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Paul Rafferty

Paul Rafferty RN

Nursing
Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

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Paul is Deputy Chief Nurse at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Paul joined York Trust in July 2020. He has a first-class honours degree and successfully achieved a Post Graduate Diploma in Advancing Quality, Safety and Governance in Health and Social Care.

Paul has worked in several large University Teaching Hospitals in the North of England across West Yorkshire and more latterly the North East of England where has held senior leadership roles. He has successfully led teams to achieve outstanding clinical standards and outcomes for patients, firstly at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where he led his team to win “Team of the Year” for improvements to patient care by implementing a programme known as “Proud to Care” with the 6Cs embedded as part of this. Paul is actively involved in National work-streams, working with the Nursing and Midwifery Council advising their Executive via the Professional Strategic Advisory Group.

He was also a member of the national strategy group for reducing pressure ulcers which are being led by NHS Improvement. Paul has picked up additional postgraduate study and is completing Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme via the NHS Leadership Academy. He frequently coaches and develops junior staff into senior roles. Outside of work Paul is a huge rugby union fan and enjoys downtime in his campervan around the UK to help keep himself resilient and recharged.
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