Practice Development Nurse

Contact information

For further information about the role please contact Matron Carla Shaw on ***email_hidden***

About the role

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.

Main duties

The Practice Development Nurse will work closely with the Trusts PDEU, Matrons, senior nurses and education teams to improve patient outcomes and support staff development across community services.

Key responsibilities include:

• 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 highquality 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.

Essential person specification requirements

Qualifications

• Professional Qualification (Healthcare)

• Post graduate qualification in relevant area of practice

• First Level Degree in Health related field or working towards

• Teaching and assessing qualification

• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Experience

• Experience at a senior level in an acute hospital care or in a specialist area.
• Recent experience at Band 6 or above
• Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues.
• Recent evidence of developing healthcare practice within the clinical setting
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Awareness of equality and diversity.
• Good understanding of safeguarding issues and policy framework.

Please see the full job description and person specification for additional essential criteria for this role.

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance

We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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