Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to apply for a band 7 Practice Development Nurse position within St Marks Hospital, London North West University Trust. 

We are seeking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to work closely with our nursing team to promote learning, exceptional quality care and development of staff across all our clinical areas.

 You need to possess excellent communication, teaching and interpersonal skills and be able to actively support our clinical nurse managers and Modern Matron in delivering high quality development programme for staff.

You must have considerable experience to include colorectal, gastrointestinal and general surgery nursing experience.

You will be confident and competent to lead a team and also possess a comprehensive portfolio of personal development and a formal teaching qualification. 

The role is based at our Central Middlesex Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital and Ealing Hospital.  With a solid base colorectal surgery and Intestinal Rehabilitation nursing, you will be required to develop the skills and knowledge of our staff as the complexity of the work we undertake increases. You will spend a large part of your time working clinically alongside staff and working directly with our MDT members including consultants in order to understand their requirements and needs from a dynamic and high performing team

Main duties of the job

·         Work clinically alongside new starters, overseas nurses, apprentice nursing associates and other members of staff requiring additional support to develop skills, expertise and knowledge to enable effective management of care.

·         To work with practice supervisors and practice assessors to assist in mentoring and assessing the competencies identified for the candidates as stipulated by the NMC.

·         Act as an expert practitioner and role model, assisting colleagues to develop advanced knowledge and skills 

·         Demonstrate specialist clinical knowledge and skills at the patient’s bedside

·         Set, monitor and maintain excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

·         Maintain and role model personal contact with patients, relatives and carers, being sensitive to their need for courtesy, dignity and privacy, ensuring a safe and friendly environment at all times.

·         Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring that confidentiality is respected.

·         Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to promote excellence in the delivery of care, promote and develop inter-professional learning.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.