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Leading Safe and Effective Care in Challenging Times

21st March 2012, Linen Suite, Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey

9.15 - 9.30 Arrival & Registration
9.3 - 9.35 Conference Welcome & Chair's Opening Remarks
Professor Carol Curran, Chair, NIPEC
9.35 - 9.50 KEYNOTE SPEECH
Mary Hinds, Director of Nursing, Public Health Agency
9.50 - 10.05 Leading Care and Team Leader Projects update
Cathy McCusker / Dr Carole McKenna, Senior Professional Officers, NIPEC
10.05 - 10.15

Leading Care in Challenging Times

Edwin Poots MLA, Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, DHSSPS
10.15 - 10.55

THE WARD LEADER

Essential Skills and Qualities
Tina Irwin, Ward Sister, Belfast HSC Trust

Making use of the Leading Care Resources

Michelle McCartan, Ward Sister, Southern HSC Trust

Developing our current and future Ward Leaders

Brona Murray, Theatre Sister, Western HSC Trust
10.55 - 11.20 TEA/COFFEE
11.20 - 11.45

REFLECTIONS FROM WARD LEADERS IN LEADING QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS

SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICE
Record Keeping

Angela Drury, Senior Professional Officer, NIPEC;

Wendy Cross, Lead Nurse for Governance and Performance, Western HSC Trust

Kate Tosh, Ward Sister, Belfast HSC Trust

Pearse McDonald, Charge Nurse, Northern HSC Trust

Lavina Young, Deputy Ward Sister, Northern HSC Trust

Handover Reporting

Caroline Campbell, Ward Sister, Southern HSC Trust
11.45 - 12.05 ENHANCING THE PATIENT/CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Developing ‘Nursing and Midwifery KPIs’: the story so far
Linda Kelly, Patient Involvement Manager, South Eastern HSC Trust
12.05 - 12.30 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Working in Partnership toward a Professional Development Continuum

Maggie Bennett, Practice Education Facilitator, Southern HSC Trust;

Aishleen Cunningham, Practice Education Facilitator, Northern HSC Trust

Cathy Hamilton, Professional and Practice Development Facilitator, Northern HSC Trust

12.30 - 12.55

DELIVERY OF ORGANISATIONAL OBJECTIVES

The Elective Surgical Pathway
Teresa O’Neill, Ward Sister, Northern HSC Trust

Nurse-Led Discharge Protocol

Margaret Palmer, Deputy Ward Sister, Western HSC Trust
12.55 - 13.00 Chairs Closing Remarks
Professor Carol Curran, Chair, NIPEC
13.00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14.00 - 14.05 Chairs Opening Remarks
Olive MacLeod, Director of Nursing and User Experience, Northern HSC Trust
14.05 - 14.30

INTRODUCTION OF THE SUPPORT OFFICER ROLE

Review of the Support Officer Role
Fiona Bradley, Professional Officer, NIPEC
Reflections on the Support Officer role

Gerry Totten, Charge Nurse, Northern HSC Trust

Nicola Bawn, Ward Sister Support, Southern HSC Trust
14.30 - 15.30 CONFERENCE DEBATE: This house believes that Ward Sisters and Charge Nurses should be supervisory 100% of the time, not carrying their own caseload of patients

Norma Kenny, Ward Sister, South Eastern HSC Trust

Johnny Killough, Charge Nurse, Belfast HSC Trust

15.30 - 15.45 Chairs Closing Remarks
Olive MacLeod, Director of Nursing and User Experience, Northern HSC Trust
15.45 - 16:00 Evaluation and Close
Dr Glynis Henry, Chief Executive, NIPEC

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