‘Transition to Public Health Consultant’ Group Coaching Programme
‘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 Deaneries for a cohort of 6-10 senior trainees and can be adapted to suit your local needs.
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’ group coaching training programme
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 the Coach
Dr Fiona Day (MBChB, FFPH, CPsychol) is the UK’s leading Coach and Coaching Psychologist for senior doctors, medical and public health leaders. With over 25 years’ experience in both strategic, system and Board-level medical and public health leadership roles, and as an Executive, Leadership and Career Coach for doctors and public health leaders, Fiona is uniquely able to help her clients to flourish personally and professionally. She specialises in the leadership development and careers of:
- Senior Doctors – Consultants, GP Partners, senior Medical Academics
- Medical Leaders – Medical Directors, Clinical Leads, Clinical Directors, Chairs, CEOs
- Public Heath Leaders – Consultants and Directors of Public, Global and International Health
Fiona is an expert in her field and has worked with over 350 senior doctors, medical and public health leaders to transform their leadership, careers, and working lives over the last five years in the UK and on all five continents.
She is an Executive Coach for:
- the UK Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
- the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine’s Executive Programme Doctorate in Public Health
- and is independently accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council as a Master Practitioner Coach and Mentor, and by the British Psychological Society as a Chartered Coaching Psychologist
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.
