Plymouth branch online meeting - all members welcome
19 Aug 2025, 18:00 - 19:30
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Your branch team are keen to meet you and update you with future events and current issues. But more importantly, this is your opportunity to have your say on the activities and learning events that your branch undertakes and to make your voice heard on the topics that concern you and the work of the RCN. Please do come along and get involved if you can. This month we will be joined by Ben Goodwin, Deputy Chief Nurse at University Hospitals Plymouth. We have invited him to discuss the new national nursing profiles that have been recently published and how this can be expected to impact our colleagues and the job evaluation process.
Following a request we and the RCM made to the NHS Staff Council, the NHS Job Evaluation Group has undertaken a review of the national job matching profiles for nursing and midwifery (band 4 and above). The purpose of this review is to ensure that the profiles accurately reflect current nursing and midwifery practice, training, and role development.
You can read more about the new national nursing profiles here.
You can also read a quick RCN magazine article about it. Am I in the correct band? is a good explainer that answers the questions:
- What is profile matching?
- Why is a review needed?
- How has the RCN been involved in this review?
- Who is affected?
- Could the changes have a significant impact?
- Can members play a part in the consultation?
Our guest speaker Ben Goodwin, Deputy Chief Nurse at UHP, will be discussing the potential impact of the new national nursing profiles and he will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the job matching process or what this all might ultimately mean for the nursing profession.
Provisional agenda item topics
- Attendees and apologies
- Welcome
- Minutes of previous meeting
- Guest speaker Ben Goodwin, Deputy Chief Nurse at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- Branch plan / future events
- Senior Regional Officer (SRO) update
- Board update from the member of the South West Board who represents Plymouth
- Finance
- Any other business (AOB)
- Next meeting date.
Booking
To book online you can use the booking button above, or if you prefer you can contact our events registration team directly on 02920 546460 / eventsreg@rcn.org.uk quoting event number 5380.
If you have any queries about the event you can contact your branch chair
Stuart Quarterman
stuart.quarterman@reps.rcn.org.uk
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