Leadership Development and Succession Planning for Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses

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Leadership Development and Succession Planning
for Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses

• Brona Murray
• Theatre Sister
• Altnagelvin Hospital

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Development of Ward Sister/Charge Nurse Roles

• Leadership Development activities in legacy
  Trusts
• Local and Commercial designs
• Focused on experienced Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses
• Poor monitoring of application of learning to
  practice and changes in behaviour
• Limited formal support for new Ward
  Sisters/Charge Nurses
• No serious consideration of succession planning

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Leadership Development activities in legacy Trusts

• CNLP (DHSSPS/BMC)
• Management Development
• RCN Clinical Leadership
• LEO
• Trust programmes with internal
• and external speakers
• Leadership symposiums

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Succession Planning.

• Driver - Recruitment challenges Ward
  Sisters/Charge Nurse roles
• Programmes designed in partnership with Human
  Resources
• Four levels of Leadership and Management
  Development
• Programmes incorporated KSF and LQF
• ECG Funded and NIPEC QA applied
• 3 Nursing and Midwifery Cohorts completed -
• Total of 50 nurses and midwives
• Now multi-professional

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Preparation for role of Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

• The Programme
• 3 modules LQF
• 10 days -
• Learning Contract
• Service Improvement Proposal
• Shadowing opportunity
• Learning Sets

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Preparation for role of Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

• Personal Qualities
• MBTI Personality Styles Questionnaire
• Management v- Leadership
• Team Effectiveness
• Conflict Management
• Learning Styles
• Communications Presentation Skills
• Action Learning Set

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Preparation for role of Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

• Setting Direction
• Modernisation Change
• Service improvement
• Information Management
• Financial Management
• Action Learning Set

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Preparation for role of Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

• Delivering The Service
• Change Management
• Workforce Planning
• Productivity Performance
• Quality Management
• Health, Safety and Security
• People Management
• Action Learning Set

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What I liked about the course

• Myers Briggs Type Indicator
• Many of us discovered why we are the way we are
• Belbin Team Profiling Exercise
• The speakers for their knowledge, and enthusiasm
• The Action Learning Sets
• The content was relevant to any nurse or midwife
  wishing to enhance their leadership skills

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How has the course prepared me for the role?

• Insight into how the Trust works the business
  side
• Appreciation of how other departments impact on
  my department
• Better understanding of the demands of the role
• Opportunity to establish networks with peers
• Enabled me to decide Do I or Dont I
• Only the start of the learning

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