Career Pathway for Nursing & Midwifery

Nicki PattersonExecutive Director of Nursing, SEHSCT

NIPEC Annual ConferenceFit for Living, Fit for Practice

Northern Ireland Career Pathway for Nursing and Midwifery

NIPEC Annual ConferenceFit for Living, Fit for Practice

Nurses and Midwives are Highly Valued

But… we have a global shortage

Shortage of nurses around the world (ICN, 2013; WHO, 2014; Centre for Workforce Intelligence, 2014)

Countries competitively pursuing newly registered nurses (Canada, US, Dubai, New Zealand Australia)

Outward shift of many internationally trained nurses

Difficulty recruiting to some specialities (e.g. Care of the Older Person)

We need to make NI the ‘Employer of Choice’

Context

Reform agenda in NI:• Creates vast opportunities for nurses & midwives in:

• Wider range of settings than ever before • With a wider range of providers than ever before• In a wider range of roles than ever before

• All settings, providers & roles need to be valued so.... We must encourage flexibility in approaches:

• Identify/signpost career pathways & options And provide support:

• Preceptorship, appraisal, CPD, supervision and succession planning

Background CNO commissioned NIPEC in 2014

Lead the development of a Career Pathway

As a resource to encourage, guide & signpost: • those wanting to join the professions • trained nurses & midwives from overseas • those wanting to return to practice

And provide guidance & information for existing staff to:

• support a proactive and flexible approach to career planning • consider the broader range of roles, opportunities and sectors that employ

nurses and midwives.

Project Task and Finish Group

Career Pathway for Nursing and

Midwifery

DHSSPSChief Nursing Officer

Independent Sector: NI Hospices, Macmillan, FSHC, Marie Curie, IHCP

5 HSC Trusts

Professional Organisations:RCN & RCM

Queen’s University

Belfast

University of Ulster

Clinical Education Centre

Nicki Patterson (Chair): Director of PCOP and Executive Director of Nursing (SEHSCT)

Open University

Carole McKenna (Project Lead, NIPEC)

DHSSPS, Deputy CNO

Project Objectives

i. Review literature

ii. Scope existing career pathways

iii. Agree a pathway for NI

iv. Relevant resources

v. Submit a project report to CNO

vi. Host the pathway on NIPEC’s website

Career PathwayCareer pathways describe the route and approach that

can be taken by someone wishing to develop theircareer within a given profession.

A career pathway is not just about promotion or advancement to the next level. They can be both vertical

and diagonal in terms of a promotion, or horizontal in terms of a sideways development move

(Civil Service, 2012).

My Story

Student Nurse

Director of Primary Care and Older People and Executive Director of Nursing (SEHSCT)

Make a Choice: Make a Difference

Launch of the Northern Ireland

Career Pathway for Nursing and Midwifery

Link - http://ncpnm.auriondemo.com/

More information/link to the Career Pathway at: www.nipec.hscni.net

Thank You