Practice Development Nurse

The post holder will, without supervision, be responsible for providing evidence-based education and guidance for the delivery of safe and effective clinical care by all nursing staff within the neonatal unit., To Facilitate the orientation, induction and continued supervision of new and existing registered nursing staff to achieve clinical competence associated with skills required in the allocated specialty.

To orientate and support the preceptorship of newly qualified registered nurses as they integrate within the service.

To support pre and post registration students during their clinical placements to the service.

To ensure that mentors are complying with national standards as defined by the NMC.

To support the neonatal unit manager in the provision of mandatory training and study days developed to enhance learning within the neonatal unit/Maternity & Children's services.

To demonstrate leadership.

To collaborate with the neonatal unit manager to create and implement strategies to enhance the delivery of evidence-based practice.

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.