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Job overview

The Practise Development Nurse for the Emergency Department is an exciting role.  The Practise Development Nurse will work as part of a team promoting and educating towards excellence of care in the two Emergency Departments. The role requires a nurse with experience, compassion, a desire to improve care at all levels and flexibility. 

The role is cross site, covering areas at City and Sandwell hospitals, and we are working towards the move to the Midlands Metropolitan Hospital. Our mission is to inspire and educate nurses at all levels to deliver the best, most compassionate and expert that they can. 

Main duties of the job

1. 1. To formulate, maintain and evaluate training and development    
      programmes for all Nursing Staff the Emergency Departments   
   2. To ensure that all training and development programmes promote and   maintain organisational and professional standards, in order to    
      enhance the quality of care delivered.    
   3. To contribute to the development and maintenance of an effective   

   education strategy within Emergency Departments    

   1. To promote a learning environment within the Emergency Departments and maximise the  potential for learning in the clinical setting.    
   2. To monitor, co-ordinate and evaluate the induction of all staff through the Emergency Departments     
   3. Assist in the development of accredited training programmes for staff in the Emergency Departments     
   4. To work effectively as a member of the team, dedicated to the provision    of clinical excellence.    
   5. To identify appropriate areas of role expansion, and effect the    
      implementation   of these, in accordance with Trust Guidelines.  

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality. 

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities. 

We have three strategic objectives:

1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live