What will I learn on this module?
This module will support your development in advancing your clinical skills, leadership skills and supervision skills, linked to the NMC (2024) Standards of proficiency for nursing associates outlined in Annexe A and B.
The module will help you develop greater confidence to develop and practice your clinical skills, leadership skills and supervisory skills within a simulated environment. You will receive support through peer feedback and assessment as you enhance your knowledge and proficiency in advanced skills, such as performing 12-lead ECGs, wound care, and venepuncture.
As a supervisor in the practice environment your role is pivotal in the shaping of learning experiences and professional development of other learners. You will analyse the evidence supporting effective leadership approaches and skills necessary for MDT collaboration, focusing on improving patient outcomes and team dynamics. Evaluating your role involves assessing the key areas of coaching, facilitation of learning, assessment and feedback. You will develop your supervisory skills to support learners and lead on the delivery of care that has been prescribed by the registered nurse.
Within the module you will demonstrate resilience and emotional intelligence and be capable of explaining the rationale that influences your judgements and decisions in routine, complex and challenging situations. This will enable you to understand how to utilise evidence to underpin your practice. You will learn to apply and assess your leadership abilities in delivering safe and effective nursing associate care, managing care activities with a focus on patient safety and quality. The module emphasises the development of personal and professional qualities essential for working effectively within an inter-professional practice placement team, fostering effective communication, adaptability, and collaborative skills.
You will examine and assess your role as a supervisor, developing skills to effectively support learners in the practice setting. To guide and enhance your clinical decision-making, this module introduces various leadership models and supervision frameworks relevant to the nursing associate role, including practice supervisor training.
How will I learn on this module?
This module uses a problem-based and skills-based learning approach to ensure that your learning is both practical and directly applicable to nursing associate practice. You will develop core skills through engaging in seminars, practical workshops, online supported learning (OSL) resources and immersive simulated experiences, which are designed to create practice placement environments that reflect real-life practice settings, which will enable you to practice your clinical and leadership skills in q safe evidence-based facilitated environment before real-life application with patients.
Practical workshops will allow you to work collaboratively with peers, encouraging shared learning, critical thinking and in providing peer support and feedback. Practical sessions will be dedicated to rehearsing nursing associate skills which will provide you with opportunity to develop your psychomotor skills. Academic guidance and support to build your confidence and competence will be available throughout the module. Additionally, you will have access to specialised online resources, including the Skills4Practice website, to further support your learning. By practicing your skills in a simulated environment, you will develop the clinical proficiency needed to deliver safe, effective patient care and achieve skill annexe A & B sign off.
Practice placement experiences will additionally enable you the opportunity to apply and refine these skills, you will be supported through supervision and feedback from experienced practitioners.
How will I be supported academically on this module?
You will be supported by a specialist module team in Nursing, Midwifery and Health. You will receive ongoing guidance and feedback to ensure you are able to engage with concepts of safe nursing associate practice. You will also be supported via the OSL systems in addition to face-to-face teaching and group work activities and discussion. You will be able to contact the module team in person, by email or phone and through Blackboard Ultra. Skills Plus, the University Library’s collection of online learning materials can be used to support the development of your academic skills. Further support for your learning is provided with a 24-hour IT Helpline, a comprehensive range of services through the Student Life and Wellbeing Team and the University’s student portal, which gives help and advice on student enquiries such as disability, faith, counselling, mental health support, finance, assessments, and welfare issues. You can access these services via email on your student portal, by telephone or through the help desk staff based within university libraries.
You will also support each other via peer support, through engaging in discussion and debate to enhance your learning. Additional relevant materials, including the electronic reading list and other teaching and learning methods, will be available via Blackboard Ultra and library services. The University Libraries at both Coach Lane Campus and City Campus offer an extensive collection of material, both hard copy and electronic, access to international databases and training in information retrieval. All support will be in line with any Student Accessibility Plan (SAP).
What will I be expected to read on this module?
All modules at Northumbria include a range of reading materials that students are expected to engage with. The reading list for this module can be found at: http://readinglists.northumbria.ac.uk
(Reading List service online guide for academic staff this containing contact details for the Reading List team – http://library.northumbria.ac.uk/readinglists)
What will I be expected to achieve?
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Knowledge & Understanding (K&U):
1. Analyse the evidence-base of leadership and MDT working skills.
Intellectual/Professional skills & abilities (IPSA):
2. Demonstrate that you have the personal and professional attributes that will enable you to work effectively as part of an inter-professional healthcare team.
3. Application and evaluation of your ability to lead on the delivery of prescribed safe and effective nursing associate care.
4. Apply knowledge and skills to support shared decision-making and safeguarding vulnerable individuals while demonstrating proficiency in written, digital, and numeracy skills to enhance professional practice
Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA):
5. Evaluate your role as a supervisor in supporting learners within the practice environment while demonstrating an understanding of healthcare policies, ethical decision-making, and political awareness. Reflect on leadership, emotional intelligence, and personal values to enhance patient safety, quality of care, and cost-effective inter-professional practice
How will I be assessed?
Formative:
Completion of the practice supervisor online training.
Summative:
2500 word: Analyse a leadership approach and supervision strategy in the implementation of a skill or intervention aimed at promoting well-being or preventing ill-health. Evaluate the underpinning evidence base for the intervention and explore the knowledge, skills, and values essential for leading and supervising its effective delivery in nursing associate practice (MLO1-5)
Pre-requisite(s)
Completion of L4
Co-requisite(s)
N/A
Module abstract
This skills module focuses on advancing your clinical, leadership, and supervisory skills within the NMC (2024) Standards of Proficiency for nursing associates (Annexe A and B). You will build confidence in advanced clinical skills, such as 12-lead ECG recording, wound care, and venepuncture, within a simulated environment, which is supported by academics and your peers. As a supervisor, you will have a significant role in shaping learning experiences and fostering the professional growth of other learners. This module will offer you opportunities to enhance the skills and attributes necessary to become an effective supervisor.
The module emphasises effective leadership and multi-disciplinary collaboration, aiming to improve patient outcomes and team cohesion. You will build resilience and emotional intelligence, enabling you to make informed decisions and communicate the rationale behind your judgments in various practice placement setting. Additionally, you will explore leadership models and supervision frameworks, such as practice supervisor training, to enhance your ability to support learners and deliver high-quality, safe nursing associate care within an inter-professional team.
Course info
UCAS Code B780
Credits 20
Level of Study Undergraduate
Mode of Study 2 years Full Time
Department Nursing, Midwifery & Health
Location Coach Lane Campus, Northumbria University
City Newcastle
Start September 2025 or September 2026
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