Seminar Programme

 If you missed the seminars, please note that the presentations can be viewed by clicking on the link next to the seminar's title.

Seminar Theatre 1

Times

Tuesday 13 September

Wednesday 14 September

11.00

How to get the job you want (click to download)
- Where to look for the best jobs 
- Shaping your skills and experience
- CVs, application forms and interview
techniques
- Show employers you have the skills
they want

What is it really like to work in a private hospital?
Is it something worth considering?  (click to download)
HCA seminar
12.00 Working in a social enterprise/setting up
your own business (click to download)
- Setting up a social enterprise
- Making the transition
- Training, resources and support
- Tips for budding entrepreneurs
Choosing a specialty - Panel discussion (click to download)
- Identifying the specialty for you
- Getting the right qualifications and experience
- Working in the specialist team
 
13.00 Who is looking after your career?
Do you know what your options are and
what it takes to get there? (click to download)
HCA seminar
Make a great first impression (click to download)
- Dress, behaviour, presence and charisma
- How people can see you
- Non-verbal communication
- Emphasise your best, play down the rest
14.00 Choosing a specialty (click to download)
- Identifying the speciality for you
- Getting the right qualifications and
experience
- Working in the specialist team

Keeping your CPD up to date (click to download)
- Current CPD requirements
- CPD in the future
- CPD needed to function competently in
future workplaces
- Ensure your employer pays attention to
staff CPD needs

15.00 Working overseas
- Current state of the overseas jobs market
- Experiences of working overseas
- Preparing to travel and finding your feet
- The career value of overseas travel
 

Careers beyond hospital and community
(click to download)
- Opportunities for nurses in new settings
- Getting the right qualifications and experiences
- Working as part of a team
- Job satisfaction and the patient/user experience

     

Seminar Theatre 2

Times

Tuesday 13 September

Wednesday 14 September

11.00 What is it really like to work in a private hospital?
Is it something worth considering?
(click to download)
- Moving from the NHS to the private sector
HCA seminar
How to get the job you want (click to download)
- Where to look for the best jobs 
- Shaping your skills and experience
- CVs, application forms and interview
techniques
- Show employers you have the skills
they want 
12.00 Changing career paths (click to download)
- The many aspects of community nursing
- Making the transition into community nursing
- Training for nurses making a career move
- Short-cut tips
Working in a social enterprise/setting up
your own business (click to download)
- Setting up a social enterprise
- Making the transition
- Training, resources and support
- Tips for budding entrepreneurs
13.00 Workplace skills (click to download)
- Teamwork, communication and cooperation
- Learning and working productively
- Thinking critically yet positively
- Dealing with change and the unexpected

Changing career paths
Panel experience
- The many aspects of community nursing
- Making the transition into community nursing
- Training for nurses making a career move
- Short-cut tips

14.00 Continuing education in a new world
(click to download)
- Changes in post-registration education
- Finding the right post-registration
education for you
- Funding for post-registration education
- Using your post-registration education
to progress your career
Management techniques for senior nurses
(click to download)
- Why senior nurses need to be good managers
- Seeing the big picture
- Management techniques for senior nurses
- Tips for senior clinicians managing complex
clinical areas
15.00 Management techniques for clinical nurses
(click to download)
- Importance of management skills
- Leadership and management skills necessary
for high quality care
- Challenges for clinical managers
- Getting management experience and training
- Resources for management support and
development
Working overseas
- Current state of the overseas jobs market
- Experiences of working overseas
- Preparing to travel and finding your feet
- The career value of overseas travel
 
     
 
 

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