Transcript HOW CAN NURSING HOMES INFLUENCE NURSE …

Quality Staff = Quality home
Jaydee Swarbrick
Professional Practice Lead
Quality Directorate
Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group
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Workforce
National Picture
• Registered nurses – Adult trained shortfall
• Safe staffing guidance - move of focus to community settings bu
care homes NOT included
• Health Education England – come back campaign
• Carers – Cavendish certificate
• Role of commissioners
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Workforce
Local Picture
• Health Education Wessex – increased placed for adult nursing
students
• Care certificate event to be planned – RBH to share
experience from pilot project
• Social care recruitment – I care ambassadors
• Career development for care staff
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Quality Staff – Quality Home
Bournemouth University perspective
Belinda Humphries
University Practice Learning Adviser
BENEFITS TO THE STUDENT
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Able to understand the older person holistically
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To learn to use resources appropriately
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Understand the value of assessment skills
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Develop communication skills
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Realise the role of advocacy
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Awareness of services provided by the independent sector
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Awareness of regulatory bodies
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Awareness of growing emphasis on change of care provision from
secondary to primary care
BENEFITS TO THE HOME
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Working partnerships and closer links between placement and the University
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Students will have access to evidence based practice and research.
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Encourages review of practice
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Students will have exposure and training in working in primary care enabling a
future workforce to be competent in this setting.
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With a greater number of Care Homes engaged in training there will be more
new graduates potentially considering their first post in this type of setting.
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Provides motivation to keep updated
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Support from other practitioners
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Raises the profile of the home
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Greater awareness of CPD opportunities on offer at Bournemouth University
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Opportunity for existing Nurses to develop and support students, enhancing
their own practice and role satisfaction.
Opportunities for joint
publications
Publication in Nursing Standard:
Sept 2013: Better together
Heidi Williams Care Home Manager at the
Magna Care Centre supporting a first year
student nurse Katie Allway.
Evaluations from Student Nurses
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“I have really enjoyed my 3rd clinical placement and there
has been a lot of learning opportunities and resources
available. I feel I have benefited a great deal from the
whole experience.”
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“ Caring for older people within an environment that is their
home has provided new learning opportunities to caring for
the older person in a hospital environment.”
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“ Although I have worked with older people before there
were still things I have learnt.”
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“I have learnt a lot of new nursing skills… this placement
has certainly been a positive experience”
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I believe I set my mentor a challenge in converting my
views of nursing homes and I’m pleased to say that she
succeeded!”
Bev Lockhart – Matron,
Pinebeach
Care Home Matron’s
perspective
Valuing and retaining staff
Values Based recruitment
What are your provider values?
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Values based recruitment
• https://www.nsasocialcare.co.uk/values-basedrecruitment-toolkit
• http://www.nhsemployers.org/RecruitmentAndReten
tion/values/Pages/Recruiting-for-values.aspx
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