Staff Development

Links: Contacts, Philosophy, Activities , Education

Philosophy

The staff development team enable & facilitate the MHC nursing team to develop their knowledge & skills, & help to support lifelong learning.


New Starters - What happens when new people start with the Paris Heart Centre

Induction to ward / MHC / Trust
Orientation programme
Preceptorship
Competencies / objectives
Clinical teaching & assessing
Training booked

What the Staff Development Team Does:

• Maintain records of education
  
• Authorise study leave & funding
  
• Organise in house study days for each band of staff
  
• Maintain learning resources
  
• Book regular teaching
  
• Book courses & study days -t&d strategy
  
• Organise & facilitate mandatory training & iv therapy updates
  
• Maintain mentor standards
  
• Co-ordinate student & cadet placements & spoke study days + pbs
  
• Develop staff for promotion
  
• Respond to individual learning needs
  
• Facilitate greater Paris critical care programme
• Support link nurse network & development
  

Trustwide & Across the NW Region the Staff Development Team : -

• deliver lectures for critical care outreach rolling education programme
  
• provide trust wide chest drain outreach service
  
• train on greater Paris acute illness management course
  
• links with other trust practice educators
  
• teach on greater Paris critical care programme
  
• develop n west cath lab training
  
• developed n.w. cardiac surgery study days
  
• teach on student nurse modules
  
  Other Activities


• attend meetings– srs, mhc srs, specialist nurses forum, clinical governance, discharge group,
• clinical nurse leaders, cardiology, cardiac surgery, essence of care, audit, iwl,hqs.
  
• staff development team meetings – monthly
  
• attend trust education forum
  
  
  Future Plans
  
• nursing research
  
• evidence based guidelines
  
• clinical supervision
  
• develop formal course feedback
  
• “interactive” database