‘Transition to Public Health Consultant’ 9 hour online Course for Senior Public Health Trainees

‘As a new Consultant, I am feeling some semblance of control, which I wouldn’t have without our sessions.’

‘A brilliant course and extremely well structured and delivered.’

‘Your calm and professional manner and the way you took the time to understand us as individuals really helped to make the course engaging, supportive and a safe space to share and reflect.’

‘Absolutely the most useful and relevant training I have been on.’

The successful transition to public health consultant is a vital step for every Trainee. Dr Fiona Day is a former Yorkshire and Humber Public Health ‘Educational Supervisor of the Year’ (2015), and this programme was set up by request of Health Education England to support their senior Trainees to feel confident and empowered to step up into the role of new Public Health Consultant. It is commissioned by local Postgraduate Medical Deaneries & Schools of Public Health for a cohort of 8-10 senior trainees and can be adapted to suit your local or specific learning needs.

This course has been designed to be inclusive for participants who are neurodiverse.

Aim: To ensure a successful first year as a new Public Health Consultant.

Learning Objectives:

• to establish a safe confidential learning group
• to develop key leadership and management competencies and skills relating to the first year of Public Health Consultant practice
• to develop a personalised Leadership Development Plan
• to establish two Action Learning Sets per cohort for peer support and learning post programme

Please contact Fiona to discuss your specific requirements.

For details of Fiona’s ‘Shine at Interview’ Workshop, please click here.

Programme Outline

Pre-programme questionnaire

Fiona will be in touch to identify participants’ specific learning needs and to help to shape the content of the programme.

3 x 3 hour online ‘Preparing for Public Health Consultant Roles’ Course

The three sessions will cover the themes of ‘managing self’, ‘managing the team’, and ‘doing the job’. The sessions will be held on Zoom, and are 3 hours long.

Session 1: the first 90 days

Session 2: the first 6 months

Session 3: the first year

1:1 Coaching sessions

Most Deaneries commission an additional 1:1 60 minute coaching session per Trainee to allow for bespoke, expert mentoring advice and support.

Action learning sets

At the end of the programme, the peer group will transition to become 2-3 self-facilitated action learning sets. This will enable trainees to support each other over the transition period to new consultant practice and beyond.

Note- this course does not include administrative practicalities about completing training or applying for CCT, nor interview practice.

Feedback from previous participants

‘Exceeded my expectations.’

‘Bringing together very practical advice about your first consultant post with wider leadership issues, self-care etc.’

 ‘Have increased in confidence regarding my transition to consultant, feel more ready to accept high level of responsibility.’

 ‘Key things to consider at different stages for myself and my team and useful tools/frameworks to approach different situations.’

‘It allowed me to think in very practical terms about how to approach the first few months of being a consultant.’

‘Most courses I’ve attended so far missed this practical advice angle.’

‘I would thoroughly recommend the course for its breadth of coverage and consideration of the key issues we may face during transition.’

‘I found this a really useful, practical course and would definitely recommend to others.’

‘I enjoyed your calm, non judgemental and professional approach and your own experience that you could bring into the learning space.’

About Dr Fiona Day

I’ve coached over 500 medical and public health leaders globally in the last ten years.

My real-world experience as a medical and public health leader means I understand what you deal with on a daily basis. As the world’s only Leadership Coach with advanced coaching psychology, medical and public health qualifications (MBChB, FFPH, BPS Chartered Psychologist in Coaching Psychology, EMCC Master Practitioner Coach & Mentor), I’m in a unique position to help you and your teams to flourish.

My clients are committed to improving health services and health outcomes. Typically, my clients are leading at local, regional, national and international levels and include:

• Medical Leaders– Doctors who are Clinical Leads, Clinical Directors, Medical Directors, Chief Medical Officers, Medical Academic Leaders, Medical Education Leaders, Medical CEOs, Clinical Chairs
• Public Heath, Global Health & International Health Leaders– Public health specialists who are Consultants in Public Health, Consultants in Health Protection, Senior Epidemiologists, Directors of Public Health, Unit Heads, Directors, Director-Generals

Get in touch with Fiona

I’d love to talk with you further about your unique needs and how I can support your Trainees to make a successful transition to become Public Health Consultants in the future.

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