Creating Psychological Safety – Virtual Workshop
Available for all roles and all grades. May be most beneficial to those in a leadership role or aspiring leaders.
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A one day virtual workshop.
Studies are increasingly highlighting the important role that psychological safety plays at work. “In a team with high
psychological safety, teammates feel safe to take risks around their team members. They feel confident that no one
on the team will embarrass or punish anyone else for admitting a mistake, asking a question, or offering a new idea.”
This workshop is intended to be run as a programme of self-exploration, designed for individuals to highlight
possible challenges before they become issues, and share ideas and opportunities for improvement with their
colleagues.
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Insights into Communication – Yourself and others
Predominantly designed for patient facing staff (all grades), but would also be appropriate for staff in non patient facing roles.
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One day virtual course designed with the pressures of the NHS in mind.
Using theory from a well-established preference model and recognises how communication can often be difficult in intense situations. You'll learn why sometimes you don't get on with others and what you can do about it. The course looks to support a shift in mindset about people. As well as this, it expands into leadership capabilities including emotional intelligence, delegation and planning.
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Microsoft 365 Training
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An overview of the available Microsoft 365 training we have on offer.
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Microsoft 365: PowerPoint
Open to all staff.
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This PowerPoint training is an up to 90-minute interactive workshop delivered remotely via Microsoft Teams. This engagement gives users a basic understanding of the tools and how to locate and utilise them within PowerPoint. Each session will include a Q & A.
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Microsoft 365: Excel Intermediate Workshop
All SWASFT staff.
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This remote workshop is aimed at those who are looking to improve their Excel skills. It covers conditional formatting rules, sorting advanced data, advanced formulas and functions as well as additional tips and tricks. Attendees will leave feeling confident in using conditional formatting rules and using advanced functions in Excel, as well as using more advanced features such as pivot tables and data validation.
The provider have suggested the foundation Excel workshop should be a prerequisite for this intermediate session.
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Finding the Light in Dementia 2025
Designed predominantly for front-line staff (registrants & non-registrants), but non-clinical staff are also welcome to sign up.
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Created by a dementia nurse specialist with over 30 years experience, Finding the Light in Dementia is designed to provide a deep understanding of dementia. Covering an overview of the how our brains work, as well as practical tips and approaches when it comes to what to consider, how to connect and how best to communicate with a person living with dementia.
This course is available as both an online study day and e-learning platform.
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Finding the Light in Dementia: Virtual Training Platform
Designed predominantly for front-line staff (registrants & non-registrants), but non-clinical staff are also welcome to sign up.
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A flexible virtual training package, for those who prefer to learn at their own pace. Available as part of a package along with live study days, or by itself if you aren't able to attend any of the live sessions.
Content has been created by a dementia nurse specialist with over 30 yrs experience, Finding the Light in Dementia is designed to provide a deep understanding of dementia. This resource provides an overview of the how our brains work, as well as practical tips and approaches when it comes to what to consider, how to connect and how best to communicate with a person living with dementia. This training has been delivered to other ambulance services with positive feedback.
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Finding the Light in Dementia: Live on-line study day
Designed predominantly for front-line staff (registrants & non-registrants), but non-clinical staff are also very welcome to sign up.
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One day live virtual workshop / study day. Available as part of a package along with a self-paced virtual training package or by itself if you'd prefer just to attend a live session.
Created by a dementia nurse specialist with over 30 years experience, Finding the Light in Dementia is designed to provide a deep understanding of dementia. Covering an overview of the how our brains work, as well as practical tips and approaches when it comes to what to consider, how to connect and how best to communicate with a person living with dementia.
This course is available as both an online study day and e-learning platform.
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Courageous Conversations – 1 day virtual workshop
Available to all staff of all grades (registered & non registered) in both patient-facing roles. Patient-facing includes scenarios where the patient is contacted over the phone.
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1 day virtual workshop designed to enhance skills & confidence & to provide a framework to deliver courageous conversations.
Sometimes we feel over worked and under appreciated. Other times, we might like to give feedback but hold back for fear of reprisal. Occasionally, we may feel undermined by a colleague or boss. The common thread in these scenarios is the need to have a potentially difficult conversation.
These conversations take strategy, skill and above all courage. This workshop is designed to help build these skills & confidence.
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Immersive Dementia Simulation Training
Available to all front line staff (ECAs, apprentices & all grades of para), but may be most helpful to newly qualified staff or those wanting a refresher.
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Immersive dementia training followed by further in-depth training on Dementia and Delirium.
This face-to-face training involves use of devices and equipment which simulate the effect of mid-stage dementia within a simulation training environment. This type of training offers a scientifically proven method of giving a person with a healthy brain an experience of what dementia might be like. It allows delegates to enter the world of the person and understand which simple changes need to be made to their practice and environment to really improve the lives of people with dementia. The second half of the session further covers Dementia and Delirium.
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Creating Positive Relationships – Programme for Leaders
Suitable for leaders who are band 6 and above
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Work-related relationships can be challenging, and it's common to underestimate the difficulties that can often be encountered when trying to navigate through the work environment and the complex nature of human interaction.
This programme encourages personal accountability and fosters the skills necessary for building healthier, more respectful, and inclusive workplace relationships. By reflecting on past behaviours and embracing a commitment to growth, participants can transform their conduct and contribute to a more positive and productive work environment. This programme is International Institute of Risk Safety Management (IIRSM) accredited.
Face-to-face & virtual options available.
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Microsoft 365: Forms
Open to all staff.
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Most of us by now have completed a Microsoft Form; but are you a bit baffled by how to create one yourself? Want to capture a lot of data quickly but don't have time to do this manually or want to help yourself or your team to work more efficiently?
This Forms Foundation training is a 90-minute interactive virtual workshop delivered remotely via Microsoft Teams. This engagement gives users a basic understanding of the tools and how to locate and utilise them within Forms. Each session will allocate time for Q & A.
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Microsoft 365: Excel Foundation Workshop
All SWASFT staff.
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Do you feel you need to build some basic skills and foundation knowledge around Excel? You may be a member of staff who uses Excel rarely, but when you do, you find it a bit overwhelming to do simple tasks. Or perhaps you use it fairly regularly within your role, but have never had any formal training & would like to get back to basics so that you can feel you are using it in the most effective way...
If you think this is you, sign up for this remote 90 minute workshop to build skills and confidence!
The trainer advises attending a foundation level workshop as a prerequisite to the intermediate level.
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Employee Research Opportunity – Coming Soon!
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Working for the ambulance service can be stressful and we know from a systematic review of the evidence that employees want more time at work to look after themselves and their colleagues.
To build on this evidence we invite all SWASFT employees (from all roles) to express interest in joining a focus group (or one to one interview if preferred) where you can share your opinion and thoughts about why some colleagues are happy to ask for help from organisational support services and why some are not. This information will be used to help minimise any barriers and to enhance any facilitators to ambulance staff accessing support when needed.
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Shadowing Opportunity: Children’s Emergency Department – NOW CLOSED
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Bristol Children’s Hospital have kindly offered to facilitate shadowing within their Emergency Department. This is a fantastic CPD opportunity with the potential to enhance your familiarity with managing paediatric patients.
The ED are keen to tailor this to the individual, ensuring that it's a useful experience for you. One to two days are available for each learner.
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An airway essentials day covering all the key areas of airway assessment and management. Including a blend of mini-teaching sessions, practical workshops and simulation. Delivered by the team at Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
To ensure a balanced skill mix on the day, expressions of interest are being taken for this session. Staff will be made aware if they have a place after 24/10/24 by the educators.
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SWASFT MatNeo Webinar Series
Available to all frontline staff and students
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The SWASFT MatNeo webinar sessions will take place on a monthly basis, covering a range of topics to help you approach maternity and neonatal jobs with confidence.
October's webinar will act as a forum to learn more about supporting families experiencing baby loss. Hear from subject-matter experts, discuss best practice in pre-hospital care and ask questions in a supportive environment.
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Easy Paedsy: Dr Led Webinar Series – 2024/25
Available to all staff and Paramedic Science students
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These sessions will take place on a monthly basis, covering a range of topics to help you tackle those paedatric jobs with confidence.
They have been generously offered to SWASFT by staff & students by the Bristol Royal Children's Hospital.
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Living with Chronic Pain After Cancer Treatment: BNSSG ICB Launching Fellowship Seminar
Available to all staff
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The Research team at Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (BNSSG ICB) welcome you to a special seminar introducing our latest Launching Fellow, Dr Julie Armoogum.
Julie is a Macmillan Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Social Wellbeing and a researcher within the Centre for Health and Clinical Research at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). Julie studies ways to support people living with chronic pain after cancer treatment.
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ParaPass & ParaFolio App
Available to registered clinicians (+AP's and AT's & students).
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The ParaPass App is a vast, user friendly, digital platform that includes tools and information to support paramedic learning and development, developed by the same people who produced JRCALCPlus.
N.B. Everyone who needs access to PGD's via ParaPass Lite will continue to have access via the usual processes. However, you will need to sign up below to gain full access to the ParaPass App.
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VIRTUAL 5hr – Practice Educator Update Days 2024/25
Available to all Paramedics
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Virtual PE Update days are now available for qualified, Practice Educators (Mentors) across the Trust that support our future Paramedic workforce; existing Practice Educators should attend the Update annually. These sessions will be offered an incentive payment and will all be delivered virtually.
If you have not taken one of our approved courses to qualify as a Practice Educator, there are several courses available to you. You can access the endorsed Practice Educator Course on ESR, or the Mentorship Virtual Level 6 Module or the Level 7 Module via the CPD Website.
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Palliative & End-of-life Care Training Programme 2025
All staff & students - most beneficial to patient focused roles
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Open to all All staff & students. A three-step course aiming to deliver practical, focused, frontline palliative care skills and knowledge to all ambulance clinicians across the whole Southwest. The first step will be a focused handbook on palliative care, sent out before the course start date.
The second step is a virtual, interactive teaching day on July 12th. (*This is now a recorded session for those that couldn't attend*). During this day we will build on the concepts in the handbook. .
The final step will be to attend a 1-hour Q&A session. This will allow you to ask any specific questions to a palliative care specialist.
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Zero Suicide Alliance- Suicide Prevention e-Learning
Available to all staff
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A free online educational resource from the Zero Suicide Alliance.
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ELfH- Suicide Prevention e-Learning
Available to all staff
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A free online educational resource from ELfH that will be recorded on ESR for your CPD.
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ECG Online Resources
Available to all staff
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A collection of ECG Distance Learning resources available online.
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