Job overview

*INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY*

The clinical practice development nurse (PDN) will work collaboratively with the departmental sisters, matron   and the education and development centre (EDC)  to deliver effective, high quality, safe patient centred care. The post holder will lead the continuing education, training and professional development for the nursing staff in the ED  to promote the acquisition of new skills and knowledge. She/he will develop and drive forward an education programmes to ensure that nursing staff acquire the professional standards and clinical competencies when caring for patients. 

As a Band 6  Clinical Educator you will be responsible for promoting and implementing practice conducive to the development of high quality patient care, by providing education and support to junior staff members and HCA's.  

A strong clinical background in the Emergency Department is essential to this role to support the nursing team and ensure our patients receive the right standard of care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will improve clinical outcomes for our patients by ensuring care is being delivered according to up to date evidence based practice and service delivery

You will:

• have responsibility for assessment, implementation and of monitoring standards of patient care
• monitor and support  staff training and education for the team.
• carry out  risk management, report & share learning with team members.
•  have an understanding of budget control including an awareness of efficient use of both human and consumable resources and equipment. 
• Acts as an expert nurse demonstrating advanced knowledge and skills, clinical reasoning and decision making for patients attending with emergency care presentations.
• need to be able to adapt quickly to changing situations in terms of managing acutely unwell patients, encouraging timely escalation and management of the deteriorating patient.
• ensure that the nursing teams are caring for patients to the highest standards and you will have oversight of all patients within the unit to provide assurance to the ward manager.

 Applicants must be excellent written and verbal communicators and enthusiastic team players, be resilient, motivated and willing to embrace and able to facilitate change. Your reward for demonstrating these attributes will be a working with a supportive and growing existing team with development opportunities to enhance your career in nursing.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.