Ward Based Clinical Coordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 nurse to join Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust to work as a Ward Based Clinical Co-ordinator alongside a Band 7 Intervention Lead to join our 12-month practice driven intervention study to facilitate the Therapeutic Optimisation (THEO) participatory action research study using practice development approaches at ward level. You will be working as part of the clinical team as an experienced staff member and will focus on approaches to enhance and improve highly effective clinical interactions with colleagues, patients their families and significant others. We are looking for someone to work in collaboration with the existing ward leadership team, to be an excellent clinical role model with developing guiding and coaching skills with the patient at the centre of everything that we do.
Working as part of the existing ward clinical nursing team, the Band 6 ward based clinical co-ordinator will work in collaboration with a THEO Band 7 and with direct support from an external UEA based THEO/ PD facilitator, to co-facilitate the THEO participatory action research study. Working as a nurse, in daily clinical practice this role will be helping to support others in effectively implementing practice driven innovation at ward level. Supporting and enabling THEO across the multidisciplinary team (MDT), to maximise and enhance delivery of safe and effective care within a workplace culture of effectiveness, where person centred care is experienced by patients and their significant others.
The THEO clinical coordinator will be actively participating in collaboration with the existing ward team and facilitating and coordinating interactions to collect, analyse and report evidence at practice level, and collaborating with partners at local Trust level and working closely with Staffordshire University and the University of East Anglia (as the Academic Collaborators).
To have NMC registration
Be organised and motivated
Have a range of clinical nursing experience
Developing skills in coaching and guiding.
Some experience in participating in clinical practice change, clinical audit and quality improvement
Have good inter-personal skills, and experience of working with and in a multidisciplinary team
Norfolk Community Health and Care actively works towards improving patient care using national programmes e.g. Discharge to Assess and Accreditation. Across Norfolk and Waveney, the National Hospital Discharge Service: Policy and Operating Model is being implemented which alongside the NHS Long Term Plan is placing greater emphasis on community services and supporting patients in their own homes. Overall, this is an exiting time to join Norfolk Community Health and Care and lead an inpatient team.
The community hospitals are part of the Community Beds and System Operations portfolio. Other services within this portfolio are the Operations Centre based at Norwich Community Hospital, the Inpatient Medical Team, and the Community Access Team based at NNUH who provide an admission avoidance service in the Emergency Department and lead on admissions into the community hospitals. Come and join a friendly, supportive team with excellent and collaborative working practices.
To assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of the THEO participatory action research study at ward level.
To promote continuous development of clinical practice and effective team working in the delivery of patient care, encouraging innovation, improvement and appropriate changes in service delivery using facilitated practice development approaches.
To work effectively as part of the multidisciplinary and nursing clinical team to use practice development approach to provide and capture evidence of person-centred clinical care delivery to patients.
To demonstrate clinical expertise, enhanced nursing practice to enable the delivery of high standards of person centred, safe and effective, evidence based nursing care.
To review nursing practice and support the implementation of appropriate changes based on research/ best practice.
To contribute to service development and evidence collection associated with the THEO project.
To establish a suitable and stimulating learning environment for staff and students and for the ongoing professional development for all colleagues
To maintain communication networks at all appropriate clinical and managerial levels.
To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to patients.