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Whether you are currently a Nurse Consultant, or aspiring to be one, this virtual conference provides a unique opportunity to learn from the experienced Nurse Consultants and develop your skills as an effective Nurse Consultant. The programme will focus on developing the skills and role of Nurse Consultants and aspiring Nurse Consultants. You will have the opportunity to improve, reflect on and understand key aspects of the role including balancing clinical and non-clinical responsibilities, developing your clinical leadership skills and strategic aspects of the role, developing your role in education, training and development, and an extended focus on developing your research skills. The conference will also cover setting up new services, leading quality improvement, developing high quality advanced clinical practice, succession planning and cover, the role of prescribing practice and leading autonomous services.
There will be an optional breakout for Aspiring Nurse Consultants looking to develop their skills and prepare for a future role as a Nurse Consultant.
This conference will provide you with the key skills and attributes to develop your role as a current Nurse Consultant or move forward to the this role.
“Consultant level nursing is underpinned by a comprehensive range of capabilities and integrated expertise across the four pillars of nursing: clinical practice, education, research and leadership. All four are underpinned by consultancy as the foundations of putting expertise in place across systems of health and social care to sustain quality.”
RCN
“Nurse Consultants are ideally placed to lead on the transformation agenda….nurse consultants were designed to provide a clinical career pathway which both strengthened leadership, improved patient outcomes and enhanced the quality of services and care”
Professor John Unsworth Chair of Council, The Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing 2025
“Nurse consultants and consultant midwives will play a vital role in the Neighbourhood Health Service, providing advanced clinical care and system leadership, driving improvements in care quality, and advancing professional practice. We will increase the number of nurse consultants, particularly in neighbourhood settings…The CNO’s strategy will set out how nurses and midwives can be supported throughout their careers — including progression into advanced practice and consultant roles.”
Fit for the future, 10 Year health plan for England, Department of Health, July 2025
This conference will enable you to:
Network with Nurse Consultants, Aspiring Nurse Consultants and those who support them
Understand the key competences, attitudes and skills that make a good Nurse Consultant
Learn from outstanding practice in developing your skills as a Nurse Consultant
Explore the 2025 NMC Principles of Advanced Practice
Reflect on national developments and learning
Understand the key elements of the role
Develop your skills in clinical leadership
Understand how you can set up and lead new nurse led services
Identify key strategies for driving forward advanced nursing practice
Develop the strategic aspects of the role
Drive improvements in quality improvement
Develop your skills in research practice
Reflect on the strategic development of expanding prescribing practice
Understand the highs and lows of the role from the perspective of experienced Nurse Consultant
Prepare for the role as an aspiring Nurse Consultant
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
