Local Nursing Challenges and Local Solutions

2 June 2015

Kim Leigh

Nursing Education and Workforce Lead

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Challenges

Workforce planning and commissioning

Workforce shortages, including: Paediatrics Midwifery Intensive Care

Workforce Transformation

Recruitment

Retention

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Opportunities

Raising the Bar Valuing the role of the Care Assistant Widening access for Care Assistants who wish to enter nurse training Flexible models of training including- accelerated / part-time Assuring high quality multi professional learning environments Assuring high quality CPD including research and innovation

HEE Mandate

Five Year Forward View

Compassion in Practice

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Solutions

Development of a suite of solutions to address workforce shortages, including:Review of workforce planningReturn to Practice to be part of commissioningEstablished model of Pre Degree Year of Care ExperienceUtilising the existing workforce nearing retirement differentlyScope the need for increasing the number of secondments into nursingUnderstand the impact of other workforce initiatives on the nursing workforce

Implementation of the Care Certificate

Implementation of a model of guaranteed employment for graduates which includes a preceptorship year

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Nursing Education and Workforce Programme X-Matrix

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Success Measures

Sufficient leaders in nursing to manage the resources to support delivery of radically new models of care across multispecialties to:

Ensure the nursing contribution is seen as equal to that of other professions Breakdown barriers across professions / services / care sectors Create partnerships Shared budgets across health and social care Reduce variations in patient outcomes Build a prevention service

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Thank you for listening

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