Job summary
- Main area
- Outpatients
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 359-6229021-T1
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Hospitals
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 20/05/2024
Employer heading
Practice Development Nurse
Band 7
Job overview
Are you a passionate, motivated and experienced nurse with a passion for career development and high-quality patient care?
Is your goal to support development of clinical staff from Health Care Assistant through to Advanced Practitioner by the use of your teaching, supervising and assessment skills?
If describes you then we would like you to join our Outpatient Team where our ambition is to offer dynamic career development opportunities for all staff, working with a supportive team to promote and facilitate practice development and outstanding patient care.
Main duties of the job
You must have excellent clinical and teaching skills, be able to work with different groups of staff and have excellent communication and organisational skills. You must be able to work well as member of a team, identify learning gaps and put together development plans to progress clinical competencies and career development.
You must be highly motivated, flexible and adaptable to change and willing to innovate and strive for excellence. The post holder will be committed to the success of the team delivering outstanding person-centred care.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to improve standards of patient care and safety and assist in developing the service, nursing staff and their clinical practice, ensuring delivery of the highest possible standards of user focussed, clinical care within our outpatient services. We have many different clinical specialities that include Trauma and Orthopaedics, general and specialist surgery, breast care, medical specialties, oncology plus many more.
You will work in collaboration with the senior nurses, unit managers, operational teams and the Trusts clinical education team to provide practice and career development. Working cross site implementing in-house training, leading on improvement of standards, protocols and pathways for patients and staff.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country.
We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
Interview Date: 20th May 2024.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse
- Bachelors degree in nursing or a health related subject or relevant experience
- Teaching qualification (minimum of ENB 998 or equivalent)
- ECDL (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Master’s degree in nursing or a health related subject.
- Additional teaching qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a Band 6/7 Registered Nurse or equivalent
- Experience of leading and developing teams.
- Demonstrable achievement in practice-based education or clinical practice development.
- Experience of successfully implementing change
Desirable criteria
- A record of achieving projects to tight deadlines and to a high standard.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge and understanding of health care and educational policy and processes as it relates to nursing practice.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of the education commissioning processes (including quality monitoring and education contract reviews).
- Knowledge of NHS funding streams and quality assurance bodies.
Skills
Essential criteria
- IT literate (able to manage files and use all Microsoft Office applications).
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Ability to implement and develop policy into practice.
- Well-developed communication skills including: interpersonal skills, negotiating and influencing skills, writing and
- Able to motivate others.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sara Pizzy
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07874891645
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