Speakers
Leadership
This year’s full-day Leadership Workshop will focus on communication.
The session is designed to help you translate and adapt the communication skills you already use effectively as a clinician into stronger, more impactful interactions with colleagues and the wider workforce.
Throughout the day, we will explore how to communicate more effectively across diverse teams, including developing awareness of cross-cultural dynamics and neurodiversity. We will also address the unique communication challenges that arise during periods of change, equipping you with practical strategies to lead with clarity, empathy, and confidence.
By the end of the day, you will have enhanced your ability to communicate in ways that strengthen collaboration, improve team functioning, and support positive organisational outcomes.
The workshops will be led by ICU leaders in the field. It is an interactive all day workshop. You will be joining delegates on the Society’s ongoing Leadership Programme.
Learning Objectives
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.