All Careers development articles – Page 23
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Apprenticeships bring new skills to the health sector
More and more healthcare employers are realising that apprenticeships offer a workforce development solution that supports new ways of delivering services and improving patient care.
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HSJ Knowledge
Apprenticeships bring new skills to the health sector
More and more healthcare employers are realising that apprenticeships offer a workforce development solution that supports new ways of delivering services and improving patient care.
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News
Volunteering in Cambodia: surviving the first two months
In the second of a series on volunteering abroad in the health service, Patricia Sloan talks about her new life in Cambodia and shares photos from her adventure
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News
Volunteering in Cambodia: surviving the first two months
In the second of a series on volunteering abroad in the health service, Patricia Sloan talks about her new life in Cambodia and shares photos from her adventure
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HSJ Knowledge
Cambodia
In the second of series on volunteering abroad, Patricia Sloan talks about how she is settling in to a new life in Cambodia.It is exactly two months since I left from Manchester Airport outward bound for Phnom Penh and into the unknown. I had spent the weeks prior to ...
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News
Creating coaching cultures
Coaching has become a recognised, global profession established in a diverse range of organisations worldwide.
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Global challenge - volunteering abroad in mental health
Overseas volunteering is increasingly seen as a way for health professionals to get involved in improving global health. Here, Deji Oyebode explains how it works
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News
Career coaching: yes, you can phone a friend
In a new series, management coaches tackle HSJ readers' issues. This week, Dorothy Larios helps a trainee frustrated by a perceived lack of opportunities
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News
Career Path: making health second nature
Working at the Met Office and Natural England has helped one GP hone his management skills. Here, he charts his career path, explains what he has learned along the way and gives advice to those interested in similar roles
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Managers who went from Richmond House to the NHS
Life at the top of the health service is enough to make even the toughest go-getter think of quitting, which is what our interviewees did - only to jump back in at a more grass-roots level. HSJ finds out about now and then
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In the line of fire
Joining the Territorial Army develops skills such as leadership, communication, initiative and resource control. That’s why the service has much to teach managers, says Paul Gander
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Expert career coaching
Health Service Journal is putting NHS managers in touch with professional coaches for a chance to talk through their goals and work dilemmas.
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Health diploma helps young people aim high
A new Society, Health and Development diploma aims to help young people aged 14-19 realise their potential and gain knowledge and skills.
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Commissioning for public health - changing priorities
Public health work has too often been isolated from other primary care trust functions. Now trusts in the North West are in the vanguard of efforts to ensure public health priorities drive commissioning, reports Daloni Carlisle
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News
No to 'dumbed down' doctors
The British Medical Association has rejected Professor Sir John Tooke's proposal for a new grade of NHS doctor below that of consultant.
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Comment
Malcolm Lowe-Lauri on connecting with the boss
What is the best way to manage a less than perfect leader? Here, Malcolm Lowe-Lauri offers some suggestions
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HSJ Knowledge
Radiography careers: recognition where it is due
The College of Radiographers has been working with Skills for Health to increase the recognition of skills and expertise among its professionals and to support the development of new roles such as assistant practitioner in radiotherapy.
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The role of an assistant practitioner in radiotherapy
When Elaine James decided she needed a new challenge, she did not know she would end up in a role that combined physics, medical knowledge and the ability to liaise with patients and different departments in one of the country's busiest hospitals.
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Developing global health partnerships through volunteering
In the first of a series of online columns charting her experiences as a development volunteer in Cambodia, Patricia Sloane explains why she is taking the plunge into her new role and how she expects it to help her after she returns to the NHS
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Keele celebrates 20 years of health management
Celebrating the 21st anniversary of the Centre for Health Planning and Management next month, Keele University will be taking time out to reflect on past achievements and look to the centre's future.