Band 8a Practice Development Lead - Bath

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization is seeking a Practice Development Lead to drive clinical careers and practice development. This role involves collaborating with various teams to design and evaluate processes supporting both unregistered and registered staff. Key responsibilities include reporting on career development activities and enhancing new roles within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with teams to support practice development for staff.
• Be responsible for reporting on career development activities.
• Contribute to workforce development and growth.
• Support initiatives to embed new roles within the Trust.

Job description

Job overview

The Practice Development Lead will be influential and dynamic in working on local and national agendas as part of the Nursing Careers and Professional Standards (NCPS) team within the Nursing and Quality Directorate (NQD). They will actively lead, co-ordinate and facilitate Clinical Careers and Practice Development processes for the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Work collaboratively with teams across the organisation to design, deliver, facilitate, and evaluate effective processes that support practice development for both unregistered and registered staff.
• Be responsible for reporting on progress of career development activities across the Trust.
• Actively contribute to workforce development and growth.
• Support initiatives that enhance and embed new roles within the Trust.