RT @JolyonMaugham: I have some questions for @wesstreeting. 🧵.

RT @billybragg: Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome i….

Day 3 of #RCN24 in Newport, Wales. I’m looking forward to hearing the Report of @theRCN Council, voting in more debates as a representative of the @CYPACF, and listening to a keynote speech by @gareththomas14 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

RT @KatrinaCooperRN: All ready for another day of debates representing our CYP Acute Care Forum. @CYPACF @BradleySetchell #rcn24 #rcncongr….

Delighted to be a voting member of the @CYPACF this year at @theRCN Congress in Newport, Wales. I’m excited to make new friends and be part of the changes in the nursing union I am so proud to represent 🤍

RT @rcn_dnf: Fantastic article by @afinneganchest1 .‘Military nursing is a vital, yet often overlooked, area of our profession. RCN Fellow….

To even be considered to apply for a Parliamentary Labour Party position, you need at least 12 months of membership in the party. Why is this not the case for these defecting Tory MPs?.

Make healthcare degrees free again and provide a bursary for those students at university. If you want to encourage 18 year olds to support the country’s national interest, start by taking steps to make healthcare an attractive career again.

Today I am creating a presentation to outline the benefits to employers who support their employees with armed forces reserves service. Enhanced skills, improved performance, employer recognition, strategic advantages, and valuable resources are a few from my exhaustive list.

I was fortunate enough to meet Dame Liz at university, and she is a remarkable woman with a fantastic sense of humour. Her generous bursary, which is given to a nursing student to advance their education, contributed to my project in Auckland. I’ll always remember her. #Legacy🕊️.

Of course, I wish I’d have been able to articulate all of this on the spot; but being kind to yourself, taking a moment to reflect on the significant personal development effort you have invested, and practicing how to articulate your achievements will get you there eventually.

I have never succumbed to my weaknesses, in fact I have sustained aspiration to overcome them. I want to be the very best leader I can be, and I have a track record of actively choosing jobs / roles which facilitate this development; often with necessary personal sacrifices.

And now I’m working in the Emergency Department - arguably the most dynamic part of any hospital. From a nursing perspective, maintaining situational awareness, prioritising care, and having effective control of treatments, flow, and communication is fundamental.

I then stepped into a Nurse-in-Charge role of a Paediatric Critical Care Unit. The situational awareness required in this role, with patient safety, hospital capacity, and staff wellbeing at stake, is huge. I was consolidating my learning here to continually improve myself.

My performance was credited with great overall control of the team and the situation during the final exercise, which undoubtedly contributed to the MacRobert Sword for ‘Best Officer Cadet’ being presented to me. This was a huge boost going back into the NHS!.

Then Army Reserves Officer Training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, known for its prestigious leadership training, pushed my situational awareness development to new levels. Using high pressure environments in a military / combat context, this further advanced my skills.

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Leadership, and personal development, is a continuous journey. When I decided to change jobs after the pandemic, having utilised rapid debriefs for emergency situations effectively, I advocated for their use in my new organisation where they were not currently being used.

My immediate response was to hold a rapid debrief and allow the team to articulate their own reflections about the situation. We identified learning, made changes to practice with the improvement of a safety checklist, and shared the information to optimise patient safety.

Working on PICU in the covid-19 pandemic, I noticed the maintenance of overall situational awareness during high pressure situations as a weakness for me. One day I made a clinical error, which was identified and rectified by the team, as a result of being too task-focused.

I was recently asked about my leadership weaknesses, and the steps I have taken to overcome these. On the spot, this is a tricky question to answer; but utilising the importance of reflection allows us the time to gather our thoughts. So, here’s mine: 🧵.