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How to choose a speciality

How to choose a speciality. Cathy Taylor Careers Adviser RCN Member Support Services. What we will look at. Current context Implications on nursing careers Nursing career pathways Career planning Support from RCN. Context. Major health care re-structures from April 2013 – more providers

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How to choose a speciality

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  1. How to choose a speciality Cathy Taylor Careers Adviser RCN Member Support Services

  2. What we will look at • Current context • Implications on nursing careers • Nursing career pathways • Career planning • Support from RCN

  3. Context • Major health care re-structures from April 2013 – more providers • Focus on quality and leadership following Francis Report • Chief Nursing Officer’s 6 Cs – www.england.nhs.uk • Ageing population – long term conditions

  4. Current context • Changing disease patterns – public health • Patients in hospital for shorter periods • Plan to move more jobs to community • Forthcoming A&E strategy to address shortages • Focus on development of health care assistants

  5. Nursing career pathways • Children, family and public health • First contact, access and urgent care • Supporting long term conditions • Acute and critical care • Mental health and psychosocial care

  6. Career progression Education Leadership Research Clinical

  7. Modernising nursing careers Source: ‘Towards A Framework for Post-registration Nursing Careers’

  8. Where nurses work Children’s centres Immigration centres Walk in centres Prisons GP surgeries Military Oil rigs Police stations Cruise ships Call centres Developing countries Universities Care homes People’s homes Colleges Hospitals Independently Schools Pharmaceutical industry Charities NHS Privatesector Hospices The workplace Blood transfusion services Religious sector

  9. Career planning Who am I Opportunity awareness Action planning

  10. Career planning: know who you are • Your values - what is important to you? • Your interests – what do you enjoy doing? • Your abilities – what are you good at – where are the gaps – how can you fill those gaps?

  11. Examples of values • Job security • Working alone • Working in a team • Being able to use practical skills • Being able to make a difference

  12. Opportunity awareness • Networking: • Local events, colleagues, internet – eg: www.linkedin.com • Know your local job market: • www.cqc.org.uk (healthcare database) • Shadowing • Secondments • Job swops • Volunteering, including union activist role

  13. Useful web sites • http://www.rcn.org.uk/support/services/careersandwelfare • http://nursingcareers.nhsemployers.org/ • http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/researchanddevelopment/career

  14. Where to look for jobs • All major nursing journals • National press – online • Job sites online eg: • http://jobs.nhs.uk • - https://www.gov.uk/jobsearch • Less obvious journals: • Eg specialist management journals, such as the Health Service Journal

  15. Personal development planning • What is your ultimate career aim? • Set objectives to get there - SMART • Action plan - how will you get there? • Identify resources - people, time, money • Date to be achieved by • Date to review and evaluate

  16. Sample objective • To change speciality • Action (medium term) • analyse jobs in speciality • identify deficits in skills/knowledge • talk to manager (re support to): • gain qualification in x • gain experience in x • ?secondment/shadowing

  17. Tools and processes that help • Mentorship • Clinical supervision • Feedback from peers, patients and colleagues • Regular 1:1s with your manager • Appraisals • Making your portfolio work for you

  18. RCN Member Support Services MSS Tel - 0345 408 4391 mss@rcn.org.uk

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