Day 1 – Thursday 8th September

Managing your career

10.30 – 11.00    
Interviews – how to prepare and succeed
Julie Watkins, Career Coach, RCN Careers Service

11.15 – 11.45    
Job applications – how to write supporting statements and CVs    
Julie Watkins, Career Coach, RCN Careers Service

12.00 – 12.30    
What are transferrable skills and how can they support your career? Áibhín Burke, Lead Nurse for Workforce, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust

 
12.45  – 1.30    
Panel Discussion - Leadership   
Chair: Clare Lomas, Career Development Editor at Nursing Standard, Joanne Bosanquet, Chief Executive and Lead Nurse, The Foundation of Nursing Studies and Nichole McIntosh, Regional Head of Nursing & Midwifery at London, Health Education England

Career Crossroads

1.45 – 2.15        
Opportunities in the private sector    
Elaine Goodwin, Matron, The Wellington Hospital - HCA Healthcare

2.30 – 3.00     A day in the life of a Coordinating Nurse @ International SOS
Carolyn Drew, Nurse Manager, International SOS
 

3.15 – 3.45     
A day in the life of a nurse volunteer. Teaching basic life support and haemorrhage control skills to young Londoners aged 11-25 years at risk of serious youth violence
Helen Ormrod, Senior Paediatric A&E Nurse and Co-Founder, YourStance

Day 2 – Friday 9th September

Managing your career

10.30 – 11.00    
Interviews – how to prepare and succeed    
Dave Cordle, Career Development Professional

11.15 – 11.45    
Job applications – how to write supporting statements and CVs        
Dave Cordle, Career Development Professional

12.00 – 12.30    
What is coaching and how can it help your career?      
Lucy Brown, Director of Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Development, Florence Nightingale Foundation

12.45  – 1.30    
Panel Discussion – Health and wellbeing at work: what to expect from your employer    
Chair: Clare Lomas, Career Development Editor at Nursing Standard; Nicki Credland, Chair, British Association of Critical Care Nurses and Lecturer, Critical Care and Advanced Practice, University of Hull
Pippa Clark, Lead Nurse and Manager for Workforce Utilisation and Safe Staffing, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Career Crossroads

1.45 – 2.15        
Opportunities in the private sector    
Heidi Tolchard, CNO, HCA UK at University College Hospital

2.30 – 3.00    
A day in the life of a prison nurse  Emma Firth, Primary Care Clinical Lead, HMP/YOI New Hall and Askham Grange

3.15 – 3.45     
How to be brave     
Nicola Bailey, Sexual Health Services Nurse Manager and RCN Nurse of the Year 2021