Clinical Practice Development (CDP) Nurse (Secondment)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Leadership team on 4 South as a Band 7 CPD Charge Nurse/Sister on a 12 Month secondment.

4 South is a 36-bedded Respiratory Ward, with 56 staff members. We fundamentally specialise in Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Defence and Pulmonary Vascular Disease, but we do often see other respiratory specialities including patients cared for by our Interstitial Lung Disease team, Thoracic Oncology team and Transplant team.

If you are a well organised, team player and able to deal with ever changing priorities then we would love to hear from you. As part of our team, we would expect you to be able to effectively multitask and ensure all infection control risks were managed effectively.

If you are searching for an interesting and rewarding role with different challenges whilst working in a friendly team environment, then this could be the role for you. We invest in our team and would ensure you had the opportunities to develop professionally and undertake training to enhance your skills and knowledge.

We are looking for a highly motivated and forward-thinking CPD Sister/Charge Nurse who can provide clinical leadership and excellent clinical skills ensuring continued provision of high-quality nursing care on 4 South. You will be expected to work closely alongside the current Ward Sister to act as a role model and expert clinical practitioner.

Main duties of the job

Lead, design and deliver quality clinical skill and development training programmes relevant to respiratory medicine with a key focus on new and existing staff to ensure they are fit for practice.

Lead, develop and deliver CPD training programs in support of staff undertaking defined assessment programs.

Work in the clinical areas to support new starters or those requiring additional support as agreed using learning contracts, action plans and approved assessment tools.

Alongside being the overall lead for education on 4 South there is an expectation that you would support the ward managers in the general running of the ward, supporting with line management, performance management, ensuring safer staffing and being able to undertake a full clinical role on the ward.

This post requires excellent communication and practical skills.

Ensure evidence-based and guideline-aligned clinical skills training and competency attainment.

Support trust trainings that require a Respiratory Medicine expertise.

Additionally, to be able to undertake a clinical role in the department, providing direct patient care, support coordinating the nursing team and respective skill mix and maintaining the highest standards of patient care, safety and operational efficiency.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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