Lead Nurse (Women's Review Project Manager for Health and Justice)

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Camden Town is looking for a Lead Nurse to oversee the Women’s Review Project. You will provide leadership, develop a women-centred clinical model and ensure the delivery of high-quality care. The ideal candidate will have relevant nursing qualifications and Band 7 experience. This role offers excellent staff benefits and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent staff benefits

Opportunities for career progression

Access to wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse; Masters level award or willingness to work towards.
• Band 7 level experience, experience in practice development or clinical education.
• Desirable: Offender care experience.

Responsibilities

• Deputise for the Head of Nursing and provide leadership and role modelling.
• Support initiatives from the Women’s Review across Women’s services.
• Lead development of women-centred clinical model and training programmes.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Excellent communication skills

Clinical education

Team player

Education

Registered Nurse

Masters level award

Mentorship qualification

Leadership qualification

Job description

Overview

Lead Nurse – Women’s Review Project Manager for Health & Justice. To deputise for the Head of Nursing and provide strong leadership and role modelling to staff. Focus on mobilising and developing a women-centred clinical model and education programme across H&J services to ensure a high standard of care for the patient population.

Responsibilities

• Depute for the Head of Nursing and provide strong leadership and role modelling to staff.
• Provide operational and strategic input to the Directorate to ensure high quality, women-centred care is delivered.
• Support Quality Governance with the mobilisation of initiatives from the Women’s Review across the Women’s services, and mobilise WHHs across the women’s prisons; develop a culture of learning across the service and division.
• Lead on mobilising and developing a women-centred clinical model; develop WHH education and training programmes for nursing staff across H&J services to ensure the workforce has the right skills.
• Lead the development, implementation and evaluation of WHHs, including competency and training programmes that embed a culture of learning and ongoing professional development.
• Act as the operational link during mobilisation/transformation with HMPPS, patients and stakeholders for the successful rollout of Women’s Review recommendations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders interfacing with H&J services to support successful WHH rollout.
• Operationalise recommendations from the Women’s Review; advise and support projects across three Surrey prisons and liaise with the commissioner and lead provider for East Sutton Park in Kent.
• Support the Quality Governance agenda, including embedding WHH governance structures, patient pathways, incidents, investigations and monitoring.
• Lead WHH educational and clinical audit across the Service; provide assurance on Care Quality Commission Key Lines of Enquiry with clinical leads.
• Involve service users in quality assurance and service development initiatives; identify patterns in clinical incident reporting and develop educational strategies to mitigate risk.
• Support clinical leads with national and organisational drivers within the Health and Justice directorate; analyse data related to the women’s health national agenda and provide updates and reports as required.
• Promote and embed the WHH pathway across all women’s services; embed a culture of learning from incidents, serious incidents and inspections with frontline staff.

Leadership and Management

• Be a visible, credible nursing leader fostering a culture of continuing professional development and excellence in patient care and quality improvement.
• Deputise for the Head of Nursing for Health and Justice as required; support the Head of Nursing and Divisional Director of Nursing on identified nursing quality issues.
• Promote Health and Justice nursing through research, publications and presentations at local and national forums as appropriate.
• Maintain the service mentor register to ensure NMC requirements are met and develop a NMC registration database for all Health and Justice nurses; support staff through NMC revalidation and registration.
• Provide and facilitate clinical supervision; support staff to reflect on practice through clinical supervision and monitor its provision.
• Develop and participate in a Women’s-centred training package for healthcare staff; support teams to achieve Health & Justice indicators of performance and other outcome measures.

Qualifications & Experience

• Registered Nurse; Masters level award or willingness to work towards; Practice Educator or Teaching qualification or working towards; Mentorship qualification; Non-medical prescriber; Leadership qualification or completed leadership programme.
• Band 7 level experience; experience of practice development, clinical education or leading change in practice; experience of monitoring, assessment and evaluation of student learning.
• Desirable: Offender Care experience.

Skills & Knowledge

• Use of theoretical knowledge to underpin and develop programmes of care; evidence of participation in teaching and learning; up-to-date knowledge of nursing education and professional issues; excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Desirable: Knowledge of relevant curriculum.

Attitudes, Aptitudes & Personal Characteristics

• Team player; reliable; motivated; interest in personal development; able to be flexible in relation to hours and locations; promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.

Benefits & About CNWL

• Excellent staff benefits; opportunities for career progression; local and external training opportunities.
• Preceptorship programme; guidance with revalidation; access to various wellbeing and relocation support where applicable.

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