Practice Development Nurse

Job summary

Are you an exceptional nurse looking for a new and exciting opportunity? Would you like the opportunity to improve clinical practice and inspire your colleagues? If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are seeking to appoint a motivated, enthusiastic, and inspirational Practice Development Nurse (PDN) to work across our three Adult Forensic Mental Health Units.

As the PDN you will be responsible for positively influencing and improving the quality of the nursing practice and learning environment. You will be providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for all within the practice setting of our Services. You will act as a positive and professional role model in promoting clinical excellence and offer expert professional development advice.

The post holder will be expected to positively promote and develop educational standards within the Service, working to improve nursing practices with bands 2 -- 6. This will include newly qualified staff going through Preceptorship, and a number of skilled mentors and preceptors across all our Mental Health Services. You will be expected to be involved in the delivery of clinical education and support assessment of learners in practice as well as supporting the assessment of clinical competence of staff.

So, if you are person and patient-centred, passionate, and dedicated individual who can demonstrate you have the right skills, knowledge, and ability to undertake this role, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will positively influence and improve the quality of the nursing practice and learning environment by providing support, supervision, educational and professional development opportunities for all within the practice setting for our Adult Secure Services. They will act as a positive professional role model in promoting clinical excellence and offer expert professional development advice, maintaining high levels of clinical excellence and attitude are consistent and promoted at all times.

To promote and develop educational standards from bands 2-6, students, Preceptorship, and improve the quality and number of skilled practice assessors and practice supervisors, practice educators and preceptors within Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will also be working closely with the Inpatient and Community Leadership Teams and identify opportunities for development in practice and have an excellent knowledge of professional requirements and political drivers that have an influence on education.

The post holder will be expected to have excellent experience of the practice area and be able to put together educational programmes to meet identified need at short notice and evaluate the success of these.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ravenswood House

Mayles Lane, Knowle

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 5NA

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ravenswood House

Mayles Lane, Knowle

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 5NA

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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