Oxleas NHS - Nursing Care Strategy

Effective use of resources

We want to develop a sustainable competent and

caring workforce to ensure that we have the

right skills for now and for the future. Our nurses

and healthcare support workers are our greatest

asset and we want to support them to provide

great care.

Within this work stream our approach will be to

focus on professional workforce development and

support the work of our Productivity, Efficiency and

Effectiveness work group.

In order to do this we need to ensure the right

systems and processes are in place and establish

opportunities for practice development for

support workers, students, newly qualified nurses,

established nurses and those offering advanced

practice. With our educational partners we will

be developing apprenticeships, nursing associate

roles, advanced clinical practice and approved

clinician roles for nurses.

We want to continue to recruit and retain the best

nurses. We will also be maximising the opportunities

for nursing across a spectrum of clinical experiences

including promoting integrated nursing care within

all of our communities including prisons. We want to

ensure equality and diversity for all and will support

all our talented nurses to progress their careers

ensuring representation from black and ethnic

minority groups.