- Advise on educational opportunities that will encourage the development and support of specialist knowledge and skills across practice and educational settings.
- Participate in clinical audit to identify areas for development that will inform training and educational plans.
- Demonstrate an awareness of national and local initiatives to improve health and service delivery and involve students in associated team/service developments and other local responses.
- Advise methods of addressing skills deficit within the Team, as identified by the Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders.
- To support service delivery, improvement and development in conjunction with Practice Development Lead.
- To work in collaboration with the Practice Development Lead, Team Specialist Managers, Team Leaders and Specialist Nurses, to support practice development and service modernisation.
- Contribute to the development of the role and service redesign in integrated services
Responsibility for Finance
Have an awareness of budgets and financial restrictions within health service settings. Ensure staff you are working with use supplies efficiently.
As a non medical prescriber ensure prescribing practice is efficient and supports the needs of the patient.
Responsibility for Human Resources
Play a large part in the preceptorship/clinical induction of staff new to the service.
Work with Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders/Human Resources when members of the team require extra support e.g performance management, capability issues.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Create an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
- Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
- Provide mentorship and assessment for identified individuals as required, ensuring learning outcomes and individual competencies are met.
- Provide support to other mentors, working co-operatively to best support students.
- Advise on educational opportunities that will encourage the development and support of specialist knowledge and skills across practice and educational settings.
- Participate in clinical audit to identify areas for development that will inform training and educational plans.
- Demonstrate an awareness of national and local initiatives to improve health and service delivery and involve students in associated team/service developments and other local responses.
- Advise methods of addressing skills deficit within the Team, as identified by the Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders.
- To support service delivery, improvement and development in conjunction with Practice Development Lead.
Work Circumstances & on-call
Mobile to visit patients throughout the Wigan Borough
Hours to be worked generally 08:30 17.00 Monday Friday, dependant on number of hours employed for.
No on call, weekends or bank holiday working required.
May have to support the out of hours nursing service with training and preceptorship of members of the team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- To work alongside Team Specialist Managers and Team Leaders to provide clinical leadership, education and professional development to the community nursing team.
- To be responsible for the educational and professional mentorship required, maintaining and improving standards, within the community nursing teams.
- To ensure that the nursing teams are professionally developed and supported to provide a high quality nursing service to its patients by caseload and clinical supervision.
- Maintain own clinical skills and knowledge, by working with Practice Development Lead and community nursing teams as appropriate and alongside other colleagues from health and social care.
- To ensure that Trust policies, procedures, standards, codes of practice and protocols are adhered to, by self and any others you are developing/mentoring.
- Develop training packages for staff, as identified at PDR and skills analysis, and for Specialist Practitioner Students and pre-registration student nurses.
- In conjunction with Team Specialist Managers, Team Leaders and others, e.g. Social Services, assess, monitor and support the maintenance of clinical competencies of staff within community teams.
- Acknowledge the public health role and encourage others to actively seek out opportunities for improvement and protection of the health and wellbeing of the wider community.
- With the Team Specialist Managers, Team Leaders and Mentors ensure appropriate allocation and learning experience for all students by utilising knowledge of theories of adult learning.
- Provide ongoing support for students, utilising skills, knowledge and experience of all team members, thus enabling team participation in the planning and delivery of education and training of pre and post registration students.
- Attend regular mentorship updates to inform education and training planning; linking identified training needs to local needs.
Key results from the job holder
- To maintain clinical credibility by providing patient care in a teaching/supportive role.
- Provide training and education to those staff developing into a caseload management role.
- Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of patient users, thus promoting continuity of high quality health and social care.
- Acts as an advocate and champion for patient care in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour.
- Act as a role model to team members so that patients receive the most effective care possible.
- Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the borough population, particularly in relation to community nursing.
- Represent community nursing/deputise for Practice Development Lead/District Nurse Divisional Matron/Team Specialist Managers at meetings/working groups.
- To be aware of the Care Quality Commission standards and actively promote these to the community nursing teams.
- Maintain clinical and professional knowledge by identifying training needs through PDR with Practice Development Lead.
- Attend training and updates in accordance with NMC recommendations, individual and organisational requirements.
- Develop the students/community nursing teams understanding of Clinical Governance and the context of Clinical Governance in the wider organisation.
- Contribute to the development of education and training within the organisation.
- Be involved in the development and also participate in the clinical induction and preceptorship programmes for newly appointed staff and students.
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Participate in individual and group supervision and take responsibility for developing own learning.
- To work with the Practice Development Lead to improve quality within the clinical governance framework.
- To work with the Practice Development Lead to develop and implement clinical practice guidelines.
- Ensure team members receive appropriate clinical training and supported experience, identified via PDR and KSF.
- Support or undertake any Route Cause Analysis/Investigations as delegated by the District Nurse Divisional Matron/Quality Matron.
- Work with the community nursing Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders to monitor and ensure that the quality of the patient care delivered by the team is evidenced based and supported by best practice, through the use of clinical audit, caseload, and clinical supervision.
- Participate in clinical audits as required and, in conjunction with Practice Development Lead, Team Specialist Managers and Team Leaders, formulate recommendations and action plans.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- Create an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
- Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
- Provide mentorship and assessment for identified individuals as required, ensuring learning outcomes and individual competencies are met.
- Provide support to other mentors, working co-operatively to best support students.
- Advise on educational opportunities that will encourage the development and support of specialist knowledge and skills across practice and educational settings.
- Participate in clinical audit to identify areas for development that will inform training and educational plans.
- Demonstrate an awareness of national and local initiatives to improve health and service delivery and involve students in associated team/service developments and other local responses.
- Advise methods of addressing skills deficit within the Team, as identified by the Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders.
- To support service delivery, improvement and development in conjunction with Practice Development Lead.
- To work in collaboration with the Practice Development Lead, Team Specialist Managers, Team Leaders and Specialist Nurses, to support practice development and service modernisation.
- Contribute to the development of the role and service redesign in integrated services
Responsibility for Finance
Have an awareness of budgets and financial restrictions within health service settings. Ensure staff you are working with use supplies efficiently.
As a non medical prescriber ensure prescribing practice is efficient and supports the needs of the patient.
Responsibility for Human Resources
Play a large part in the preceptorship/clinical induction of staff new to the service.
Work with Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders/Human Resources when members of the team require extra support e.g performance management, capability issues.
Responsibility for Health & Safety
Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching
- Create an environment in which learning and practice development is fostered, evaluated and disseminated.
- Facilitate effective learning within the area of practice for all students and practitioners.
- Provide mentorship and assessment for identified individuals as required, ensuring learning outcomes and individual competencies are met.
- Provide support to other mentors, working co-operatively to best support students.
- Advise on educational opportunities that will encourage the development and support of specialist knowledge and skills across practice and educational settings.
- Participate in clinical audit to identify areas for development that will inform training and educational plans.
- Demonstrate an awareness of national and local initiatives to improve health and service delivery and involve students in associated team/service developments and other local responses.
- Advise methods of addressing skills deficit within the Team, as identified by the Team Specialist Managers/Team Leaders.
- To support service delivery, improvement and development in conjunction with Practice Development Lead.
Work Circumstances & on-call
Mobile to visit patients throughout the Wigan Borough
Hours to be worked generally 08:30 17.00 Monday Friday, dependant on number of hours employed for.
No on call, weekends or bank holiday working required.
May have to support the out of hours nursing service with training and preceptorship of members of the team
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant NHS experience at Band 5
- Demonstrable care management and clinical leadership experience
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of mentorship
- Experience in developing skills of others
Skills
Essential
- Skills and competencies relevant to the District Nurse Service
- Evidence of influencing and motivating others to achieve change in relation to care
- Able to communicate complex information on healthcare
- Able to encourage learning
- Able to work under pressure
- Confidence to address difficult issues
Desirable
- Investigation/Assessment skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge relevant to the District Nurse Service
- Evidence of CPD
- Understands principles of clinical supervision
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- V150/100 (Nurse prescriber)
- City & Guilds 7307 (Teaching Adult Learners)
Additional
Essential
- Able to speak English to relevant level
- Able to travel across Trust independently
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant NHS experience at Band 5
- Demonstrable care management and clinical leadership experience
- Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience of mentorship
- Experience in developing skills of others
Skills
Essential
- Skills and competencies relevant to the District Nurse Service
- Evidence of influencing and motivating others to achieve change in relation to care
- Able to communicate complex information on healthcare
- Able to encourage learning
- Able to work under pressure
- Confidence to address difficult issues
Desirable
- Investigation/Assessment skills
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge relevant to the District Nurse Service
- Evidence of CPD
- Understands principles of clinical supervision
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- V150/100 (Nurse prescriber)
- City & Guilds 7307 (Teaching Adult Learners)
Additional
Essential
- Able to speak English to relevant level
- Able to travel across Trust independently
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ashton Health Centre
Council Avenue
Ashton In Makerfield
WN4 9AX
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
