Cross Site Senior Practice Development Nurse | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Job London area,Greater London

Location: Greater London

Cross Site Senior Practice Development Nurse | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company:
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be a clearly identifiable senior clinical staff member. They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinicalexpertiseto their team, and coordinate and deliver high quality care.

The Senior Practice Development Nurse(Senior PDN) for critical careis responsible for developing and implementing an education and training strategy for ICU and CCOT services, in line with corporate and local initiatives and in collaboration with colleagues.

The Senior Practice Development Nurse (Senior PDN) for critical care is responsible for developing and implementing an education and training strategy for ICU and CCOT services, in line with corporate and local initiatives and in collaboration with colleagues

There are a number of key areas of focus:

Provide excellent bedside education to the multi-disciplinary team within critical care.
To have a strategic role in the promotion of advanced nursing and teaching skills within the trust.
To aid the development of all of staff within critical care.
To develop the provision of a developmental, educational and supportive environment.
To lead on the development and implementation of in-house training programmes in relation to critical care for all staff.
To provide critical care oversight to increase the uptake of critical care training to provide a robust resilient workforce to support critical care in a surge capacity.
Along with the critical care matrons (ICU & CCOT) and lead nurse for critical care, actively participate and contribute to research and audit projects within the service.
Support and contribute to the integration of critical care services as part of the hospital redevelopment, bringing about new ways of working.
Facilitate development and implementation of standards, guidelines, protocols and pathways for patients requiring critical care.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Clinical:

To act as an excellent role model and develop own clinical expertise, assisting colleagues to develop advanced knowledge and skills in order to benefit the treatment and care of critically ill patients
The post holder will undertake direct patient care within a clinical shift; role modelling to others within the unit and maintaining clinical skills.
To provide professional advice to ICU staff, patients and families in relation to theorganisationand delivery of care.
To assist in establishing, implementing and monitoring Trust guidelines, policies and protocols.
To facilitate all senior staff in the production of clinical guidelines to produce a guideline.
To collaborativelyidentifyareas for promoting and facilitating the development of nursing practice.
To ensure adequate education and training has taken…