Managing People, Projects & Services

Change is the one constant facing just about every service in the emerging landscape, whether it is new ways of working, financial reform or a major project. The easy way is to set it up right in the first place, ensure you get the right people on board, then plan and execute in a timely fashion with minimal resistance. This requires the right knowledge, insight and skills and that's exactly what this course is designed to deliver. Focused, practical and cutting to the heart of the real difficulties in change.

Many SAS doctors are new to the job planning process, unclear of its intended purpose and therefore rightly approach it with trepidation. This powerful course clearly demonstrates why job planning is essential both to support the SAS doctor in performing optimally but also for effective organisational performance as a whole. The course reviews the “rules & regulations” of SAS job plans as well as the process that needs to be gone through from both sides to develop effective plans.

A raft of practical strategies built into an easy to manage framework that ensures you excel as a consultant, gain the best from your staff and carry yourself with utmost professionalism. This course is designed as an intensive submersion into the key areas necessary to succeed in being an exceptional consultant. Covering everything from new found managerial responsibility to fiscal probity, risk, governance and even the business of health, it acts as a comprehensive framework packed with the practical application of core skills.

Suddenly in a responsible clinical role you find that all the technical & medical knowledge you've worked hard to gain is only part of the story when managing people. To progress effectively as a doctor it is essential that you develop competency as a manager and this is a key CV requirement for gaining a consultant post. This one-day comprehensive seminar covers all the essential topics in a practical way, to enable you to really develop your management skills in the clinical context.

One of the most stressful roles a doctor performs is that of managing performance issues with juniors or even colleagues. Despite feeling like a minefield of legal principles, individual sensitivities and clinical governance, using the right approach coupled with effective skills results in rapid attainment or restoration of acceptable clinical standards and a life-long fan thanks to the support you have provided. This highly practical, leading edge course will leave you confident of achieving the right impact.