Whilst it should be recognised that the Corporate and Service Delivery training needs will take priority, managers should also be mindful of the other professional development needs of their workforce. These needs should be identified during the appraisal process. Although managers may not be in a position to be able to provide this additional training, financially or in release time they can, with the support of Professional Education, assist the individual in identifying training resources to meet their needs.

Training Resources

Once managers have completed their Training Needs Analysis for the demand forecast and submitted them to Professional Education, we will work with managers in identifying the training resources.

E-Learning

The majority of the training required could be accessed through the Trust internal E-Learning platform, the Learning4Health Platform and other national E-Learning Platforms available to Trust Staff.

In- House Training

Where there has been an identified generic need for training i.e. Safeguarding Children, the Professional Education department will work with the subject matter experts in order to deliver in- house training. This will be a blended learning approach using E-Learning, Face-to-Face delivery, Workshops and Action Learning Sets.

There are a number of Professonal Education department training courses and an application form is available below. A list of the courses available appears on the front page of this web site.

Training Application Form

Life Pilot Web Site

The Life Pilot web site is for any adult who may be interested in studying at a Higher Eduation level, either immediately or in the future. The web site has been developed by the Estern Vocational Lifelong Learning Network (WVLLN) and includes all Colleges and Universities in the South West region e.g. from Wiltshire, to Gloucestershire, to Cornwall.

Life Pilot has lots of information, links, real stories and tools to help get you started on your academic career.

Please see the site www.life-pilot.co.uk

End of Life Care

The GHNHSFT End of Life Care Education Strategy is a programme to mprove quality of care for all adults with life limiting illnesses. A link below provides additional information.

End of Life Care

In addition there are a number of End of Life Champion's Forum's which are being held to discuss ongoing issues with End of Life care within the hospital environment. Times and venues are attached to this link.

End of Life Champion's Forums

Professional Development for the Individual

Below is a list of links to Universities with which we work closely:

University of Gloucestershire

University of Worcester

University of the West of England

It is helpful to explore which learning path you would like to follow. This link to the next page provides specific information for Drop-In Advice Clinics which are held by the Universities to provide further information specific to their courses. Please click on the link here: Professional Development and Advice Clinics

Gloucestershire College are also providing a series of Advice Clinics to be held at both Gloucester and Cheltenham Hospital. The link immediately above will take you to a poster showing details.

Trust Documentation

Individual Staff Profile sheet

Link to the degree funding policy

Leave and Expenses for Training Policy