Leadership Support for Ward Managers/Team Leaders/Healthcare Professionals

You should attend this group if you are a Ward Manager, Team Leader or Healthcare Professional with Line Management responsibilities.

Disclaimer please read: This session of up to 6 participants is an open, confidential forum for discussion so be prepared prior to the session by following these key tips.

1. Make sure you are in a quiet space where you feel comfortable to discuss and share.

2. As it is a space where discussions are confidential, it is best that no one else is around you to listen in to the session.

3. We encourage cameras to be on to make these sessions more personable.

4. Some organisations do not allow access to zoom so please consider this when booking on to a session. It is best to join the session from home or from a secure personal device ( i.e. phone, laptop, tablet).

The Nightingale Frontline Leadership Support Service aims to support the additional and extraordinary leadership responsibilities of staff at all levels of the organisation and enable them to continue to guide their patients, staff and the service during and after this crisis.

The objectives are to:

1) Provide an online platform to deliver group leadership support in real time

2) Provide a psychologically safe space for healthcare professionals to explore leadership challenges, issues and concerns raised

3) Enable the identification of strategies for self-development and self-care in response to the immediate and future challenges

4) Enable healthcare professionals to articulate a narrative which demonstrates their leadership development and contribution to the COVID-19 response.

The service will be delivered by the Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) and will take the form of remote group leadership support sessions underpinned by the principles of creating psychologically safe spaces. The leadership support will be facilitated by our expert FNF Associate Facilitator and our senior nurse and midwife scholar and alumni network who are highly experienced and skilled in a method of Action Learning known as Co-consulting. This approach combines the benefits of coaching with peer learning in an environment underpinned by psychological safety.