Practice Development Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

1: Lead and facilitate the analysis of data, prepare reports of findings of practice development projects, and make recommendations for clinical practice and service delivery.

2: Coordinate the collection and assessment of data related to educational needs utilising Training Needs Analysis (TNA), or other agreed tools to support the management team and staff in designing comprehensive and tailored educational programmes.

3: Actively develop and participate in Education, Training and Development Programmes, and will utilise principles of teaching and learning in the education of patients, carers and colleagues.

4: Participate in staff induction programmes and assist junior staff to identify and meet their learning objectives. This will include newly qualified nurses following preceptorship programmes.

5: Act as a role model by acting in a consistent, fair, timely and decisive manner in line with the organisation's values by demonstrating the use of emotional intelligence and ethical behaviour in managing staff and department expectations.

6: Promote excellence in practice across the organisation by raising the standards of care for patients and service users in line with local and national Quality Assurance agenda and policies.

7: Contribute to and support clinical competence within clinical practice to facilitate the acquisition and enhancement of clinical skills in line with the NMC Future nurse proficiencies, competency assessment frameworks, Jersey Care Model, and JNAAS.

8: Influence and negotiate with the multi-professional team to contribute to the development of their own practice, to improve service delivery for patients and service users, while demonstrating high standards of professional evidence-based practice.

9: Disseminate clinical knowledge and expertise in specialty throughout the organisation, actively develop and participate in Education, Training, and Development Programmes, utilise principles of teaching and learning in the education of patients, carers, and colleagues, participate in Staff Induction Programmes, and assist junior staff to identify and meet their learning objectives.

10: Promote an inclusive learning culture by assisting all staff and learners to develop skills and competences within speciality areas through support, supervision, education and professional development.

11: Promote a culture of evidence-based practice by contributing to developing and maintaining protocols, documentation, systems, key performance indicators, standard policies and guidelines, and ensuring they remain consistent with the requirements of clinical governance.

12: Support ward managers to mitigate risk and improve patient care through the dissemination and implementation of outcomes from incident reviews, including patient and service user complaints and feedback, in compliance with local and national policies.

13: Actively engage staff to reflect on practice to enable an honest and trusting environment where the culture of openness, reporting and safety consciousness is encouraged.

14: Support individuals and clinical teams to translate research into practice, develop specific audit activity in line with organisational and speciality specific objectives, and create reports and deliver findings in order to create a culture of learning and change. These will include establishing action plans and monitoring successful changes in practice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registration.
• Teaching/mentorship award or qualification.
• 1st Degree in health related field.
• Evidence of current post-graduate study toward an MSC in Clinical practice or equivalent.
• Proven teaching and assessing skills.

Desirable

• MSC in clinical practice or equivalent.
• Post-graduate certificate in education.

Experience

Essential

• 5 years post qualifying experience as a registered Nurse.
• Experience working across professional disciplines and levels within an organisation.
• Experience of policy development.
• Experience in collating, interpreting and analysing data, and producing clear, concise reports.

Desirable

• Experience working in Practice Development.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Community Services

Address

Government Of Jersey

Union Street

St. Helier

Jersey

JE2 3DN

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)