Chesterfield Royal to pilot new nursing role

Chesterfield Royal patients are to benefit after the hospital was chosen as a '˜test site' for a new nursing role.
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Thirty-six ‘nursing associates’ will be recruited to four healthcare providers in the county - including Chesterfield Royal Hospital - to provide ‘hands-on compassionate patient care’.

The role is seen as another route into nursing for those who take it up.

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Lynn Andrews, director of nursing and patient care at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership as a national test-site.

“This is an exciting opportunity to give our people the chance to learn and develop front-line nursing skills ‘on the job’.

“They will strengthen our ward teams and provide safe, high-quality and person-centred care to our patients, through our proud to CARE values of compassion, dignity and respect.

“To ‘grow your own staff’ through a comprehensive and on-going education programme is the best way to provide support and development, and helps to retain a valuable workforce.”

The students - who will be trained through the University of Derby in Chesterfield and will form part of a national cohort of 1,000 - are expected to start the two-year programme this December.

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