Training activity: 16

Details

Attend a senior management meeting for your department or organisation, and reflect on the contribution you and your department make to your organisation and the wider healthcare environment

Type

Developmental training activity (DTA)

Evidence requirements

Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee​.

Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.

An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.

Considerations

• You must apply appropriate confidentiality to any meetings you attend
• This might include a
  • Performance board
  • Trust/organisation board
  • Finance board
  • Senior managers meeting
  • Operational management meeting
  • Divisional meeting
  • Governance meeting
• The local and national healthcare landscape
• The contribution of Healthcare Scientists and other professional groups to patient care
• Leadership
• Culture and values
• Effective communication
• Decision-making processes
• Local and national priorities
• NHS governance and accountabilities

Relevant learning outcomes

#	Outcome
# 6	Outcome Summarise the role and responsibilities of healthcare scientists in providing and upholding high quality patient centred care.
# 7	Outcome Identify stakeholders involved with and affected by their practice and work with stakeholders to provide high quality patient centred care.
# 9	Outcome Describe the framework of local and national healthcare provision and the contribution of their role and specialty.