Clinical Education Careers in Action

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Clinical Education Careers in Action

• Dr. Jayne Donaldson (Napier University)
• Libby Campbell (NHS Lothian)

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Outline

• Overview of our partnership working
• Examples of career pathways
• Review of clinical education roles within NHS
  Lothian
• Where do we go next?
• Suggestions for future developments

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Partnership working

• Responsive
• Shared vision
• Clinical education careers
• Educational and organisational support
• Ultimately impact on patient care

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Examples Nurse Consultants level 8
Learning Disabilities
Child Health
Vulnerable Children
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Advanced practitioner level 7

• Paediatrics
• Unscheduled care
• Emergency Nurse Practitioners
• Sessional education
• Thinking around curriculum
• Clinical decision making module

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Senior and specialist practitioners level 6
Palliative care
Diabetes Care
Placements/Mentorship
Neonatal Education
Sexual Health
Cancer Nursing
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Unique project

• Leadership in Compassionate Care project
• Joint partnership
• Senior Nurse
• Senior Lecturer/Lead Nurse
• http//www.napier.ac.uk/fhlss/NMSC/compassionateca
  re/Pages/Home.aspx

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• If you think education is expensive,
• try ignorance
• Henry Bok

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Workforce Planning - UHD

• Establishments August 2008
• ward nurses
• off-ward nurses (400)
• Data numbers/job profiles/plans
• Training and Education
• course support
• in-service
• (in) consistency
• (lack of) support/monitoring
• Changing priorities
• National programmes
• Legacy or design

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Options and Opportunities

• Partnership
• Context other work
• Measuring workload
• Career framework (s)
• Stakeholders
• Organisational change

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Current Position

• July 2008
• Project Manager
• Structure 8/7s/6s
• Competencies framework
• Organisational change
• April 2009
• Evaluation and re-evaluation

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Future Plans

• Context
• Priorities
• National
• Local
• Training needs analysis

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Future development education and clinical
priorities

• Level 8
• Stronger links with education at Consultant Nurse
  level Midwifery, Oncology, Cardiology,
  Cardiology Rehab
• Stroke, Long-term conditions, older adult
• Long-term conditions - Primary care and early
  supported discharge

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Future developments

• Greater involvement of practitioners (all levels)
  within curriculum development and delivery within
  HEI
• Formalise links with practitioners using
  Clinical Faculty
• Any others Libby?