1. 0 A Practical Guide to Developing Nursing Leadership Career development: pathways and choices LOUISE BODEN Chief Nurse University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

2. 1 Career development: pathways and choices Presentation Objectives  Developing your career pathway: the opportunities available for existing clinical leaders  Nurse leadership programmes: what is out there?  Succession planning: identifying, developing and empowering new nurse leaders of the future  Top tips for securing a new position

3. 2 Developing your career pathway: opportunities First, develop your own awareness of what’s going on:  Local  Organisational  Professional  National  Political

4. 3 Cultivate your own view on current issues … Modernising Nursing Careers Setting the direction … High Quality Care For All

5. 4 Developing your career pathway: opportunities  Start with reflection on your own career pathway: past, present & future - clinical supervision - action learning sets - set yourself objectives (within a time frame)  Make sure you have robust and reliable support - being mentored - receiving coaching - as well as self-motivation…

6. 5 Developing your career pathway: opportunities  Seek out work experience  In line with objectives - shadowing - covering leave absence (annual, maternity…) - secondments - acting-up / interim arrangements - project work  ‘Move sideways’ in order to ‘move on’…?  Move out of ‘comfort zone’…?

7. 6 Developing your career pathway: opportunities Build relationships  Formally - understanding roles, structures and systems - understanding dynamics and interdependences - ‘Board to ward’ and back again…  Informally - networking - observing ‘movers and shakers’ in your own organisation - replicate desirable behaviours

8. 7 Career Path 1 Staff Nurse posts Medicine, Acute Admissions 1998 Clinical Practice Facilitator (Band 6) Medicine 2001 Project Work linked to PFI / Relocation 2003/04 Charge Nurse (Band 7) BSc (Hons) Infection/Medicine 2004 Senior Nurse (Band 8a) Infection Control UCLH

9. 8 Nurse leadership programmes: what is out there? RCN Clinical leadership programme The Kings Fund>  Athena Programme for Executive Women  Breaking through: transformational leadership  Successful Nurse Leader This website provides:  Latest clinical & leadership news  Clinical leadership resources  Publications, articles and research

10. 9 Nurse leadership programmes: what is out there?  Degree and masters level modules can be incorporated into academic pathways : - Change Management - Developing clinical leadership - Management and leadership

11. 10  Aspiring Sister & Senior Nurse programmes at UCLH thru’ HEI providers : - develops leadership potential of Band 6.5s looking for promotion to Dept/ Ward Sister and - develops leadership potential of Band 7s looking for Band 8 posts (offers 15 CATS points at masters level) Nurse Leadership Programmes: what’s out there?

12. 11 Nurse leadership programmes: what’s out there?  Key learning : - Analyse and understand their own leadership styles - Ability to influence change & provide direction to empower others - Provide more effective leadership and be able to manage people and resources more efficiently and effectively - Improve personal skills in leading teams &, crucially, managing difficult people and situations

13. 12 Nurse leadership programmes: what’s out there?  Participants will also be able to: - Reflect and learn from practice through action learning - Develop greater political awareness & knowledge of their organisation, and improve their networking skills - Increase awareness of clinical governance issues :managing risk, complaints and incidents

14. 13 Releasing Talent WORKING ACROSS BOUNDARIES Getting more achieved through effective collaboration, co-operation and communication Understanding the Context MOTIVATION Bringing out the best in people by harnessing their energy and talent Team Enabling Articulating the Vision DECISION TAKING Making sound judgments and bringing in new ideas in complex situations PERSONAL RESOURCES Personal responsiveness in leading change and reaching goals Responsiveness and Flexibility Achieving Delivery Influencing Change Sharing InformationBuilding Valued Relationships Embodying Values Analytical InsightInnovation and Creativity Modernising leadership model: Competency Framework / Behavioural indicators

15. 14 Career Path 2 Staff Nurse posts Surgery, Medicine 1994/97 Deputy ward sister (Band 6.5) Specialist Surgery 1997/99 Ward sister (Band 7) BSc (Hons) 1999/2001 Senior Clinical Practice Facilitator (Band 7) Surgical Division 2001/04 Masters degree Head of Nursing (Band 9) Surgery & Cancer Board 2008 Senior Nurse Practice Development (Band 8a) Trust-wide ICT Projects 2004/06 Acting Head of Nursing (Band 9) Acute Hospital Board 2006/07

16. 15 Succession Planning: Identifying, developing and empowering future nurse leaders  Use same approach for others recommended earlier in this session  Invest time in getting to know your staff  Network to know who else has potential  Develop ‘talent-spotting’ tendencies…

17. 16 Succession Planning: Identifying, developing and empowering future nurse leaders  Use appraisal to encourage development of necessary knowledge/ skills/experience  Provide opportunities for contenders: - shadowing - interim cover arrangements - secondments - acting up

18. 17 Top tips for securing a new position  Update your CV and portfolio -Think what you want it to say about you - Keep the content live - Not just a list… - What is your USP – does it come across? - Check what’s missing – resolve any deficits

19. 18 Top tips for securing a new position  Prepare for Interviews - Do your homework! - Informal visit – ‘see and be seen’ - Brush up on presentation skills rehearse with a ‘critical friend’… …against the clock - Know yourself – strengths, weaknesses, achievements - Learn from your own experiences as an interviewer…

20. 19 Career Path 3 Staff Nurse posts Urology, Acute Admissions 1992/94 Deputy Charge Nurse (Band 6.5) HIV/Infection 1994/95 Charge Nurse (Band 7) BSc (Hons) 1995/1998 Senior Nurse HIV/Infection/Tropical Diseases 1998/2001 Masters degree Secondment to CNO Office Dept of Health 2006/07 Secondment to Emergency Services, general management 2001/02 Head of Nursing (Band 9) Medicine/Surgery Board 2002/05 Director of Nursing 2008

21. 20 Career development: pathways and choicesQuestions?