Hear from our Lead Nurse, Lianne Ford, about preceptorship for newly qualified Registered Nurses and Nurse Associates.
The most exciting but challenging time of your nursing career is the first few months following registration, as you make the transition from student to professional registered practitioner.
To give you the best possible start, our preceptorship programme provides a period of structured transition to welcome and integrate you into your new team and place of work.
Preceptorship at Exemplar Health Care
Our preceptorship programme is 12 months long, of which the first 12 weeks are supernumerary.
It includes:
a company welcome induction including mandatory training
up to 12 weeks time alongside an experienced registered professional
access to online learning through the RCNi Learning platform and The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Procedures
supervision meetings with your preceptor.
The first few weeks support you to settle in, observe practice and understand the expectations of the role.
You’ll work alongside the care team in your setting to deliver direct care so you can get to know the people you’ll be supporting.
During weeks three and four, you’ll work under the supervision of an experienced practitioner.
Between weeks four and 12, you’ll be assessed as competent to work under the indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse.
Following completion of your 12 week probation, you’ll continue with regular supervisions and learning and development, and complete your NMC portfolio.
“I always have my preceptor there for advice”
We think our preceptorship is pretty great! But don’t just take my word for it.
Hear from Oluwaseyi Akano, Registered Mental Health Nurse at Bridgewood Mews, on his experience of preceptorship.
“My induction week covered a two-day welcome induction which introduced me to the company, its mission statement and values. I also visited the home to meet the team and service users.
“During the first and second months of the preceptorship programme, I worked under direct supervision of my preceptor.
“I learned about the systems and processes in the home, and the medication that people take.
“I had regular supervision with my preceptor to check my progress, and they signed me off as competent to administer medication.
“I’m now in my third month of preceptorship and am working under indirect supervision, sometimes acting as the Nurse in Charge on my unit."
Exemplar Health Care is a great company to work for. I’d encourage anyone who’s looking for their first nursing role to apply. Our focus is always to ensure that our service users are cared for and happy.
“I made the right decision”
For Gurjinder Kaur, a preceptorship Nurse at Parkside, this is her first nursing job in the UK.
She shares: “I’ve felt that I’ve been supported throughout my preceptorship.
“When I started here I was very nervous as this was my first job in the UK as a Nurse. However, now I know that I made the right decision to join Parkside and Exemplar Health Care.
“All of the nursing staff are supportive, the Home Manager is always there if you have a question, and you’re supported by a Clinical Nurse Manager at all times.”
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