Personal Development
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CPD
Bedfordshire Hospitals are committed to developing staff to support the work in current roles, future roles and also personal growth.
If you have found a course that you would like to request funding for please, read through the Funding Procedure located at the bottom of this paragraph to find out how to do so.
A number of development areas have been highlighted across the organisation and the CPD Team have therefore procured a number of courses to help support your development. This page shows all the externally funded courses that we have available to staff. Some of the courses listed may be for specific staff groups only (this is due to funding regulations), this information will be stated.
If you are interested in attending any courses the following steps must be followed:
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Your line manager must agree that this is an appropriate course for you and you have negotiated the time to attend.
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All your statutory and mandatory training must be up to date.
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You must complete a funding request form to apply for course fees (this form must be submitted to the CPD team a minimum of 3 weeks before the course start date or application deadline.)
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If your funding request form is accepted you will then be required to sign a learning contract*
*Please note, you may be asked to apply for/ book your own course. You will be informed of this via email once funding has been arranged. All forms must be completed in full. Any incomplete forms will not be processed.
For further information on any of the courses below or for any other CPD query please contact cpd@bedsft.nhs.uk
NHS Elect Events
Staff Group: Available to all staff employed by the Trust
About NHS Elect
NHS Elect is a national member network organisation that has been providing NHS organisations with high-quality support and training since 2002.
Hosted by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, they are part of the NHS and work regularly with NHS England and NHS Improvement, social care and local government, and other national bodies. This gives an in-depth understanding of emerging healthcare policy and best practice from across the UK, which they use to support work with their members.
There are a range of live webinars, on demand courses and learning recourses for you to access. Please find the list of live events in the "Event Calendar" below or register to browse all that NHS Elect has to offer.
Personal Effectiveness Packages - Hamilton Mercer
Staff Group: Non-Medical staff groups
Hamilton Mercer are a training provider that specialise in customer service and personal development training. We have secured training sessions for the following:
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Thursday 13th April 2023, Wednesday 12th July 2023, Tuesday 14th October 2023
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Tuesday 18th April, Wednesday 19th July, Thursday 9th October
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Wednesday 19th April, Tuesday 18th July, Thursday 19th October
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Effective Delegation Skills - Virtual
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Tuesday 11th May
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Effective Delegation Skills - Face to face
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Thursday 14th September, Bedford - The Embankment Hotel, Wednesday 20th September, Luton - Venue 360
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Consistently Delivering Exceptional Service - Face to face
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Wednesday 7th June 2x half day sessions, Bedford - The Embankment Hotel, Thursday 8th June 2x half day sessions, Luton - Venue 360
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Dealing with Difficult Interactions - Face to face
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Thursday 13th July Bedford - The Embankment Hotel, Friday 14th July Luton - Venue 360
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Effective Complaint Handling - Face to face
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Tuesday 23rd May 2x half day sessions Bedford - The Embankment Hotel, Thursday 25th May 2x half day sessions Luton - Venue 360
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Professional Email Writing - Face to face
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Friday 15th September 2x half day sessions Bedford - The Embankment Hotel, Thursday 21st September 2x half day sessions Luton - Venue 360
For course content information please go to the course catalogue page where you can click on the link for the course posters
Root Cause Analysis - M&K Update
Staff Group: Nurses, Midwives, AHPs, Nursing Associates
Root Cause Analysis (RCA) is a structured method used to analyse adverse events. It can be used for any event, drug errors, falls, incidents of pressure ulcers and it can be used to help deal with complaints. When incidents happen, it is important that lessons are learned to prevent the same incident occurring elsewhere. RCA investigation is a well recognised way of doing this.
We have virtual, all day, training sessions available specifically for Bedfordshire Hospital staff on the following dates:
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Wednesday 26th April 2023
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Friday 30th June 2023
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Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Friday 1st December 2023
For further information regarding the course content please visit the M&K website (please note the dates on their website will not be the same as those listed above).
Comprehensive Assessment of the Older Person - M&K Update
Staff Group: Nurses, Midwives, AHPs, Nursing Associates
Aimed at nurses and allied health professionals it will enable the attendee to understand, recognise and use appropriate assessments as part of a systematic approach to improve the quality of assessment and outcomes of care for older people in acute or intermediate care settings.
This is a 2 day virtual course, you must attend both days:
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Thursday 3rd August 2023 & Friday 4th August 2023
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Monday 13th November & Tuesday 14th November 2023
For further information regarding the course content please visit the M&K website (please note the dates on their website will not be the same as those listed above).
Understanding Blood Results- M&K Update
Staff Group: Nurses, Midwives, AHPs, Nursing Associates
Early recognition of abnormalities can avert potential life threatening or at least harmful situations.
This well established and respected two day course allows the candidate a chance to fully understand routine haematology and biochemistry results.
Attended by nurses and allied health professionals whose work involves blood investigation.
This is a 2 day virtual course, you must attend both days:
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Thursday 29th June & Friday 30th June 2023
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Wednesday 27th September & Thursday 28th September 2023
For further information regarding the course content please visit the M&K website (please note the dates on their website will not be the same as those listed above).
Healthcare Conferences Virtual Courses
Staff Group: Nurses, Midwives, AHPs, Nursing Associates
Healthcare conferences provide high quality CPD certified healthcare conferences and have a range of courses available on their website.
We have pre-purchased tokens which can be used to book your places on almost any one of their online virtual courses.
You can see a full list of what is available here
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Franklin Covey
The Current Licence for this course has now expired with no immediate plans to renew this. If this changes, we will update the information on here.
Emotional Resilience Training - Recognising and Responding To Compassion Fatigue
- EF Training
Staff Group: Nurses, Midwives, AHPs, Nursing Associates
LIVE WEBINAR & OFF SITE FACE TO FACE OPTIONS – 6 Hours
This CPD accredited course endorsed by Skills for Care is delivered live by our experienced facilitators. It is very interactive, and the content and activities are tailored specifically to the needs of each organisation. All participants will be sent pre course information with full instructions on how to join the webinar. They also receive a handout which can be printed out or accessed and edited via an iPad or laptop.
Course Outline
Part 1 - Recognising the emotional impact of working in a caring role.
The first part of the course explores the physical and emotional effects of the stress response, vicarious trauma and the impact of an empathetic connection. Then identifies the stages of Compassion Fatigue and looks at the risk factors.
Part 2 - Responding for resilience
Part two explores a variety of practical and sustainable self-care strategies, including how diet, exercise and sleep affect mental health and influence emotional resilience. We share tools and strategies that enable participants to make simple but effective and sustainable changes.
Part 3 - Recovering through self-care and self-compassion.
The third part concentrates on practical techniques that have been proven to enable relaxation including, breathing techniques and mindfulness. It also addresses the concept of self-compassion and includes ideas and strategies to prioritise self-care.
Further course details can be found here
Dates for this course are:
December – 8th ONLINE
January 2023 - 17th & 26th ONLINE
February 2023 - 2nd & 21st ONLINE
March 2023 - 9th ONLINE
April 2023 - 4th FACE TO FACE KINGS HOUSE, BEDFORD
May 2023 - 2nd FACE TO FACE VENUE 360, LUTON
June 2023 - 5th ONLINE
July 2023 - 6th FACE TO FACE KINGS HOUSE, BEDFORD
August 2023 - 7th ONLINE
September 2023 - FACE TO FACE VENUE 360, LUTON
October 2023 - 3rd FACE TO FACE KINGS PLACE, BEDFORD
November 2023 - 7th FACE TO FACE VENUE 360, LUTON
December 2023 - 4th ONLINE
To book please email CPD@bedsft.nhs.uk
Resilience Power Skills - Koru International
Staff Group: Nurses, Midwives, AHPs, Nursing Associates
How you deal with high pressure and challenging situations will influence outcomes - including your health and wellbeing, relationships and overall performance. It is therefore critical to have the techniques and knowledge to be able to regulate your emotions, facilitate psychological and physiological wellness, and be equipped to take responsibility to support yourself and others.
Yet in stressful times these personal resources are often compromised.
Resilience Power Skills, (part of an international award-winning training programme), is broken down into three manageable and flexible sessions to take account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By using the latest science and research, the why, and showing the tools and techniques, the how, these three sessions will share the rationale and techniques to enable delegates to take action to be resilient to pressure and have the capability to perform.
Further course information can be found here.
Dates for this course are:
7th December
24th January 2023
21st February 2023
15th March 2023
28th April 2023
11th May 2023
16th June 2023
7th & 14th July 2023
22nd September 2023
5th October 2023
2nd November 2023
7th December 2023
25th January 2024
2nd February 2024
15th March 2024
For more information and to book a place please contact CPD@bedsft.nhs.uk