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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
Focus on quality and leadership following Francis Report
Chief Nursing Officer’s 6 Cs – www.england.nhs.uk
Ageing population – long term conditions
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
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
Career progression
Leadership Education
ResearchClinical
Modernising nursing careers
Source: ‘Towards A Framework for Post-registration Nursing Careers’
Where nurses work
Prisons
Police stations Cruise ships
Schools
People’s homes
The workplace
Charities
HospicesBlood transfusion services
Developing countries
Military
Care homes
GP surgeries
Hospitals
Call centres
Walk in centres
Pharmaceutical industry
Immigration centres Children’s centres
UniversitiesColleges
Independently
Oil rigs
NHS
Private sector
Religious sector
Who am I
Opportunityawareness
Action planning
Career planning
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?
Examples of values
Job security Working alone Working in a team Being able to use practical skills Being able to make a difference
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
Useful web sites
http://www.rcn.org.uk/support/services/careersandwelfare
http://nursingcareers.nhsemployers.org/
http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/researchanddevelopment/career
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
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
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
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
