Practice Development Nurse inBarrow-In-Furness inBarrow-In-Furness PUBLISHED 15 JUN 2024

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area.
PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT NURSE – DANE GARTH MH INPATIENTS, FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Do you have passion and experience in developing others?

Are you motivated to support inpatient quality improvement?

Do you take pride in person centred care?

Is staff wellbeing important to you?

Do you have experience in supporting and educating others?

If you answer “Yes!!!” to these questions, the Practice Development Role may perfect for you!!

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a Community and Mental Health Trust whose provision includes mental health and services to the residents of Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust invests in its staff and actively seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

Practice Development Nurse – B7


Base: Dane Garth, with primary oversight of Dova and Ramsey Ward, working in collaboration with Practice Development Nurse for Orchard and Kentmere. This post includes cross cover and mutual support where required.


The post is to support clinicians and managers in developing quality mental health services that reflect contemporary practice and complement the aspirations of national guidance and local health improvement programmes, whilst meeting the Trusts Clinical Governance agenda.

To lead and support practice development initiatives prioritised in inpatient services as required to facilitate the delivery of evidence based high quality care.

For further information please contact us on the details provided

To take a lead on the internal Preceptorship Programme, planning and delivering training to help our newly qualified nurses make the transition from student to registered professional smoothly.

To develop systems of benchmarking, audit and evaluation in order to measure and monitor standards of practice as part of the inpatient clinical governance team.

To support clinicians and managers in developing quality mental health services that reflect contemporary practice and complement the aspirations of national guidance and local health improvement programmes, whilst meeting the Trusts Clinical Governance agenda.

To lead and support practice development initiatives prioritised in inpatient services as required to facilitate the delivery of evidence based high quality care.

Via inpatient service governance meets and in collaboration with other practice development leads promote the sharing of best practice and practice development initiatives.

To work with Matrons and Ward Manager colleagues to ensure the sustainability of practice development initiatives.

To develop systems of benchmarking, audit and evaluation in order to measure and monitor standards of practice as part of the inpatient clinical governance team.

To lead service developments as required by Head of Nursing and Professional Practice.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michael Huitson Job title: Head of Nursing and Professional Practice Email address:

Mark Capstick - Senior Nurse Manager, The
PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT NURSE – DANE GARTH MH INPATIENTS, FURNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL

Do you have passion and experience in developing others?

Are you motivated to support inpatient quality improvement?

Do you take pride in person centred care?

Is staff wellbeing important to you?

Do you have experience in supporting and educating others?

If you answer “Yes!!!” to these questions, the Practice Development Role may perfect for you!!

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is a Community and Mental Health Trust whose provision includes mental health and services to the residents of Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust invests in its staff and actively seeks to provide them with opportunities for training and personal development.

Practice Development Nurse – B7

Base: Dane Garth, with primary oversight of Dova and Ramsey Ward, working in collaboration with Practice Development Nurse for Orchard and Kentmere. This post includes cross cover and mutual support where required.

The post is to support clinicians and managers in developing quality mental health services that reflect contemporary practice and complement the aspirations of national guidance and local health improvement programmes, whilst meeting the Trusts Clinical Governance agenda.

To lead and support practice development initiatives prioritised in inpatient services as required to facilitate the delivery of evidence based high quality care.

For further information please contact us on the details provided

To take a lead on the internal Preceptorship Programme, planning and delivering training to help our newly qualified nurses make the transition from student to registered professional smoothly.

To develop systems of benchmarking, audit and evaluation in order to measure and monitor standards of practice as part of the inpatient clinical governance team.

To support clinicians and managers in developing quality mental health services that reflect contemporary practice and complement the aspirations of national guidance and local health improvement programmes, whilst meeting the Trusts Clinical Governance agenda.

To lead and support practice development initiatives prioritised in inpatient services as required to facilitate the delivery of evidence based high quality care.

Via inpatient service governance meets and in collaboration with other practice development leads promote the sharing of best practice and practice development initiatives.

To work with Matrons and Ward Manager colleagues to ensure the sustainability of practice development initiatives.

To develop systems of benchmarking, audit and evaluation in order to measure and monitor standards of practice as part of the inpatient clinical governance team.

To lead service developments as required by Head of Nursing and Professional Practice.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michael Huitson Job title: Head of Nursing and Professional Practice Email address:

Mark Capstick - Senior Nurse Manager, The


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