The New Consultants’ Toolkit: Make the start of your Consultant career a success

With the successful completion of higher training you will be well equipped with clinical skills and knowledge for your first post as a consultant psychiatrist. However, non-clinical responsibilities and challenges may be new and unexpected and thus a source of unnecessary anxiety. This course will allow you to enter your consultant job feeling equipped and prepared for the new challenges which hopefully will then be rewarding. 

After attending this course delegates will be able to: 

 - Understand non-clinical responsibilities of life as a consultant. 

 - Understand your part in making the wider organisation successful. 

- Identify any additional learning opportunities that could be beneficial before starting your job. 

Programme Outline: 

'My first year and what I wish I had known' with Dr Rajini Mulukutla, Consultant Psychiatrist 

'The role of the consultant beyond clinical expert: a view from a Medical Director' with Dr Christian Hosker, Medical Director at LYPFT 

'From ARCP to CPD and Appraisal: Making the transition' with Dr Priyanka Bichala, Consultant Psychiatrist 

'Doing do-able jobs: How coaching & mentoring can help you in professional development' with Dr Jeya Balakrishna, Associate Registrar for Coaching & Mentoring, RCPsych Consultant Community Psychiatrist, Defence Primary Healthcare, MOD 

'Effective Time Management - Saying "no" and delegation' with Dr Sharon Nightingale, Consultant Psychiatrist in Old Age and Director of Medical Education at LYPFT 

'Important relationships and making them work' with Dr Gopi Narayan, Consultant Psychiatrist 

'Job planning and working LTFT' with Carol Blampey, BMA Industrial relations officer 

Suitability 

This course offers 6 CPD points and is suitable for Higher Trainees and newly appointed Consultants.

Higher trainees have a discounted ticket fee for this course, to redeem this please email andrewsimscentre.lypft@nhs.net