Job summary
It is a fantastic time to join the West Herts team!!! We continue to improve patients experience and staffs' health and wellbeing. Our hospital development project is ongoing and, we recently launched Electronic Patient Record (EPR) project. There is so much to why you should join us.
The Shared Professional Decision Making (SPDM) and the Magnet4Euroupe (M4E) Facilitator post holder is responsible for the coordination, facilitation, support, and review of SPDM and M4E across West Hertfordshire Hospitals. The successful applicant will present on the topic internally and be a proactive role model providing support to current SPDM Councils and the future ones.
The post holder will provide educational and developmental support in achieving the councils' projects. You will maintain a project database that supports the Quality Improvement programme in the Trust. Also, be skilled in supporting both clinical and non-clinical teams and leaders to create opportunities to enable teams to implement the SPDM approach M4E principles.
At West Hertfordshire Hospitals, an engaged workforce is at the heart of all that we do. Staff members are supported to recognise and embrace that they are all leaders. The SPDM Councils are good platforms for the exchange of ideas and solutions. Members of the Councils will include Nurses (registered and non-registered), Midwives, Doctors, ODPs, Healthcare Assistants, Ward Clerks, Housekeepers, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will empower frontline staff members to have a voice in the decision-making process within their practice areas. Come on the journey with us and work with our Chief Nurse, Deputy Chief Nurse and Associate Chief Nurse. We welcome secondment opportunities.
If you feel you have the experience, skills, and values to empower our workforce, you should apply.
With support from the Associate Chief Nurse for Shared Professional Decision Making and the M4E lead to define organisational requirements for SPDM and M4E at WHHT
Accountable for the planning, co-ordination, facilitation, and monitoring of Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E requirements and arrangements
Deliver the Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E programme in conjunction with the Shared Professional Decision-Making Leadership Councils and Trust wide based
About us
There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust! Major redevelopment works are due for completion by 2025 or soon after. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.
There are also plans for a digital transformation, new models of care and a multi-storey car park. As well as this, the trust - which won the UK Best Employer Award (Nursing Times 2019) - is applying for teaching hospital status in recognition of its wide and well-renowned role in educating doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
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We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this post is to:
- Responsible for the co-ordination, facilitation, support, and review of Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E across West Hertfordshire Hospitals. Actively promotes the ethos of Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E across West Hertfordshire Hospitals, presents on the topic internally and national events
- A proactive role model who leads in the clinical environment on the provision of support, education, and development to enable teams to implement the Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E approach. Maintains a database of evidence that will support the organisations Quality Improvement programme
- Supports both clinical and non-clinical teams and leaders to create the conditions where Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E approaches can flourish
- Maintain and continue to develop West Hertfordshire Hospitals Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E resources and IT platforms to showcase the councils projects and achievements
Key relationships - Chief Nurse, Deputy Chief Nurse, Deputy Director of Governance, Associate Chief Nurse, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Ward Leaders, Chairs of Councils, and the Allied Care professionals
Job description
Job responsibilities
The purpose of this post is to:
- Responsible for the co-ordination, facilitation, support, and review of Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E across West Hertfordshire Hospitals. Actively promotes the ethos of Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E across West Hertfordshire Hospitals, presents on the topic internally and national events
- A proactive role model who leads in the clinical environment on the provision of support, education, and development to enable teams to implement the Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E approach. Maintains a database of evidence that will support the organisations Quality Improvement programme
- Supports both clinical and non-clinical teams and leaders to create the conditions where Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E approaches can flourish
- Maintain and continue to develop West Hertfordshire Hospitals Shared Professional Decision Making and M4E resources and IT platforms to showcase the councils projects and achievements
Key relationships - Chief Nurse, Deputy Chief Nurse, Deputy Director of Governance, Associate Chief Nurse, Heads of Nursing, Matrons, Ward Leaders, Chairs of Councils, and the Allied Care professionals
Person Specification
Your application will be scored against the JD/ Person Specification
Essential
- 0 - does not meet the person specification 1 - reserved meets some person specification requirements 2 - Meets all person specification requirements
Person Specification
Your application will be scored against the JD/ Person Specification
Essential
- 0 - does not meet the person specification 1 - reserved meets some person specification requirements 2 - Meets all person specification requirements
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).
