Choose Well - Choose WWL

Job overview

Practice Development Lead and will have responsibility for professional development of all staff within Child health. The post holder will be required to provide formal classroom and one to one educational support for nursing teams. The primary function of the role is to provide clinical leadership and education within Child health to ensure the delivery of efficient, effective, co-ordinated and responsive high-quality care to patients. The post holder will also be responsible for maintaining their own clinical skills and competence by attendance at training/conferences and working in clinical practice.

Main duties of the job

·         To work alongside Team Managers and Team Leaders to provide clinical leadership, education and professional development to the Paediatric nursing team.

·         To be responsible for the educational and professional mentorship required, maintaining and improving standards, within Child health.

·         To ensure that the nursing teams are professionally developed and supported to provide a high-quality nursing service to its patients.

·         Maintain own clinical skills and knowledge in line NMC guidance.

·         To ensure that Trust policies, procedures, standards, codes of practice and protocols are adhered to, by self and any others you are developing/teaching.

·         Develop training packages for staff, as identified at PDR and skills analysis within Child Health.

·         Assisting the Matron in the implementation and maintenance of operational and organisational objectives.

·         Developing the paediatric team, enabling them through on-going training, to grow and meet the evolving needs of the service, ensuring efficient and effective use of all training resources.

·         Taking responsibility for the training and development of all nursing staff across the Directorate

·         Ensuring that all registered nurses employed within acute paediatric areas are fully equipped in terms of knowledge & skills, to care for the seriously ill and deteriorating child / neonate.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.