RCN South West Board Elections 2014 Candidate statement for Nicholas White Professional career Dates (years) 2011 – present 2003 2000 1996 1995 – 1996 1993 - 1995 1987 – 1993 1986 – 1987 Position Main achievements Training & Development Manager Mental Health Partnership, Plymouth Community Healthcare – CIC, Training & Development Manager Mental Health Partnership, Plymouth Primary Care NHS Trust, Manager, Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Services, Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust (to April 01), Plymouth Primary Care NHS Trust Learning Disability Service. Nurse Advisor/ Community Nurse, Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust, Learning Disabilities Service. Directorate of Corporate Development, Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust, Senior Nurse Manager, Community Nursing and Physical Health, Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust, Learning Disability Directorate Community Nurse, Learning Disabilities, Plymouth Community Services NHS Trust Deputy Charge Nurse, Learning Disability Acute Service, Plymouth Health Authority 1 RCN involvement Dates (years) 2011 – 2014 Position Steward 1981 – 1983 Northern Region - Association of Nursing Students 1983 - 1986 Northumberland County Council Residential Child Care Officer, Education Department 1980 – 1983 Northumberland Health Authority Student Nurse, Northgate Hospital Nurse Training School Dudley Health Authority, Nursing Assistant, Ridge Hill MHU West Midlands Press, Reporter/Photographer, Dudley Herald 1979 – 1980 1987 – 1979 Main achievements Completed Stewards Training, became an executive member of the Plymouth Branch, supported recruitment activities to enliven the branch, developing the Branch Action Plan. Attending regional CPD events. Led negotiations with Organisation for RCN and Staff Side re Pay, Pay Protection, Terms and Conditions, Policy Reviews. Successful negotiations on behalf of individual members re work issues. Joint Chair of Staff Side then Chair of Staff side (first RCN chair in the Organisation). Speaking at RCN CPD day in Plymouth in October 2014. Represented Students at National ANS meetings. Attended Congress as ANS rep. Other relevant experience Nomination statement Nic has been Training & Development Manager in Mental Health since 2003 starting nursing in the West Midlands in 1979. Nic qualified in Northumberland in 1983 working in Health, Social Care clinical settings and in Education, always looking to 2 develop and improve services, improve care and effect attitudinal change to the delivery of care. Nic joined the RCN in 1980. He was Northern Region Representative of the Association of Nursing Students for two years. He has maintained active membership of the RCN and in 2011 became a Steward; in this role he has represented member issues as well as having a key role in the Staff Side Trade Union Forum as Chair. The qualities of patience, knowledge, persistence and calm with the experience of those roles in clinical and political discussions and negotiations he would bring to the Board. His early experiences in health care and career had a profound effect on his thinking both in terms of approaches to care for people who use services as well as individual staff members and organisations. This has led him to be a passionate supporter of person centred care and Whole Systems approaches to care and recovery. The principles of which can be applied to the members of the workforce and organisations. Nic has presented as a Key Note speaker at conferences in the UK and Europe and he has spoken at RCN Congress as voting member for Plymouth Branch. Nic balances his work and RCN interests with sailing, music, art and DIY. Published as written by the candidate 3