Supporting Nurses in Difficulty & Improving Wellbeing and Mental Health in Nursing

#NursesInDifficulty

Today's chair: Stephen Jones Professional Lead for Mental Health The Royal College of Nursing

 Stephen Jones Biography 0.01 MBDOCXfile

Supporting nurses and midwives through and beyond Covid-19

Sarah Freeman Associate Director of Nursing for Unplanned Care Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

• supporting nurses and midwives through the pandemic
• what issues are we seeing? 
• the importance of self care during Covid-19
• ensuring safe staffing levels 
• supporting staff through bereavement and loss
•  the essential role of the Ward Leader  
• Is the culture at the workplace right? Policies and procedures in use?
 

• Sarah Freeman Biography 0.01 MBDOCXfile
• Sarah Freeman Presentation Slides 5.07 MBVND.OASIS.OPENDOCUMENT.PRESENTATIONfile

Supporting Nurses' psychological and mental health during and beyond Covid-19

Ali Richards 
Lecturer Nursing Associate Institute of Health University of Cumbria

• stresses and challenges
• the essentials of a good psychological support programme 
• developing peer and team support networks 
• effective interventions for supporting nurses  
• stresses and challenges
• the essentials of a good psychological support programme 
• developing peer and team support networks 
• advice for nurses experiencing concerns

• Ali Richards Biography 0.01 MBDOCXfile

Supporting Nurses from diverse backgrounds

Edmund Tabay 
Director of Nursing 
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust 

• risk assessment and understanding the lived experience of Covid-19
• improving equality and wellbeing 
• our experience 

EXTENDED SESSION: Supporting Nurses in Difficulty and Managing Performance Concerns Fitness to Practise NMC Update

Fausto Felice
Head of Strategic Change in Fitness to Practise 
Nursing and Midwifery Council

• dealing with complaints about nurses and midwives: a new approach to fitness to practice
• helping employers to deal with complaints 
• supporting local resolution 
• giving nurses and midwives the opportunity to remediate 
• the results of the consultation 
• referring to the NMC: when to refer and factors to consider 

• Fausto Felice Biography 0.07 MBDOCXfile

EXTENDED SESSION: Supporting Nurses in Difficulty including performance issues, remediation, mentoring and developmental action

Prof Helen Young 
Executive Director of Patient Care and Services
South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust 

• understanding the issues: is it what it seems? The underlying causes of difficulty
• supporting nurses and midwives through physical and mental health concerns
• working through performance issues at a local level: practical steps  
• how to diagnose the nature of the issue 
• behavior and conduct: setting the ground rules 
• identifying training needs and providing adequate supervision to support improvement 
• monitoring and restoring competence through regular performance appraisal
• instigating change following a performance concern or complaint    

• Professor Helen Young Biography 0.01 MBDOCXfile