Job Introduction
We are looking for a Practice Development Nurse (PDN) to work within the in-patient wards across two Community Hospital sites in Bath and Paulton. This is a great opportunity for an established Practice Development Nurse looking for a change in location or an experienced Nurse with skills in training, development improvement looking to take the next step in their career.
As Practice Development Nurse you will be part of the senior nursing team, reporting to the Community Hospitals Matron. You’ll be joining innovative and forward-thinking colleagues who are compassionate and committed to the people in the local community who use our services and go above and beyond to ensure they receive the best quality care.
You will be based across both St Martins Hospital in Bath & Paulton Hospital working on two substantive wards and one winter system support ward. You will provide hands on practical clinical leadership working with colleagues to support a program of continuous improvement.
Hours are usually 7am – 7pm Monday to Friday with 1 in 4 weekends expected with options for flexibility and supporting staff across the 24/7 nursing week. Working as part of the clinical teams with some dedicated supervisory time to work alongside.
Main Responsibility
As PDN for community hospitals inpatients wards you will be working in collaboration with other nursing leads & in-patient colleagues across a range of disciplines. You will also have a close working relationship with the training and Learning Enterprise (TLE).
As part of this role you will be responsible for the following:
- Clinical skills support- Role modelling & delivering evidence based clinical skills. Key focus areas of safe moving & handling practices, recognition of deteriorating patients, use of medical devices (such as PEG/NG/syringe drivers etc). You will be clinically credible and a hands-on leader with a passion for nursing.
- Documentation- Ensuring the appropriate completion of documentation to reflect practice. Clear triangulation of assessments to person centred care plans. Consistent completion & escalation of NEWS2.
- Development of colleagues- Support the completion of clinical competency assessments with colleagues to evidence ability. Support with continuous professional development, revalidation & completion of live learning needs analysis for the wards with participation in the Professional Development Forum.
- Supporting the learning environment- Providing a positive learning environment for students & colleagues ensuring mandated and bespoke training provision with application into practice.
- Continuous improvement- Identifying poor practice & supporting improvement opportunities as part of a Just Culture based on reflection, learning & improvement through SBAR completion, thematic review
The Ideal Candidate
You will be an experienced Nurse registered with the NMC with demonstratable evidence of training & development in either an acute trust or in a community setting.
Ideally you will have had previous experience in practice development or clinical training.
You will be enthusiastic, clinically credible, hardworking and ready for an exciting challenge.
Package Description
As PDN you’ll be part of our valued team at our BaNES community hospitals.
You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £33,706 - £40,588 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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