How to Develop Your Healthcare Career : A Guide to Employability and Professional Development.

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- What is employability? -- Who should read this book? -- Why read this book? -- How to use this book -- Chapter 1: What is employability and what does it mean for you? -- Introduction -- What does the literature say on employability and how it has evolved? -- Towards a common language of employability -- Models of employability -- Personal responsibility for employability -- External influences on employability -- Response to changing expectations within the workplace and personal circumstances -- How is employability approached within education? -- Maximising your own employability potential -- What do employers want from graduates? -- Healthcare employability -- Evidencing your employability -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Career planning and management -- Introduction - Aims of this chapter -- What do we mean by 'Career'? -- Factors that influence our career -- Making good career decisions -- Possible causes of career change -- In summary: What do we know? How can this help in considering future chapters? -- References -- Chapter 3: Professionalism -- What is a profession? -- Why is professional identity important? -- Learning professionalism -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Continuing professional development (CPD) -- Introduction -- Objectives -- The terminology of CPD -- A definition of CPD -- Motivations to engage with CPD -- The precursors of effective CPD -- Types of CPD: What counts as CPD? -- Ensuring that different types of CPD are recorded -- Levels of CPD, credit-bearing or non-credit-bearing CPD -- Where to access CPD -- How to access CPD: Overcoming barriers -- Evaluating the effectiveness of CPD -- An outline practical approach to planning and undertaking a balanced CPD portfolio -- Conclusions -- References -- Further reading.

Chapter 5: Leadership -- Introduction -- What is leadership? -- Why is leadership important in health care? -- Leadership as a professional responsibility -- Why choose to be a leader? -- Leadership and management -- Leadership and culture -- What is your approach to leading? -- What do employers want in early and developing leaders? -- What are the component behaviours and personal qualities that influence leadership effectiveness? -- What sort of leader are you? -- Typical leadership development activities -- Employers' expectations of early career healthcare professionals -- When will you feel like a leader? -- Tips and trips -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 6: Service improvement -- Background and context -- Where has service improvement come from? -- How does service improvement feature in healthcare education? -- Service improvement as an 'employability skill' -- What level of service improvement experience will be expected? -- What specific skills can I demonstrate through service improvement experience? -- Service improvement and leadership skills -- Conclusions -- Case studies -- References -- Chapter 7: Business skills -- Things -- People -- Time -- Money -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 8: The job application process -- Getting behind the recruitment process -- Introducing the CV -- Other application processes -- The personal statement -- Preparing for the interview -- The interview itself -- What next? -- Reference -- Further reading -- Chapter 9: Consolidation of learning and moving forward -- Chapter 1 - What is employability and what does it mean for you? -- Chapter 2 - Career planning and management -- Chapter 3 - Professionalism -- Chapter 4 - Continuing professional development -- Chapter 5 - Leadership -- Chapter 6 - Service improvement -- Chapter 7 - Business skills -- Chapter 8 - The job application process.

Consolidation of learning and moving forward conclusions -- Reference -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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