Nurse Consultants

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Nurse Consultants

• why bother?

Derek T Barron Nurse Director Mental Health
Partnership
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International Council of Nursings Definition

• Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative
  care of individuals of all ages, families, groups
  and communities sick or well and in all settings.
  
• Nursing includes the promotion of health,
  prevention of illness, and the care of ill,
  disabled and dying people.
• (Nursing includes) Advocacy, promotion of a safe
  environment, research, participation in shaping
  health policy and in patient and health systems
  management, and education are also key nursing
  roles. (www.icn.ch/definition.htm)

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Background

• 1999 Susan Deacon Minister for Health and
  Community Care
• 2000 Consultation on strategy for Nursing and
  Midwifery
• 03/2001 Caring for Scotland the Strategy for
  Nursing and Midwifery in Scotland

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Principles for Nurse Consultant posts

• Better outcomes for
• Patients
• Clients
• Communities
• Service improvement
• Improved quality of care
• New Career opportunities
• Retain experience
• Expert Nurses
• Strengthen leadership

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Principles

• Collaboration with HEIs
• education
• research
• Accountable at Board or Senior Management
• Ongoing evaluation of Nurse Consultant posts

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Components

• ..must be firmly based in nursing .. and involve
  working directly with patients, clients or
  communities for a significant proportion of time
• An expert practice function
• A professional leadership function
• A consultancy function
• An education and research function
• A service development function

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Components

• An expert practice function
• high degree of autonomy able to reach complex
  critical judgements
• A professional leadership function
• Profession level, service level, cross boundary,
  national
• A consultancy function
• At individual patient level, service level,
  regional/national level
• An education and research function
• Must contribute to education, training and
  development of nurses
• A service development function
• Contribute to development of professional
  practice local/national

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Supplementary

• A portfolio of career-long learning (experience
  and formal education)
• Will have or be working towards a masters degree
• Posts must be approved by SEHD

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Where are we now?
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NMAHP Leadership in supporting older people must
be developed to drive service improvement and
enhance care pathways.

• Deliverables
• Nurse Consultant posts in place in NHS Boards in
  Scotland.
• Delivering Care, Enabling Health
• RRR

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Create nurse consultants posts to lead the
development of mental health nursings
contribution across the spectrum of acute in
patient, crisis care and intensive home treatment
services.RRR
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Create nurse consultant posts to lead the
development of mental health nursings
contribution to psychosocial interventions and
psychological therapies servicesRRR
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Nurse Consultants

• Older people
• Crisis
• Acute Inpatient
• Intensive Home Treatment
• Psychosocial Interventions
• Psychological Therapies

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WE NEED TOEnsure mental health nurses -
can continue to build capacity and capability in
developing the evidence base for mental health
nursing interventions- are involved in
contributing to research into recovery in
Scotland.RRR
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WE NEED TO - create a more robust climate of
learning, development, evaluation and research
across the mental health nursing community in NHS
Scotland.RRR
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Greater Glasgow Clyde

• Perinatal
• Learning Disabilities
• Eating Disorders
• Psychosocial Interventions
• ?

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Final thought

• Its not just Nurse Consultants who contribute to
  better patient experience!
• Its not just Nurse Consultants who contribute to
  better outcomes!
• Its not just Nurse Consultants who are leaders!
• Its not just Nurse Consultants who contribute to
  research!
• Its not just Nurse Consultants ..
• YOU
• have a major part to play.

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DiscussionSuccession Planning Experience of
working with NCsAreas to develop