Job summary
For ULHT and LCHS Staff only (United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust)
An opportunity has arisen for a 12 months fixed term or secondment opportunity (Subject to managers approval) to test a new position supporting the roll out of the Professional Nurse Advocate Model within the Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals Group.
You will be a Registered Nurse and must have successfully completed the Professional Nurse Advocate course at Level 7. As a senior member of the the Clinical Education Team, you will have experience in clinical education delivery and supervision.
Working across the group, the role will provide the Nursing workforce within care groups and directorates of ULHT / LCHS a point of contact for Restorative Clinical Supervision and supporting the wellbeing of our Nurses. The role will develop, implement and monitor the implementation of Professional Nurses Advocates and support the delivery of frontline professional mentorship, through the implementation of the "A-EQUIP." (advocating for education and quality improvement) model.
Main duties of the job
To facilitate staff, team development, and ensure effective communication systems operate within the Directorates. To lead on the strategic implementation of the Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) programme for the Trust and support PNA workforce in the audit and monitoring of data and activity of PNA's. To embed restorative clinical supervision into clinical practice and ensure the delivery of quality supervision practices in line with the Trust Supervision policy. To lead on the strategic deployment of the model called "A-EQUIP" at ULHT which provides a continuous improvement process that builds upon personal and professional resilience, enhances quality of care for patients and supports preparedness for nurses in appraisal and professional revalidation. To develop, lead and deliver supervision training through the use of the A-EQUIP" model across the Trust with a specific focus on Registered Nurses and Student Nurses training in ULHT.
Please see JD for further information.
About us
Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job description
Job responsibilities
. Use their expert knowledge in nursing practice to support the implementation and monitoring of practice, ensuring that there are robust clinical governance assurance systems in place to monitor the delivery of supervision.
2. Provide support to Registered nurses in sharing of good practice learnt through the risk management processes with the aim of reducing the incidence of harm and litigation cases.
Chairing the community of practice and events for all PNAs across the trust.
3. Be involved in continuous monitoring and maintaining quality standards of clinical practice through a variety of ways for example clinical audit, working clinically with nurses for those who require additional support and development.
4. Act as a role model at all times and promote a high standard of safe and effective care which is based upon best evidence.
5. Meet with nurses in their designated area and/or caseload on either an appointment or ad hoc basis.
6. Use effective communication strategies and influencing skills to achieve desired outcomes and make appropriate referrals for advocacy, mediation or arbitration.
7. Communicate and collaborate effectively with clinical educators in the Trust, to provide high quality, patient centred, research-based education that ensures the delivery of high quality care for patients delivered by staff who have the required education and development to meet the patient needs in accordance with individual scope of professional practice, guidelines and code of conduct and standards as define by UK regulator.
8. Lead on the utilisation of agreed metrics to demonstrate on going added value of the role of Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) and monitoring outcomes for staff and patients e.g., reduction in complaints, improved satisfaction surveys, reduction in sickness absence for registered Nurses as well as improved retention.
9. Identify, collate, analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data to inform the development of reports regarding the process, impact and outcome of the PNA role and the A-EQUIP model. Taking a lead role to ensure monthly reporting to Assistant Director of Nursing on matters relating to PNA activity.
10. To lead the delivery of restorative clinical supervision to staff when requested and need is identified.
11. Demonstrate understanding of the role of the Professional Nurse Advocate within the context of national governance policies and procedures.
12. Ensure that they maintain their own knowledge and clinical skills by all appropriate means.
13. Mentor and Supervise Trainee PNAs to complete required competency.
14. Support and attend external meetings on PNA programme representing the Trust.
15. Lead the development of policies and procedures, working with relevant internal and external stakeholders for developing and modernising clinical practice.
16. To promote the PNA training amongst registered Nurses to achieve the ambition of 1 x qualified PNA to every 20 Registered Nurses by 2025, this will equate to supporting the training of 130 plus registered PNAs.
17. To triage expressions of interest for the PNA course trust wide.
18. Produce ongoing evaluation of the impact of the PNA programme, communicating outcomes trust wide.
Job description
Job responsibilities
. Use their expert knowledge in nursing practice to support the implementation and monitoring of practice, ensuring that there are robust clinical governance assurance systems in place to monitor the delivery of supervision.
2. Provide support to Registered nurses in sharing of good practice learnt through the risk management processes with the aim of reducing the incidence of harm and litigation cases.
Chairing the community of practice and events for all PNAs across the trust.
3. Be involved in continuous monitoring and maintaining quality standards of clinical practice through a variety of ways for example clinical audit, working clinically with nurses for those who require additional support and development.
4. Act as a role model at all times and promote a high standard of safe and effective care which is based upon best evidence.
5. Meet with nurses in their designated area and/or caseload on either an appointment or ad hoc basis.
6. Use effective communication strategies and influencing skills to achieve desired outcomes and make appropriate referrals for advocacy, mediation or arbitration.
7. Communicate and collaborate effectively with clinical educators in the Trust, to provide high quality, patient centred, research-based education that ensures the delivery of high quality care for patients delivered by staff who have the required education and development to meet the patient needs in accordance with individual scope of professional practice, guidelines and code of conduct and standards as define by UK regulator.
8. Lead on the utilisation of agreed metrics to demonstrate on going added value of the role of Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) and monitoring outcomes for staff and patients e.g., reduction in complaints, improved satisfaction surveys, reduction in sickness absence for registered Nurses as well as improved retention.
9. Identify, collate, analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative data to inform the development of reports regarding the process, impact and outcome of the PNA role and the A-EQUIP model. Taking a lead role to ensure monthly reporting to Assistant Director of Nursing on matters relating to PNA activity.
10. To lead the delivery of restorative clinical supervision to staff when requested and need is identified.
11. Demonstrate understanding of the role of the Professional Nurse Advocate within the context of national governance policies and procedures.
12. Ensure that they maintain their own knowledge and clinical skills by all appropriate means.
13. Mentor and Supervise Trainee PNAs to complete required competency.
14. Support and attend external meetings on PNA programme representing the Trust.
15. Lead the development of policies and procedures, working with relevant internal and external stakeholders for developing and modernising clinical practice.
16. To promote the PNA training amongst registered Nurses to achieve the ambition of 1 x qualified PNA to every 20 Registered Nurses by 2025, this will equate to supporting the training of 130 plus registered PNAs.
17. To triage expressions of interest for the PNA course trust wide.
18. Produce ongoing evaluation of the impact of the PNA programme, communicating outcomes trust wide.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Professional Nurse Advocate Level 7 course
- Mentorship / Assessor qualification
Desirable
- Counselling course
- Masters in HealthCare or Working towards
- Educational Qualification (e.g. Cert ed)
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad Knowledge & Experience of nursing practice
- Well developed leadership skills
- Evidence of working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders
- Professional credibility
- Experience in leadership role
Desirable
- Project management experience
Knoweldge & Skills
Essential
- Advanced clinical, theoretical and practical knowledge across a wide range of work procedures
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- In depth knowledge of the relevant professional standards and legislation
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills.
- Effective partnership and collaborative worker.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft programmes, word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Understanding the clinical governance agenda and the implications for a specific clinal area.
- Ability to evaluate various treatment techniques and to research new/ alternative treatment methods in line with the objectives of the organisation.
- Patient outcome focussed .
- Ability to develop people and processes in support of improved service delivery in an efficiency driven environment.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Ability to work as part of a virtual team, providing support and advice across a matrix.
- Ability to priorAbility to effectively contribute to and manage internal and external relationships. itise work.
- Proven track record of leadership expertise and experience within teams.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework:
Specific requirements
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Proven networking ability.
- Ability to build rapport and make good relationships quickly.
- Flexible and responsive
- Pragmatic, comfortable with working closely with new teams and people
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse
- Professional Nurse Advocate Level 7 course
- Mentorship / Assessor qualification
Desirable
- Counselling course
- Masters in HealthCare or Working towards
- Educational Qualification (e.g. Cert ed)
Previous Experience
Essential
- Broad Knowledge & Experience of nursing practice
- Well developed leadership skills
- Evidence of working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders
- Professional credibility
- Experience in leadership role
Desirable
- Project management experience
Knoweldge & Skills
Essential
- Advanced clinical, theoretical and practical knowledge across a wide range of work procedures
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- In depth knowledge of the relevant professional standards and legislation
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and influencing skills.
- Effective partnership and collaborative worker.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft programmes, word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Understanding the clinical governance agenda and the implications for a specific clinal area.
- Ability to evaluate various treatment techniques and to research new/ alternative treatment methods in line with the objectives of the organisation.
- Patient outcome focussed .
- Ability to develop people and processes in support of improved service delivery in an efficiency driven environment.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Ability to work as part of a virtual team, providing support and advice across a matrix.
- Ability to priorAbility to effectively contribute to and manage internal and external relationships. itise work.
- Proven track record of leadership expertise and experience within teams.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework:
Specific requirements
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Proven networking ability.
- Ability to build rapport and make good relationships quickly.
- Flexible and responsive
- Pragmatic, comfortable with working closely with new teams and people
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
