Site Practitioners Network The new professional networking organisation for sharing experience, ideas and innovation.

Introduction:
There have been a number of projects and papers, such as ‘Hospital at Night’ project and ‘Wait for a bed’ that have led to a flurry of activity and clinical developments. Clinical teams around the country are now in an advanced practice stage. This new organisation offers a platform for sharing experiences, ideas and innovations with colleagues from around the country. Essentially establishing this area as a clinical speciality and ultimately with the contribution of its members becoming a national influencing body.

Membership is open to all interested professionals and in particular:

• Site Nurse Practitioners
• Night Practitioners and Coordinators
• Hospital & Clinical Coordinators
• Directors of Nursing & Nurse Managers
  Discharge Coordinators
• Bed Managers & Admissions Coordinators
  Nurse Consultants & Nurse Practitioners
• Bleep holders
  

Vision:
To grow a vibrant and fully inclusive professional Network enabling its members to influence the future development of the role covered by ‘Site Practitioners’. To be achieved through an elected national Executive Committee.

Aims:

• Develop a framework for the growth of the Network’s national profile and membership base.
• Elect chairperson and executive committee members.
• Establish links with national professional bodies and Department of Health.
• Work towards the 2nd National Site Practitioner conference on 26th March 2006.
• Develop written clinical standards and written competencies.
• Promote and share advance practice within the speciality.
  

Benefits of membership:

• Exclusive access to a password protected online bulletin board, where you can access and post ideas, messages and files with other Network members.
• Membership newsletter.
• Influence and develop the Network for the benefit of your clinical speciality.
• Discounted access to the very latest books and multimedia titles from the UK’s most prominent publishers (eg. Churchill Livingstone & British Medical Association)
• Discounted rate for the 2nd National Site Practitioner conference in 2006.
  

Membership Administration and Support:
M&K Update Ltd have agreed to administer and financially support the Network during the foundation phase. M&K will provide a centralised base for the Network and will host the online Bulletin Board. The aim is to work towards the Network becoming self-financing through membership subscription and organising events and ultimately finance its own activities.

Are you interested in becoming a committee member?
Please email Mike Roberts: snp@mkupdate.co.uk

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