Job Overview
Are you an experienced Emergency Nurse seeking a new and rewarding challenge in Practice Development?
Frimley Park Hospital is excited to offer a part-time Band 7 Practice Development Nurse opportunity within our Emergency Department. This is a 23-hour per week position offered on a 6-month maternity cover contract.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, forward-thinking, and highly motivated Registered Adult Nurse who is passionate about clinical education, staff development, and the continuous improvement of patient care. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in emergency nursing who is ready to take a proactive role in mentoring, coaching, and supporting staff at all levels.
As part of our Practice Development Team, you will work closely with clinical and managerial colleagues to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care. You will contribute to the professional development of nursing staff through teaching, training, and hands-on support in clinical practice.
In addition to your educational responsibilities, you will retain a vital clinical presence by participating in the day-to-day management of the Emergency Department, ensuring high standards of care are maintained, and leading by example in clinical excellence.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a nurse who wants to broaden their impact beyond bedside care and contribute to shaping the future of emergency nursing at Frimley Park Hospital.
Main duties of the job
- The post will identify training needs of learners and facilitate delivering of the training required through internal and external training.
- The post holder will support staff in developing their own skills and expertise in emergency care by ensuring access to professional education and development programmes within and outside of the department.
- The post holder will organise an ongoing education programme, which reflects the dynamic nature of nursing within an emergency department.
- The post holder will be an expert emergency nurse and will be expected to act as a resource to the Trust for nursing practice, education and innovation in emergency care.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and task associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC registration
- Post-registration qualification in emergency care
- ENB 997/998, mentor preparation or equivalent
- BSc (Hons) Degree or working towards
- PGCE or working towards
- Current certification in ATNC/TNCC, ALS
Desirable criteria
- Instructor on advanced life support courses
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience, including managing a team
- Evidence of leading and directing a team
- Evidence of own interest and contribution towards developing clinical practice in emergency care
Desirable criteria
- Experience in CPDN role. PGCE
- Writing reports
- Writing policies
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to prepare, deliver and evaluate presentations
- Excellent Time Management
- Attention to detail
- Organised and logical reasoning
- Able to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to prioritise work. Highly motivated with a positive attitude
- Computer literate
- Team Player, with the ability to work autonomous
- Dealing effectively with a wide range of people, with the ability to influence others and facilitate change
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to attend external meetings
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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