Practice Development Nurse (Childrens Community Nursing)

at  Central London Community Health Trust

Management To establish and maintain productive working relationships and communications with key stakeholders To contribute to relevant internal and external committees and forums, and represent the Academy team or designated service as required To provide progress reports aligned to measurable project deliverables to the Academy team, Locality Manager, divisional staff, and other key stakeholders Planning To work with the Academy team and Locality Manager to identify specific training needs and plan programmes to ensure staff are competent and have the right skills to undertake their roles To work with the Academy team, nursing teams, CBU Manager, Divisional Director of Nursing and Therapies as an ambassador for practice development To support community team leaders in planning, implementing and evaluating practice changes in line with evidence and best practic Implementation To work with nominated team members, Clinical Leads and CBU manager to identify, plan and implement initiatives within teams To link with internal leads including the transformation team, human resources and the Academy team in planning, implementing and evaluating actions and outcomes To implement a process of effective communication within teams, ensuring that staff are able to inform developments and contribute to chang Monitoring To develop metrics for monitoring the delivery of training and development objectives and ensure the information systems are accessible for robust and regular monitoring To take responsibility for the development and maintenance of the information systems that inform performance monitoring against the key milestones To monitor progress against key milestones and work with teams and individuals to resolve any challenges to achievement To assist staff in the evaluation and publication of outcomes both internally and externally Using designated metrics, determine areas where changes in practice require policy and protocol change or development and lead the changes with the relevant nursing teams Communication To develop a robust communication plan for nursing staff for any training and development initiatives To maintain liaison with other key external stakeholders including the Royal College of Nursing, the Queens Institute, Commissioners and primary care staff To link to and contribute to the work of the Academy To provide briefings on national and local workforce and development initiatives To promote the work of the Academy with internal and external stakeholders To participate in local and sector wide forums on behalf of the trust relating to key work streams so as to inform wider strategy and champion local implementation To participate in research and audit activities that provide robust theoretical and conceptual frameworks in collaboration with academic institutions Clinical Practice and Clinical Leadership To work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, and Trust Policies and Procedures To ensure that own clinical practice demonstrates current clinical knowledge To work clinically within nominated teams on a regular basis, supporting teams and individual nurses in developing their practice To enable staff to identify opportunities to develop clinical practice, and support them to make changes in clinical practice To enable access to resources and evidence to support the development of clinical practice within nursing To embed a sustainable approach to the provision of clinical supervision within the designated service To support wider clinical and Academy imperatives including the implementation of the care certificate To support clinical supervision within and across service Education and Training To participate in research and audit activities that provide robust theoretical and conceptual frameworks in collaboration with academic institutions To create, sustain and support an environment where practice development and change can flourish To identify practice supervisors and assessors and preceptors and support them in their role, ensuring that learning opportunities are effectively utilised To embed approaches to competency based practice within teams To link with wider stakeholders in relevant training and development of staff To plan training and educational input for relevant groups of staff in collaboration with the Academy team, professional leads and heads of clinical services To develop and co-ordinate planned educational programmes in line with the Academy objectives identifying opportunities for nursing and support staff To enable action learning for staff within nursing To participate in Clinical Fridays and other key quality activities Financial Management To contribute to achieving the overall financial goals of the organisation and the monitoring and effective use of resources To identify potential funding opportunities and lead the development of bids for funding To work with the Academy team to manage and monitor contracts with educational institutions and training provider Leadership To act as an effective professional role model to others To support the leadership development of team and deputy team leaders, aligned to the trusts leadership strategy To support the development of the CLCH Academy across the organisation and with external stakeholders To work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the Trust (Directors, Service Managers, Community and Modern Matrons, Nurse Consultants, Clinical and Non-Clinical frontline staff) to enable the implementation of clinical and service development Strategy To contribute to the corporate strategic and business agenda by promoting a culture of quality, learning, performance and development To work closely with the Academy team to ensure that the Academy priorities are aligned to the local service need Personal and People Development To act as a resource to staff, providing advice, guidance and resources relating to relevant projects and initiatives To work with Human Resources leads and other key stakeholders to develop strategies which enhance staff recruitment, career development, workforce objectives and staff satisfaction Physical Mental and Emotional Effort The post holder is required to frequently use Visual Display Equipment, computers and laptops Frequently travel to strategic meetings with partner organisations Exposed to frequent long periods of intense concentration analysing data and reports and prioritising with tight deadlines both locally and nationally Deal with conscientious issues including working with patients, families and service users, involving staff, objective setting, monitoring and development Work effectively alone under high pressure of workload, dealing with competing demands from internal and external sources Personal Professional Development To actively participate in maintaining own professional development, identifying own educational and clinical training needs with Line Manager To ensure own mandatory training certificates are current To maintain your own personal and professional development and attending mandatory study sessions as required To participate in reflective practice, and maintain a personal learning portfolio. To keep up to date with NMC, relevant specialist and Trust guidelines and protocols To maintain full conversance with current under and post graduate training curricula and liaise with Nursing Practice Development Team regarding any issues arising from thes

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