Forward of the We Are Social Care Nursing conference on 3 November, Lucy Gillespie, Venture Supervisor for Regulated Skilled Workforce at Abilities for Care, offers us an outline of what to anticipate from its theme: ‘Shaping the way forward for nursing in social care’.
A dedication to partnership
Final month, I attended the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) Summit – a spotlight of the NHS nursing management calendar, gathering chief nursing officers and nursing leaders from throughout well being and social care.
It was an essential alternative to interact in constructive dialogue with colleagues. There was an actual curiosity within the social care nursing workforce and a willingness to debate how we work as companions throughout the system.
The agenda included highlight periods, with a selected deal with social care, which had been nicely obtained and nicely attended. A essential stage presentation by Deborah Sturdy, Chief Nurse for Grownup Social Care, about what we will all do to be extra inclusive, drew a lot constructive suggestions.
Ruth Might, Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England, introduced the event of a nationwide nursing technique, with out the sector-based boundaries of earlier methods. She set out an ambition to inclusively signify the registered nursing career and is supported by Deborah as a single skilled voice for nurses working all over the place. You could find out extra and have your say on the technique here.
The technique proposes 4 important areas of growth:
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Workforce and folks.
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System management and integration
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Well being inequalities prevention and inhabitants well being administration.
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Individual centered observe and bettering outcomes.
I’m delighted to see this technique mirrored in our convention agenda as we think about the way forward for social care nursing.
What does the long run appear like?
We’re proud to share the nice innovation and nursing work occurring in social care. The convention will give us area to consider the long run and think about the place we need to be as a nursing workforce in three years’ time.
The agenda for the day covers nursing scorching subjects for workforce leaders, suppliers, nurses and nursing associates, pupil nurses and trainee nursing associates, college nursing leaders, and teachers. We really feel it’s essential to incorporate everyone within the dialog.
We’ll showcase good nursing observe examples from throughout the care sector. For instance, Maria Mallaband Care Group will share their expertise with recruiting and growing nursing affiliate roles. In the meantime, Lynn Craig from the North East will share the Built-in Care Board’s pilot to develop superior observe roles in social care.
‘The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England‘ report launched this month reveals that 40% of our nursing workforce are from a worldwide majority background. Our knowledge additionally tells us this group faces challenges relating to profession development. Our convention has a breakout session on anti-racist observe, utilizing a longtime mannequin to open dialog and improve self-awareness.
Earlier this yr, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) revised the Specialist Proficiency Qualifications Standards and the QNI are working collaboratively throughout the sector to develop area particular requirements for social care nursing. The NMC will host a session on the convention concerning the new requirements and what they imply for social care.
In our panel dialogue, we’re bringing collectively leaders invested within the grownup social care nursing workforce. The group will talk about what the long run holds for the workforce and the way we be sure we’ve the popularity and progress wanted to help individuals who draw on care and help.
Recognising our area particular nursing workforce and understanding what help and growth studying incapacity nurses and psychological well being nurses want is essential to rising and valuing this specialist workforce and subsequently we’ve session for each through the afternoon.
Lastly, we’ll be closing the convention with a bespoke piece commissioned by Skills for Care. I had the privilege of travelling to Durham to satisfy the solid of ‘See Me’, a media piece recognising the significance of individuals in co-produced planning and care supply.
This convention is a chance to worth nursing for the safety-critical position it supplies and never a ‘good to have’ workforce possibility.
