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Returning to practi ce We off er nurses who have taken ti me away from the profession the chance to return to practi ce with us.


In partnership with the University of Southampton, we run a 20-week return-to-practi ce programme twice a year. We off er full support and placements throughout the programme, with successful completi on enabling return-to-practi ce nurses to go back on the Nursing and Midwifery Council register and take up a job within the Trust.


The programme was ideal for Hannah Rokison, who worked as a nurse for 16 years unti l she left in 1995 to bring up her family. She took a job as a school matron but missed the camaraderie and teamwork of emergency nursing, which prompted her to consider a return to the role she loved.


“I’ve come back because I am a good nurse and I know it’s a job that I can do well. I like the challenge and enjoy nursing.


“I missed working as an acute nurse. I love it because you never know what is going to come through the doors. You have a small window of ti me to make somebody good and send them on their way, so it’s a diff erent kind of nursing.


“It’s very demanding but the teamwork and buzz in emergency nursing is amazing; that’s what brings you back. You’re one of the fi rst people that pati ents see when they arrive and you’re oft en what they remember about the hospital.


“The main challenge of the return-to-practi ce programme was getti ng used to the idea of studying at university. When I was training, learning was done on the job, so I had to adjust.


“Working as a healthcare support worker on the unit made this much easier. I really got to know how the department and the team operated.


“Nursing care and the principles behind it are sti ll the same as they were when I qualifi ed in 1979. However, the public’s percepti on of what we off er has changed, and the demands placed on us mean it’s not always easy to provide the care we would like to.


“The Trust have given me a huge amount of support through this whole process. Our facilitator was very helpful and my colleagues have been fantasti c. I’m hoping to take up an emergency nursing role as soon as I complete my course.”


10 | Chief Nursing Review 2017/18


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