Practice Development Nurse

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Abergele; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Wales is seeking a Practice Development Nurse to provide specialized training within clinical settings. The candidate will work closely with nursing staff to enhance skills and facilitate knowledge transfer. Responsibilities include delivering education, training support, and driving quality improvement initiatives. The ideal candidate should be a registered nurse with a strong background in teaching and clinical practice. Welsh language ability is desirable.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
• Sound knowledge of current nursing and education issues.
• Broad clinical experience in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Deliver teaching sessions and provide clinical support.
• Collaborate with Practice Development Nurses on service quality.
• Support new starters to achieve clinical competency.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

IT literate

Ability to form positive working relationships

Self-motivated

Welsh speaker

Education

Registered Nurse

Evidence of nursing related qualification to degree level

Teaching/assessing qualification to Postgraduate Diploma level

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Practice Development Nurse to provide specialty education and training within the clinical environment on Kestrel Ward at The North Wales Adolescent Service.

It is well documented within professional education theory that nurses learn best through experiential methods of seeing and doing which is most effectively achieved within the clinical environment. The Practice Development Nurses will provide the linchpin to bridge the theory to practice gap with a focus on conditions and pathway led care specific to the specialty in which they work.

The Practice Development Nurse would provide education and training within the specialty whereby they have demonstrated clinical credibility. As a Practice Development Nurse, successful candidates would provide support to all learners.

Main duties of the job

An opportunity has arisen for a Practice Development Nurse to work within The North Wales Adolescent Service. The Practice Development Nurse will be attached to Kestrel Ward, providing education, training and support to the nursing workforce.

The diversity of the role means that you will deliver teaching sessions, provide clinical support within the ward environment, facilitate forums, formulate action plans and devise new teaching sessions as required. You will have both a responsive and proactive approach to education and training ensuring that the content of our sessions is sensitive to current risks within the ward/department.

You will support in the education and training requirements of all learners and the delivery of quality improvement initiatives. You will collaborate with the corporate Practice Development Nurses and Clinical Training Teams. You will work in conjunction with the wider Practice Development Nurses to benchmark and quality assure the service.

You will support new starters to achieve competency with clinical skills specific to specialty, whilst driving best practice of skill acquisition. Protected time will be given to ensure that the post holders have the opportunity to continuously maintain their own clinical competence.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Person Specification

Qualification and/or Knowledge

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of nursing related qualification to degree level
• Teaching/assessing qualification to Postgraduate Diploma level (level 6) or equivalent

Experience

• Demonstrates enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
• Sound knowledge and understand of current nursing and education issues
• Broad clinical experience
• Clinical credibility
• Experience of working effectively as part of a team as well as working autonomously
• Involved in service development and quality issues.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to form positive working relationships and work across Divisions and Corporate Department.
• Evidence of managing staff within a team, and dealing with difficult situations
• Ability to prioritise own workload and that of other staff.
• Able to present relevant information in a concise form
• IT literate and able tp deduce key points from numerical data.
• Able to develop a culture of quality within education and training.
• Acts in way that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures, and abide by the HB Health and Safety policies.
• Self-motivated, positive role model for all disciplines.
• Welsh speaker.
• Have an understanding of ESR

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrate evidence of own Continuing Professional Development.
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Abiity to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
• Confident, self-motivated
• Flexible and resourceful
• Ability to motivate others and lead developments in the clinical area.
• Strength of character and confidence to manage opposition and overcome.

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.