Professional Practice Lead

The purpose of this role is to support the Associate Chief Nurse to provide corporate professional leadership to the Nursing, Midwifery & AHP education, workforce development and professional practice agenda, to develop clinical practice in line with the Trust's Nursing & Midwifery & AHP Strategy, Service Improvement agenda, Clinical Governance Development Plan and Evolving NHS workforce Agenda.
To contribute and co-ordinate the development of professional practice and the workforce to ensure Nursing, Midwifery & AHP staff (Trust wide) have the skills and education to provide safe and effective patient centred care.
·, Planning and Organisational Duties
Oversee the facilitation of Nurses, Midwives & AHP in developing patient centred and innovative practice across the integrated Trust, taking a placed based approach.
Provide leadership on specific professional practice development projects as identified by the Chief, Deputy and Associate Chief Nurse.
Assist in the development of the Nursing, Midwifery, AHP & Care staff strategy.
Ensure that the relevant objectives detailed in the Nursing, Midwifery AHP strategy are delivered within specified time frames.
Lead in developing, maintaining and implementing a competency based framework for all areas of clinical practice, crossing organizational boundaries.
Co-ordinate, engage and promote lessons learned and changes in practice identified through, concise investigations, observations of care, complaints, PALS contacts and feedback from patient experiences.
Undertake the role of lead investigator for concise investigations with regards to clinical incidents, complaints and HR related incidents as directed by Associate Chief Nurse.
Work closely with the training department to ensure mandatory training and other training provision meets the identified professional development needs of nurses, midwives & AHPs.
Ensure that systems are developed and maintained to meet the requirements of NMC & HCPC standards for practice learning.

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., Function as a practicing registered professional and participate in direct patient care in line with NMC & HCPC Codes of Professional Conduct.
Act as a leadership role model through personal example and maintain effective communication with the Divisional Directors of Nursing, Midwifery, Matrons, Ward managers and clinical teams.
Facilitate forums to support new workforce models e.g. ACP, AP, TNA.
Supervise and act as an experienced registered practitioner for consultative purposes for other staff working in the service and outside disciplines.
Provide vision and creativity to ensure the service has innovative policies and practices to meet customer needs and clinical developments.
Actively encourage multi-disciplinary approaches to patient care.
Ensure the health and safety of staff, patients and visitors in accordance with the relevant Trust policies.
Work in partnership with all HEIs in the delivery of high standards of professional education.
Work with divisions and service leads across acute, community and integrated services to identify and address opportunities for shared learning resulting from incidents and complaints.
Work closely with the divisions and corporate teams in the development and implementation of initiatives to enhance staff and patent experience.
Maintain effective communication links with Divisional Directors of Nursing, Matrons, Learning Environment Managers, Specialist Nurses, Clinicians and other divisional and department teams, as appropriate.
Participate in regional collaborative learning from others and by coaching others.
Responsibility for Finance
Bring to the attention of the Associate Chief Nurse any potential efficiency savings or anticipated budgetary pressures.
Ensure a balanced budget within area of responsibility.
Manage the Education budget within the Non-Medical Learning Development Agreement.
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