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Job summary

Main area
District Nursing service
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
393-NMUH-1521
Employer
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Michael's Primary Care Centre.
Town
Enfield
Salary
£49,178 - £55,492 Per annum plus inclusive of Outer London HAC
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/08/2024 23:59

Employer heading

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust logo

Practice Development Nurse -District Nursing

Band 7

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.

In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.

Job overview

Do you have a passion for teaching, assessing and developing clinical staff?Do you want to help improve patient care and the service as a whole through helping cultivate a competent and experienced work force?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the District Nursing Service for a dynamic Practice Development Nurse to support our amazing nursing teams. 

This post would suit a highly motivated and adaptable nurse who has excellent knowledge of clinical skills and proven teaching and assessing skills with a strong community nursing background.

You should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be an exceptional clinical role model.  We anticipate that you will be highly visible, working alongside the community nurses in their day to day practice.

You will be supporting and promoting registered nurses and healthcare support workers through their clinical competency development and leadership.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, flexible and willing to travel across the Trust.  The Trust covers a large, diverse population and the borough includes several parks, good schools and shopping areas.

 

 

 

Main duties of the job

  • Provide clear and effective leadership for community nursing staff to promote the highest possible clinical standards.
  • Work with clinicians to evaluate data collection and audit professional practice .
  • Identify training needs and co-ordinate relevant training programmes to meet individuals and service delivery targets.
  • Organise professional induction programmes, updating of clinical practice and provide teaching sessions where appropriate. 
  • To teach formally and informally, on areas of evidence-based practice and develop systems to monitor and support the supervision and appraisal of junior staff in all aspects of nursing care.
  • Work closely with area managers and the nursing directorate to ensure service development is planned in accordance with local/national priorities and identified best practice.
  • Review ways of working to ensure staff are able to work effectively in line with the clinical governance frameworks and the service modernisation agenda.
  • Lead on or contribute to the development and review of community nursing policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards ensuring implementation of evidence-based policies/guidelines and protocols.
  • Ensure quality systems and essence of care are in place to support the quality agenda and be responsible for collating evidence and information relating to the health care standards.

 

Working for our organisation

Enfield is a large borough on the northern border of London with easy access to many green spaces including pleasant parks and footpaths through the green belt.  Enfield also has easy access to many and varied shopping center's as well as good public transport.

Enfield Community Services is an integral part of an innovative and dynamic Trust providing integrated service to the local community aiming to improve health across the diverse population of Enfield.

 “Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust are currently in discussions to transfer all community services that comprise Enfield Community Services (ECS) to the North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (North Mid). This means that if you are offered a role with ECS, it is likely that your employer will become North Mid in the near future.”

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification

  • Lead on or contribute to the development and review of community nursing policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards ensuring implementation of evidence-based policies/guidelines and protocols.
  • Ensure quality systems and essence of care are in place to support the quality agenda and be responsible for collating evidence and information relating to the health care standards.

 

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • • Degree in Nursing • District Nurse Specialist practitioner
  • • Practice Assessor or Community Practice teacher
  • EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE Well-developed understanding of professional development/quality issues in context of primary/community care
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in monitoring and improving standards
  • Quality Improvement Project
  • Nurse Assessor/Nurse Supervisor

desirable

Essential criteria
  • Leadership development
Desirable criteria
  • Nurse Assessor/Nurse Supervisor Leadership development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Nihinlola Akinyemi
Job title
Area Manager District Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 87024545
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