Are you working in adult or paediatric intensive care, emergency departments, or pre hospital emergency medicine? Are you interested in learning more about how to offer support to your peers through our Peer Support Programme?
Then we've got a great opportunity coming up for you.
Peer support is a method of providing supportive conversations, 1-1 or in small groups. Colleagues with similar and shared experiences offer supportive conversations within the context of work
The training is online, from 9am-4pm, on Zoom. Its an interactive day of theory and hands on learning, with a blend of teaching and breakout rooms. You will enhance your knowledge of how people react to critical care work, and how to support your colleagues.
You will be committed to offering peer support in your local setting, with the support of your manager/ team leader to do this as part of your role. Hopefully, a small group of you from your team are willing to attend. You will also arrange your own local support networks to ensure you reflect upon your practice and work safely according to the guidelines we offer you in the teaching.
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Dr Julie Highfield is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Lead for Organisational Health in Adult and Paediatric Critical Care, Cardiff. She is the National Project Director for Wellbeing in the Intensive Care Society. She has a long experience of working as a psychologist in medical and health care settings and works closely with staff in their experience of working in healthcare, as well as advising managers on matters of workforce wellbeing. Julie has worked with the British Psychological Society and its Division of Clinical Psychology in Wales. She led the BPS team writing the National Guidance for Staff in the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Julie works with the Welsh Assembly Government in various projects, including as the lead for Critical Care Workforce Task and Finish Group, and Modelling for Rehabilitation for patients post COVID-19, and the Wellbeing Conversation Tool. She has a number of publications and book chapters in the field of critical care, staff wellbeing, and leadership.