Neonatal Preceptorship and Development Nurse

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff. The Neonatal Team at NUH are looking for enthusiastic, passionate and creative Preceptorship / Development Nurses. This exciting new role is coming to the Neonatal service as part of the growth and expansion planned within the Maternity and Neonatal Redesign. The role is to establish support, reflection and clinical guidance for professional development. It will support the already well-established Neonatal Foundation programme with a focus on easing the transition of newly appointed staff into professional practice or a new role by developing knowledge and skills in a supportive environment and embedding the preceptorship framework within the neonatal service.

As part of the development team you will be working alongside clinical educators, development nurses and with leadership from the Practice Development Nurse and Matron. The exciting Maternity and Neonatal Redesign programme is a scheme to expand our neonatal unit at the QMC, providing an additional 21 cots and taking the total to 38 and will enable QMC to provide enough cot days to enable it to retain its status as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Our neonatal facility at the City Hospital will then become a 'Local Neonatal Unit', able to support babies in intensive care for up to 48 hours.

Main duties of the job:

• The role offers you opportunity to develop your teaching and mentorship knowledge and skills in the clinical and classroom setting, supporting the team to induct newly qualified nurses, Nursing associates, nursing and midwifery students those returning to work following a break and those taking on a new role.
• Working as part of our practice development team you will deliver and facilitate study days, develop learning packages, implement change in clinical practice and gain audit experience and support junior members of the team to learn these skills and align our services with the National Preceptorship framework.
• You will deputise for the Practice Development Nurse, where needed, attending Trust and Service meetings, assisting in the preparation of data to evidence staff training and development with non-clinical time to support these activities.
• You will continue to develop team management skills within a regional medical and surgical neonatal service.

Working for our organisation:

With a dedicated Institute of Nursing and Midwifery Care Excellence, continued professional education and career development opportunities include: a well-established preceptorship programme, a seven day acute care skills foundation course, bespoke rotational programmes, resilience-focused clinical supervision, an international OSCE programme and clinical academic careers. Access to the biggest established Shared Governance programme in the UK, with 85 staff councils at ward level and growing, giving our workforce a voice and supporting a culture of innovation. Our nursing teams are leading Patient Experience Network National Award winning initiatives (PENNA 2018) and have opportunities to work on improvement initiatives that are co-produced with those who use our services. The Neonatal Service has international Pathway to Excellence Accreditation and delivers care across two sites at the City and QMC Campuses. As the North Hub Lead Centre of the East Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network (EMNODN), we offer medical and surgical intensive care for extremely premature and very sick neonates. Our aim is for babies to be treated in the right place at the right time by a skilled and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team with the family at the centre of this care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

In addition to the below summary, please familiarise yourself with the job description and person specification documents attached to this advert. You are a role model and ambassador for high standards of clinical practice and professional behaviour. You will need to be able to take the lead and act on your own initiative, assess and plan how to meet goals and objectives for yourself, learners, those moving into new roles and members of the neonatal service. You will have excellent communication skills and demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with families and across the multidisciplinary team, through speech, written and other forms of communication. You will be able to give constructive feedback to all multidisciplinary team members to effect ongoing and continuous improvement in patient safety and the quality of patient care and support junior members of the practice development team to develop these skills themselves.

A clinically credible practitioner, the post holder will utilise their clinical experience and related skills to provide support for all staff and demonstrate a commitment to the development and advancement of neonatal practice. A proactive role model who can lead and develop the clinical environment enhancing, support and learning with the provision of clinical education and assessment of competence in the clinical setting. Responsible for the continued development of evidence-based nursing practice across the Neonatal Service.

Person specification:

• Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours: Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards.
• Training & Qualifications: Current registration with UK NMC, Mentorship qualification and/or Mentorship and Teaching and assessing qualification/SSSA training, Post-registration qualification relevant to neonatal speciality, NLS provider, Competent in medicines management.
• Experience: Current neonatal intensive care experience caring for Level 1/Level 2 patients, Able to demonstrate management of caseload and decision making skills, Evidence of teaching one to one and small groups, Evidence of performance reviews, Evidence of change management, Demonstrate understanding of Preceptorship and the national framework of preceptorship, Evidence of supervision of pre registration and post basic students and non registered staff, Identify examples of mentorship.
• Communication and relationship skills: Keen to develop role/skills and clinical credibility, Demonstrate the ability to deliver complex, sensitive information effectively, Identify effective communicator with patients, carers, all members of the multidisciplinary team and external partners e.g. higher or further education providers, Can produce timely, accurate written/electronic records/documents, Evidence of IT skills particularly presentation skills, use of PowerPoint or similar software, Can minimise interpersonal conflict and barriers to communication.
• Analytical and Judgement skills: Able to lead a team, prioritise and respond to planned and unplanned situations, Ability to assess staff competence and confidence in clinical practice, Able to respond to problem situations and ensure that effective interventions are put in place, Ability to identify own learning needs, Participation or facilitation of audit and demonstrate actions from results.
• Planning and organisation skills: Can prioritise and manage own time and workload and that of the team, Able to plan, coordinate and deliver clinical education programmes in the ward/department setting, Able to action and appropriately disseminate Trust and NHS policies, Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the implementation of change.
• Physical skills: Able to walk or stand for extended periods of time e.g. throughout a shift and when teaching, Ability to frequently manoeuvre patients and medical equipment in confined/awkward spaces, Able to move/lift relevant teaching aids and materials as necessary for the delivery of educational programmes, Can use IT and has keyboard skills.
• Other requirements specific to the role: Flexible and adaptable, Ability to recognise and acknowledge stress in self and others and initiate appropriate support mechanisms, Attend meetings in other Trusts/agencies.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.