How to Develop Your Healthcare Career: A guide to employability and professional development

An informative guide to all key aspects of employability for graduating students, educators, managers, and qualified healthcare professionals. Written specifically for health professionals, focusing on their needs and the challenges they face, maximising employability potential, and managing career progression. Packed full of potential interview questions, reflection opportunities, and case studies throughout Includes chapter on Professionalism, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and Leadership INDICE: Contributors, ix .Foreword, x .Preface, xii .Chapter 1 Lisa Taylor .What is employability and what does it mean for you?, 1 .Introduction, 1 .What does the literature say on employability and how it has evolved?, 2 .Towards a common language of employability, 2 .Models of employability, 3 .Personal responsibility for employability, 6 .External influences on employability, 6 .Response to changing expectations within the workplace and personal circumstances, 7 .How is employability approached within education?, 9 .Maximising your own employability potential, 11 .What do employers want from graduates?, 12 .Healthcare employability, 14 .Evidencing your employability, 16 .Conclusions, 17 .References, 19 .Chapter 2 Adrienne Jolly .Career planning and management, 21 .Introduction Aims of this chapter, 21 .What do we mean by Career ?, 22 .Factors that influence our career, 27 .Making good career decisions, 31 .Possible causes of career change, 34 .In summary: What do we know? How can this help in considering future chapters?, 35 .References, 36 .Chapter 3 Rosemarie Mason .Professionalism, 37 .What is a profession?, 37 .Why is professional identity important?, 44 .Learning professionalism, 46 .Summary, 49 .References, 50 .Chapter 4 James Gazzard .Continuing professional development (CPD), 54 .Introduction, 54 .Objectives, 55 .The terminology of CPD, 56 .A definition of CPD, 56 .Motivations to engage with CPD, 58 .The precursors of effective CPD, 59 .Types of CPD: What counts as CPD?, 60 .Ensuring that different types of CPD are recorded, 63 .Levels of CPD, credit ]bearing or non ]credit ]bearing CPD, 64 .Where to access CPD, 66 .How to access CPD: Overcoming barriers, 67 .Evaluating the effectiveness of CPD, 68 .An outline practical approach to planning and undertaking a balanced CPD portfolio, 70 .Conclusions, 71 .References, 72 .Further reading, 72 .Chapter 5 Neil Sellen .Leadership, 73 .Introduction, 73 .What is leadership?, 73 .Why is leadership important in health care?, 74 .Leadership as a professional responsibility, 75 .Why choose to be a leader?, 75 .Leadership and management, 77 .Leadership and culture, 78 .What is your approach to leading?, 78 .What do employers want in early and developing leaders?, 79 .What are the component behaviours and personal qualities that influence leadership effectiveness?, 80 .What sort of leader are you?, 81 .Typical leadership development activities, 82 .Employers expectations of early career healthcare professionals, 82 .When will you feel like a leader?, 83 .Tips and trips, 84 .References, 85 .Further reading, 85 .Chapter 6 Jonathan Larner .Service improvement, 87 .Background and context, 87 .Where has service improvement come from?, 89 .How does service improvement feature in healthcare education?, 92 .Service improvement as an employability skill , 93 .What level of service improvement experience will be expected?, 94 .What specific skills can I demonstrate through service improvement experience?, 96 .Service improvement and leadership skills, 99 .Conclusions, 100 .Case studies, 100 .References, 107 .Chapter 7 David Dowdeswell Allaway .Business skills, 109 .Things, 110 .People, 115 .Time, 122 .Money, 125 .Summary, 128 .References, 129 .Chapter 8 Stephanie Allen .The job application process, 130 .Getting behind the recruitment process, 130 .Introducing the CV, 131 .Other application processes, 136 .The personal statement, 136 .Preparing for the interview, 137 .The interview itself, 138 .What next?, 141 .Reference, 142 .Further reading, 142 .Chapter 9 Consolidation of learning and moving forward, 143 .Chapter 1 What is employability and what does it mean for you?, 144 .Chapter 2 Career planning and management, 144 .Chapter 3 Professionalism, 146 .Chapter 4 Continuing professional development, 147 .Chapter 5 Leadership, 149 .Chapter 6 Service improvement, 149 .Chapter 7 Business skills, 150 .Chapter 8 The job application process, 151 .Consolidation of learning and moving forward conclusions, 152 .Reference, 152 .Index, 153

• ISBN: 978-1-118-91083-2
• Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 176
• Fecha Publicación: 29/01/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés