Senior Nurse - Practice Development & Education

About the role

NHS Lanarkshire is recruiting a Senior Nurse to lead practice development and education interventions across teams in the North and South Lanarkshire Area Management Health Partnership (NMAHP). The post holder drives care improvement through frontline clinical leadership and practice, using improvement science and evidence-based practice, and delivers an agreed set of annual objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead practice development strategies, professional advisory and internal consultancy services, project and people management, and development, training and education.
• Develop, review and update policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Take part in the delivery, commissioning and integration of practice development or education programmes.
• Work across the NMAHP community, from junior to senior staff, and collaborate with patients, the public, other providers, education partners and regulators.
• Lead, manage and ensure adequate human and supply resourcing within the team and practice development centre (as an authorised signatory).
• Stay compliant with NMC/HCPC/HCSW codes of conduct and other standards.

Required profile

• Registered practitioner on the NMC or HCPC register.
• At least 5 years post-registration experience in healthcare, including at least 3 years in a clinical or educational leadership position (Band 7 or above).
• Masters-level education.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Education or equivalent.

What we offer

• 35 days annual leave including public holidays.
• NHS pension scheme.
• Annual salary progression.
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service.
• NHS discounts and more.