Overview

The Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA) role is deemed essential to the post Covid-19 pandemic restorative period. The leadership elements of the role are seen as being important for the support of staff health and well being and for the promotion of resilience within individuals and clinical teams. Inextricably linked to the leadership and supervisory work of the PNA is staff personal development, which in turn has a subsequent impact on quality improvement and enhancement initiatives. The end point assessment is a 3,000-word portfolio document, evidencing learners' application of the PNA role and the A-EQUIP model. Teaching is supported by Professional Nurse Advocate Leads and Quality Improvement experts. 

Module aims

• To equip nurses with the knowledge and skills to facilitate restorative clinical supervision to colleagues and teams within nursing services.
• To intrinsically link restorative clinical supervision to quality improvement approaches in clinical practice

Entry requirements

The criteria for the PNA training programme require that applicants:

• Will hold a current registration with the NMC
• Are in a patient-facing role with access to support and supervision from an appropriate clinical lead person
• Are Band 5 or above
• EITHER: Hold a pre-2012 nursing diploma or advanced diploma (with the addition of a top-up accredited Level 6 qualification) - certificate/transcript will need to be uploaded to the application
  OR: Already hold an accredited Level 6 qualification (degree or degree equivalent/ top-up accredited Level 6 CPD course) - certificate/transcript will need to be uploaded to the application
• Have line manager approval to be released for all taught sessions
• Applicants must be in a position to attend all taught sessions and complete the assessment requirements for the module

Module content

• Professional Nurse Advocate Role
• Critical Thinking
• AEQIP Model
• Restorative Clinical Supervision
• Ethical Issues
• Resilience
• Self-awareness
• Assertiveness
• Compassionate Leadership
• Quality Improvement
• Advocacy
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Health and Wellbeing

Teaching and assessment

As a 15-credit Level 7 Module, there are 150 hours of study, equating to 75 hours of active learning and 75 hours of independent study. There are 10 taught sessions via MS Teams that all learners are expected to attend during the 15-week module. As learners are required to be active participants during these sessions, they will need a working camera and microphone.