Clinical Practice Development Nurse

Job summary
The Chelsea and Westminster Intensive Care Unit comprises of a combination of level 2 and level 3 intensive care beds. We care for a broad range of critically ill patients and burns specialism within primary nursing teams.

We offer a friendly and supportive working environment where education is seen as a priority. We would like you to join our team to provide excellent compassionate care to all our critically ill patients and their families.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced critical care nurse with a keen enthusiasm to develop others and be involved in the educational and development support of staff as a practice development Nurse Band 7

As a Band 7 PDN we would expect you:

• Provide excellent education to the MDT within critical care
• Coordinate and aid development of all staff within ICU
• Role model excellent critical care skills
• Ensure the provision of a developmental, educational and supportive environment
• Demonstrate the Trust values
• Be a clinical expert developing practice in line with national and international guidelines

We look forward to receiving your application

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staffmember, and be able to provide excellent education to the multi-disciplinary team within critical care. They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to the ICUteam, and coordinate and aid the development of all staff within critical care. They will ensure the provision of a developmental, educational and supportive environment. They will work with cross-site colleagues to develop and implement in-house training programmes in relation to critical care for all staff.

They will be a role model for expert clinical care, and lead on specific projects / management functions as delegated by the SPDN, Matron or Lead nurse.

They will role model the identified Trustvalues at all times. They will have a strategic role in the promotion of advanced nursing and teaching skills within the Trust.

In addition they will be activity involved in unit and trust activities and be aware of significant changes and developments in critical care. The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of development support of the staff in order to ensure a safe, effective quality service is delivered to patients and their families.

About us
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We are also one of the top trusts to work for- our staff say they're engaged, motivated and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We are committed to equal opportunities and believe that diversity drives innovation and excellence. As part of our dedication to equity, we actively welcome applications from individuals from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities. We value the unique perspectives and experiences that diverse teams bring and are committed to creating an environment where all voices are heard, respected, and empowered to succeed.

Clinical

• Act as an expert practitioner and role model, assisting colleagues to develop advanced knowledge and skills in order to benefit the treatment and care of critically ill patients.
• Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge and skills at the patients bedside
• Work clinically alongside staff requiring additional support to develop skills, expertise and knowledge to enable effective management of the critically ill patient.
• To develop all staff determining proficiency based on competency frameworks
• Set, monitor and maintain excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Maintain and role model personal contact with patients, relatives and carers, being sensitive to their need for courtesy, dignity and privacy, ensuring a safe and friendly environment at all times.
• Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring that confidentiality is respected.
• Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to promote excellence in the delivery of care.
• Monitor and audit the quality of care through a range of strategies including risk management incident reporting, complaints, research and clinical audit.
• Able to scrutinise, question, evaluate and react to a multitude of complex and problematic situations, including practical, emotional and organisational aspects of patient, relative and staff management.
• The post holder will undertake a minimum of 25% direct patient care within a clinical shift, role modelling to others within the unit and maintaining clinical skills.
• Deputising for Senior PDN as required.
• Supporting and facilitating the development of critical care guidelines and protocols
• Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for patients, their families and staff, according to national and local Infection Control guidelines, Health & Safety legislation and Trust policies and objectives
• Ensure that the team promote, ensure and adhere to the Trust safeguarding policies
• Monitor quality of standards of care, in line with CQC requirements and Trust and Divisional objectives
• Deliver and supervise a high quality patient experience
• Promote and maintain patient safety at all times, including proactively implementing falls and pressure ulcer prevention and safe medicine management
• Have an awareness of current professional and clinical developments within their area of practice and promote this to others

Leadership and management

• Continue to undertake shift coordinator on clinical shift where appropriate
• Ensure staff adhere to Trust protocols of care, e.g. Infection Control
• Take continuing responsibility for the Ward / Department in absence of manager
• Develop and maintain effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups, and staff generally within the Division and the Trust
• Lead and coordinate the delivery of induction / orientation of new staff and development of new staff
• Be responsible in the teaching and delivery of the Foundations of critical care programme
• Act as a role model, ensuring staff work to Trust guidelines and values
• Be responsible for managing and facilitating the supervision of qualified and unqualified staff and learners
• Provide clinical support and guidance to staff
• Act as a resource for clinical knowledge to staff
• Lead and participate in recruitment and selection, and develop effective selection and interviewing skills
• Support senior staff members with appraisals of staff, following training
• Chair team meetings as required
• Lead on specific projects, as indicated and agreed by manager
• Have a working knowledge of budget arrangements for area, focussing on cost effectiveness and quality, to ensure maximum use of resource
• Understand and manage local change with team members, including the embedding of new projects

Education & research

• Actively support and assist in preceptorship and in pre-registration student support, supervision and guidance including mentorship where appropriate
• Identify and respond to learning needs for area
• Develop and deliver or organise local training sessions, mindful of the Trust values
• Facilitate others in the development of informal teaching skills
• Participate in the annual training needs analysis for their area
• Participate in any local or related research projects, clinical trials etc.
• To be involved in implementing new ideas and innovations within the ICU.
• Respond to clinical incidents relating to performance/capability/education & skills
• Apply and encourage others to utilise evidence based practice and relevant research findings in practice
• Identify areas of nursing / midwifery research within their area that will be of benefit, and encourage and educate other staff to recognise the importance of research
• Participate in clinical supervision / acting as supervisor
• Support team leaders in monitoring and co-ordinating mandatory training requirements for critical care nursing team.

Professional development

• Maintain professional registration
• Ensure mandatory training and a satisfactory appraisal is in date
• Undertake a professional development plan and demonstrate achievement of objectives
• Ensure adherence to Trust policy and guidelines at all times
• Role model Trust values at all times

Communication and relationship building

• Know and utilize Trust values in all working relationships to patients, carers and staff.
• Demonstrate good leadership skills and ensure that communication is effective between the patient, relatives and members of the multidisciplinary team, and ensure appropriate nursing input into patient care discussions
• Ensure communication is used effectively in the interests of patient care, including the use of clinical incident reporting if necessary.
• Communicate handover of care in a professional manner
• Demonstrate politeness, courtesy and sensitivity in dealing with patients/clients, visitors/relatives and colleagues, maintaining good customer relations and recognizing individuality and rights for each patient in line with Trust values.
• Work cohesively with all members of the ward team in ensuring that the very best services to patients are provided at all times
• Work effectively within a multi-racial and cultural environment

Education Team Management

• Planning and allocation of new staff to teams and rostering in accordance to continuity, skill mix, student nurses, bank or agency staff and developmental needs of staff.
• Meet with SPDN and cross-site PDN on a monthly basis
• Ensuring and role-modelling effective handover of patient care between shifts (both coordinator and bedside staff)
• Provide and facilitate clinical support and learning opportunities for staff , ensure that staff are aware of teaching sessions/inter team projects and attend them
• Demonstrating and supporting the maintenance of a safe environment through the checking of emergency equipment, preparation of bed areas, adherence to trust policies, maintenance of equipment, reporting of clinical incidents and staff performance
• Supporting team leaders with managing a team through facilitation of effective team function, promotion of team development and ensure that the team meets identified standards of care of best practice. Including:
  • Facilitating team days take place and are rostered and link with MDT
  • Supporting senior staff members in ensuring all staff have a PDR and maintain their revalidation
  • Supporting an environment for mutual support within the team
  • Ensuring good communication exists within the wider ICU team
  • Supporting participation of team members in inter team projects
  • Participating in the monitoring and auditing the quality of care provided to patients
  • Providing support with care planning and documentation
  • Reviewing and learning from Patient feedback
  • Completion of Mandatory updates.

Other responsibilities

• Supporting other departments through expert advice and clinical support when required
• Networking with the northwest London critical care network and PAN London education network
• To develop ICU research based guidelines with support of colleagues.
• On completion of ALS training to act as a member of the Trust Resuscitation Team
• To act up in the absence of the senior practice development nurse

Person Specification
Essential

• Putting patients first
• Responsive to patients and staff
• Open and honest
• Unfailingly kind
• Determined to develop
• NMC Registered Adult Nurse
• A Degree in Nursing
• Must be a qualified Practice Assessor
• Evidence of leadership course
• Evidence of teaching/mentorship qualification
• Relevant post reg experience at minimum Band 6 level
• Wide variety of clinical experience
• Experience of excellence in leading all/part of a clinical team in practice
• Experience of teaching and supporting learners/new staff etc.
• Completed national competency framework for registered nurses - step 4 or equivalent
• Proven clinical knowledge linked to area of speciality, and excellence in care delivery
• Proven knowledge of safety issues through clinical governance and risk management
• Proven leadership and deputising skills in clinical area
• Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives, staff and external contacts, including in difficult situations, demonstrating respect and kindness
• Able to undertake moving and handling duties
• Commitment to teaching and learning for self and others
• Computer literacy skills
• Effective role model, demonstrating values of safety, respect, kindness, and excellence
• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Self-starter and able to work on own initiative
• Able to remain calm under pressure
• Able to act as a patient's advocate
• Approachable, respectable, supportive, adaptable, and assertive

Desirable

• Masters qualification
• Burns course
• BICU experience
• Experience in managing a team
• Commitment to quality initiatives and research
• Clinical decision making skills and ability to prioritise workload
• Knowledge of current challenges and issues in nursing

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
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).