Lead Nurse Professional Development

Job summary

This role is essential to the success of the Professional Development and Education Team within OTDT. Workstream leadership, managing change, influencing and motivating the team are key attributes to the success of this role. Effective diary management and prioritisation of competing demands are essential elements to the success of this leadership role. There will be the requirement to align with operational teams and focus on key performance metrics. The role involves project management, service development, strategy writing, objective setting and education evaluation and continuous improvement.

The post holder will be expected to be accessible to the professional development team working collaboratively with operational teams with an ability to undertake necessary conversations to improve and manage performance. Maintaining and promoting good working relationships and stakeholder engagement is essential to achieving OTDT goals and objectives.

An awareness of budget management, constraints and spending controls, the post holder will be engaged with recruitment and development of team members, utilising coaching, debriefing and feedback skills.

Main duties of the job

As a key member of the Senior Nursing Team in OTDT, the post holder will:

• Collaborate with the Head of Education and Professional Development to implement a training strategy for Organ and Tissue Donation Team Specialist Nurses (SNs) that enhances potential and supports a safe workforce.
• Develop and deliver education and professional programs for SNs and support staff aligned with NHSBT, OTDT Corporate Strategy, and nursing initiatives.
• Ensure SN education adapts to service changes with cost-effective systems that align with organizational goals.
• Lead projects with the Head of Education to improve clinical and corporate services.Establish revised policies and standards to enhance evidence-based practices.
• Network externally to identify best practices and training aligned with the directorate's strategy.
• Engage in research and evaluation in donation and transplantation, including audits.
• Facilitate change management with Regional Heads of Nursing and Lead Nurses.
• Participate in an on-call rota (~1 in 12) for coaching, mentoring, and supervision of SNs, ensuring attention to all Organ Donation priorities.

Willingness and ability to undertake travel and spend time away from base to meet the requirements of the post (with appropriate prior notice).

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.

Our three core values are what set us apart.

They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.