Clinical Development Nurse - Abingdon Community Hospital - Abbey Ward

NHS; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Abingdon is looking for a Clinical Development Nurse to join their supportive team. This role involves leading nursing staff in professional development and ensuring high-quality patient care. Candidates should have NMC RGN registration, experience in clinical supervision, and strong interpersonal skills. This is a fixed-term contract for 12 months, offering an opportunity to enhance your nursing career within a collaborative environment.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Excellent opportunities for career progression

Access to tailored learning and development

Qualifications

• Current NMC RGN Registration is essential.
• Experience of Clinical Supervision is required.
• Evidence of ongoing education and developing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing staff in professional development.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Leadership skills

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Current NMC RGN Registration

Evidence of ongoing development and education

Job description

Clinical Development Nurse - Abingdon Community Hospital - Abbey Ward

Would you like to progress to the next level of your nursing career?

Abingdon Community Hospital is looking to recruit a Clinical Development Nurse to join their wonderfully supportive and friendly team.

You will be passionate about supporting and leading on our nursing team's professional and clinical development to enable them to develop and advance within their roles whilst being a proactive role model to influence and support, therefore excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential.

If you want to be part of a great team, then we would love to hear from you!

Please note this is a fixed term contract for a period of 12 months.

Main duties of the job

• As an experienced Nurse, you will be part of the Senior Ward Team, assisting the Ward Manger and working collaboratively with the Deputy Ward Managers to ensure a high-quality patient focused service is provided.
• Our inpatient ward provides rehabilitation care along with more advanced sub-acute nursing skills and complex discharge planning.
• We believe in developing our staff and have training opportunities available to help you nourish and grow in this role. Our team values everyone's contributions and we are always looking at new initiatives to help our patient's recovery.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job responsibilities

Leading the registered and unregistered nursing staff in support of their professional development and in the promotion of best practice. Ensuring that a responsive high-quality patient focused service is delivered.

Working effectively and in partnership with key members of the Multidisciplinary Team in the hospital and locality to promote and facilitate effective patient care and discharge.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC RGN Registration
• Experience of Clinical Supervision
• Evidence of ongoing development and education

Experience

• Working with multi-disciplinary teams and other professionals
• Range of clinical experience and working with older people
• Ability to work under pressure and problem solving skills
• Evidence of leadership, supervisory and management skills
• Community experience

Personal Qualities

• Creativity, approachable, friendly
• Flexible approach to work
• Able to cope with the physical demands of the post
• Ability to seek and accept support
• Car Driver and ability to travel to other sites if required
• Managing a team

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.