Education, learning and development

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The courses below are provided by our Clinical Facilitation Team.

• Aseptic non-touch technique.
• Blood glucose monitoring.
• Community assessment of the sick patient.
• First aid courses.
• Hand hygiene.
• IM injection.
• IV therapy including cytotoxic therapy removal and CVC care and management.
• Nasogastric tubes.
• Peripheral cannulation.
• Physical health assessment (manual observations, NEWS2 and sepsis).
• Simulation in practice (scenarios include anaphylaxis, hypoglycaemia and sepsis).
• Tracheostomy care and management.
• Venepuncture and blood culture collection.

The Clinical Facilitation Team provides education and training for staff to support their clinical skills delivery in practice. They provide training in a range of topics to help staff gain competency so they can deliver safe patient care.

Training, support and assessments are provided in a range of methods to engage staff, including:

• classroom taught lectures
• practical sessions
• workbooks and quizzes
• scenarios
• e-learning
• simulated practice in clinical areas using an advanced ALS manikin

We are committed to developing people to enable them to provide the best possible care to our patients.

As part of your continuing professional development there may be various learning opportunities you feel are appropriate to undertake to support you in your development.

This may be a:

• conference
• study day
• face-to-face or distance learning course up to post graduate masters level modules

Funding is available to support this development via our central development fund.

The High Potential Scheme (HPS) is a 1 year talent scheme that will support leaders with potential to:

• Progress into more senior roles within health and social care at a faster pace (5-8 years).
• Gain cross-sector experience, building the foundations of a successful leadership career in the health and care sector.
• Provide outstanding leadership for the future.
• Utilise their high potential to lead improved patient and community care.
• Harness skills to create more inclusive and compassionate cultures in the wider system.

The High Potential Scheme (HPS) aims to serve generations of patients, citizens, communities and staff by investing in our long-term talent and leadership pipelines. HPS assessment processes will identify, develop and support diverse cohorts of people from different professional disciplines and will focus on enabling those with the highest potential to succeed in senior roles, providing the support and development to accelerate their career progression. The scheme will ensure that Health and Social Care develop a stronger and more diverse cohort of aspirant senior leaders who will progress to senior executive roles by:

• Identifying those people with the greatest potential to progress to senior executive roles and provide them with the support and development necessary to enable the acceleration and achievement of this.
• Recruiting and developing cohorts of high potential leaders that are diverse and inclusive, and ensuring the scheme itself models inclusive leadership in its content, design, process and operations.
• Establishing a valid, reliable, and inclusive framework for identifying and assessing 'high potential'.
• Tracking the careers of participants during and after the scheme.

Eligibility

If you're a middle-level clinical or non-clinical leader with the potential and desire to progress into a senior executive role in Health and Care, the High Potential Scheme is perfect for you.

With the help of a career guide/coach, executive mentor and action learning set peers, you'll shape a one-year programme of experience focused on gaining practical leadership exposure in a range of roles and settings, alongside strategic experience through assignments, projects and shadowing.

Throughout the scheme you'll also develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to become an outstanding, compassionate and inclusive senior leader across the health and care system.

To be eligible you must be:

• In a Health and Care funded role, based within Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
• A middle-level leader (Agenda for Change bands 8a-c, or equivalent in other pay structures, clinical or non-clinical, salary typically in the range of £55,000 to £87,000 pro rata).
• Interested in progressing your career to senior leadership roles, e.g. board or governing body level within the next 5-8 years.
• Ready and willing to learn and develop your leadership skills and behaviours.
• Able to demonstrate your compassionate and inclusive leadership values and style.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

A critical part of the success of the scheme will be its ability to increase diversity in the senior leadership pipeline and to enable transition into our regional talent pools.

As inclusion is at the heart of HPS, reflecting the richness and diversity of our workforce, applications from people with protected characteristics and members of underrepresented professions (for example allied health professionals, healthcare scientists and others) are particularly encouraged.

The High Potential Scheme application process

The High Potential Scheme (HPS) application process aims to be an accessible, developmental and insightful experience for each applicant. There are 3 stages to your application:

1. Online application form capturing your motivations for applying for the scheme (carrying a 45% weighting).
2. If your application form is successful, you will be invited to complete an Online Diagnostic Based on the KF Model of Potential (also carrying a 45% weighting). This assessment is designed to test your potential for executive leadership roles, rather than current readiness, and provides you with a report which will be accompanied by a video on how to interpret your results.
3. The final stage will be an online pilot for an AI driven situational judgement test (carrying 10% weighting), which will provide you with feedback on your interactions.

How to apply

Before applying, you'll need to seek the support of your line manager and/or another senior leader (your HPS Sponsor) within your organisation. Line managers/sponsors will be required to support your learning and development throughout the scheme and will be required to read and sign the HPS terms and conditions document.

Complete a High Potential Scheme application.

To apply for the NHS High Potential Scheme, you are required to:

• Read all information for applicants, including the Terms and Conditions document, to gain an appreciation of the commitment required to complete the programme.
• Complete an online application form - if you require help to complete your application form please email Julie Gripton using the link below. 
• We will be using the online application as part of the shortlisting criteria, if you are successful at this stage, you will then be required to:
  • Complete an online Potential Diagnostic Questionnaire.
  • Complete an online Situational Judgement Test.

Resources

• High Potential Scheme frequently asked questions (PDF, 382 KB)
• High Potential Scheme applicant guide (PDF, 806 KB)

Key dates

Key dates for the 2026-27 cohort are:

• High Potential Scheme applications window open from: 15 January 2026 to 28 February 2026.
• Confirm scheme eligibility and successful applicants at this stage by mid-March 2026.
• Complete online leadership potential assessment and situational judgement test by the end of March 2026.
• Notification to applicants of assessment process outcomes by end of April 2026.
• High Potential Scheme cohort 1 launch: 30 April 2026.

Contact

To find out more about the High Potential Scheme email Julie Gripton.

Preceptorship is for:

• newly qualified nurses and allied health professionals entering the Trust
• staff returning to practice
• staff that may be transitioning from one part of the register to another (for example nursing associate to registered nurse)

What is preceptorship?

The preceptorship is a 2-year supported transition period to enhance the skills, knowledge, competence and confidence of our newly qualified staff.

What does it involve?

• Regular support from senior members of your team and practice educators from the Education and Training Team.
• Protected time to attend training days designed to enhance your development.
• Health and wellbeing sessions focusing on resilience and self-care.

Year 1 aims to support you as a newly qualified professional. Year 2 aims to provide you with skills development to support your further career path choices.

The programme is multi-disciplinary, enhancing conversations and diversity.

Email our Education and Training Team to find out more about the Preceptorship programme.