Practice Development Nurse -District Nursing

Job summary

Do you have a passion for teaching, assessing and developing clinical staff?Do you want to help improve patient care and the service as a whole through helping cultivate a competent and experienced work force?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the District Nursing Service for a dynamic Practice Development Nurse to support our amazing nursing teams.

This post would suit a highly motivated and adaptable nurse who has excellent knowledge of clinical skills and proven teaching and assessing skills with a strong community nursing background.

You should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be an exceptional clinical role model. We anticipate that you will be highly visible, working alongside the community nurses in their day to day practice.

You will be supporting and promoting registered nurses and healthcare support workers through their clinical competency development and leadership.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, flexible and willing to travel across the Trust. The Trust covers a large, diverse population and the borough includes several parks, good schools and shopping areas.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clear and effective leadership for community nursing staff to promote the highest possible clinical standards.
• Work with clinicians to evaluate data collection and audit professional practice .
• Identify training needs and co-ordinate relevant training programmes to meet individuals and service delivery targets.
• Organise professional induction programmes, updating of clinical practice and provide teaching sessions where appropriate.
• To teach formally and informally, on areas of evidence-based practice and develop systems to monitor and support the supervision and appraisal of junior staff in all aspects of nursing care.
• Work closely with area managers and the nursing directorate to ensure service development is planned in accordance with local/national priorities and identified best practice.
• Review ways of working to ensure staff are able to work effectively in line with the clinical governance frameworks and the service modernisation agenda.
• Lead on or contribute to the development and review of community nursing policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards ensuring implementation of evidence-based policies/guidelines and protocols.
• Ensure quality systems and essence of care are in place to support the quality agenda and be responsible for collating evidence and information relating to the health care standards.

About us

NMUH North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London's busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond. Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients' wellbeing. We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/