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RCN Jobs Fair 2013

RCN Jobs Fair 2013 Specialist Nursing. RCN Jobs Fair 2013. Fiona McGregor RN, SCPHN, BSc(Hons), BA(Hons), BA, MA, PGDip (Ethics) GDL (Law). Current Role. Research Nurse: UCL Institute for Women’s Health Specialist Community Nurse: CNWL Sexual Reproductive Health Services

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RCN Jobs Fair 2013

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  1. RCN Jobs Fair 2013Specialist Nursing RCN Jobs Fair 2013 Fiona McGregor RN, SCPHN, BSc(Hons), BA(Hons), BA, MA, PGDip (Ethics) GDL (Law)

  2. Current Role • Research Nurse: UCL Institute for Women’s Health • Specialist Community Nurse: CNWL • Sexual Reproductive Health Services • Young people’s services (21 years and under)

  3. Choice of specialty • Difficult to predict trajectory • I can tell you about my journey • Key messages: • Get experience everywhere • Walk through those doors of opportunity

  4. Specialising • Specialising is about: • Experience • Experience • Experience • It doesn’t necessarily mean in the field you intend to specialise • Think about transferrable skills • Select and take opportunities

  5. My experience as registered and specialist nurse

  6. Experience (cont’d)

  7. Specialist Nursing • My perspective…….. (key issues) • To work in a specialist role there should be overall groundedness and roundedness • It requires all the qualities of a nurse: Especially: • The 6Cs • A focus on the patient as central • Accountability • Leading and leadership – • Role model to others • Developing your role and developing your self • Championing the profession as an incredible career

  8. What do I do all day? • Multi-task! • Keep up to date and practice clinically, professionally and academically • Work independently and as part of a team • Motivate myself and others • Network • Design studies/proposals • Applications (Grants, ethics, R&D) • Recruit patients and follow through • Mentor

  9. Locally (YP services, youth centre, University, SRH clinical areas) • Nationally (Conferences, exhibitions, posters, presentations, articles, publications, meetings)

  10. Mary Seacole and other awards Examples • Mary Seacole • Florence Nightingale • Queens Institute • RCN • Burdett Trust for Nursing • CHAIN [enquiries@chain-network.org.uk]

  11. National awards, open to all Nurses, Midwives, HVs • 6 Awards per annum worth up to £12,500 • Opportunity for career and self development • Improvement in outcomes for BME communities through planning and undertaking a personally designed project • Excellent research experience will follow on from this • Applications start March/April

  12. Finally... • Don’t burn out/forget all the other important things in life. • Good luck with your careers • Please do contact me: Fiona.mcgregor@nhs.net

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