Are you a skilled and passionate nurse with a flair for education, leadership, and quality improvement? We are seeking a Practice Development Nurse to support and strengthen clinical practice across Adult Community Services at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. This is an exciting opportunity to influence patient care and workforce development by leading education, training and competency initiatives, while working clinically alongside staff to model best practice. You will support induction, preceptorship and ongoing professional development, promote reflective practice and psychological safety, and play a key role in developing a sustainable District Nursing workforce. Working closely with Matrons, senior nursing leaders and education teams, you will help drive improvements in standards, governance and patient outcomes, while supporting the expansion and enhancing student placement opportunities in community settings. If you are motivated to inspire, develop and lead others in delivering high-quality, evidence-based care, we would love to hear from you.
* Leading improvements in clinical practice, standards and patient experience
* Designing and delivering education, training and competency frameworks
* Supporting expansion with PDEU of the student nurse placements in ACS. In addition work with ACS education team to support induction, preceptorship and ongoing professional development
* Promoting reflective practice, restorative supervision and psychological safety
* Providing leadership in Professional Nurse Advocacy (PNA)
* Supporting clinical audit, governance and quality improvement activity
* Contributing to the development of a sustainable District Nursing workforce
* Expanding and supporting high quality student placement opportunities
A minimum of 70% of the role will be spent in supporting clinical practice, working alongside Student Nurses and teams to model best practice and support service improvement.
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
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