Professional Nurse Advocates at NUH
Aims of the Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) role:
- To provide professional clinical leadership and advocacy for the nursing workforce
- To have a positive impact on the physical and emotional wellbeing of staff
- To help staff feel valued and cared for
- To influence a reduction in stress
- To influence a reduction in burnout
- To improve compassion and job satisfaction
- To improve retention of staff
- To improve working relationships
- To improve team dynamics
- To support staff to manage work/life balance more effectively
- To support staff to improve patient care
- To promote professional accountability
- To promote a culture of professional learning and development
- To empower staff to undertake personal action for quality improvement
What can a PNA do for you?
PNAs deploy the A-EQUIP (Advocating and Educating for QUality ImProvement) model of professional nursing leadership and clinical supervision:
Normative
- Revalidation support
- Facilitate exit interviews
- Support staff returning from sick leave and maternity/paternity leave
- Job application and interview support
- Support for staff involved in incidents
- Support for staff involved in NMC processes
Formative
- Careers conversations
- Careers trolley dashes and teaching workshops
- Accessible at educational events and time out days
- Support professional education and development
Restorative
- 1:1 Restorative Clinical Supervision
- Group Restorative Clinical Supervision
- Wellbeing conversations
- Support after a traumatic event
- Post Aggression, Violence and Harassment incident support
- International nurse support, pre-pin nurse support and student nurse support
- Wellbeing workshops
Personal Action for Quality Improvement (QI)
- Quality Improvement ideas/project support
- Guide staff through the Model for Improvement process for QI
- Empower staff to establish collaborative working relationships with wider teams