The Practice Education Team will facilitate Flying Start support sessions and Flying Start Facilitator information sessions on MS Teams for NQPs and facilitators.
NQP support sessions
The next Flying Start Support Sessions are anticipated to run in April 2024. If you require support for Flying Start NHS programme prior to or between Flying Start Protected Study Days, please email:
practiceeducation@ggc.scot.nhs.uk (Nurses and midwives)
Facilitator support sessions
The NHSGGC Practice Education Team host Flying Start Facilitator information sessions on MS Teams for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who are currently supporting, or will support, newly qualified practitioners (NQPs) in their first year of practice. These 90-minute group sessions (dates and times below), will offer guidance on supporting NQPs with the requirements of the Flying Start NHS programme, the NHSGGC Flying Start Portal and address any related questions or queries. Please click links below to book.
Conversation, courage and culture webinar series
These webinars aim to provide NQPs with the opportunity to think about emotional and professional development and how this could improve the care they provide. Fostering a positive culture within your working environment. Please click links below to book.
Webinar 1: Conversation, courage and culture. Date: Thursday, 21st March 2024 at 1.30pm – 3pm
As newly qualified practitioners, having the ability to manage your individual levels of stress and uncertainty is a key skill. Understanding the impact of your emotional responses for self and others allows for open conversations which fosters a positive culture of growth.
Webinar 2: Emotional agility. Date: Thursday, 4th April 2024 at 1.30pm – 3pm
Emotional agility encourages you to be flexible with your thoughts and feelings for you to respond effectively to situations and challenges. Being aware and accepting all of your emotions and learning from the difficult ones, allows you to create a space between how you feel and then respond, in line with your values.
Webinar 3: Your health and wellbeing as a NQP. Date: Thursday, 11th April 2024 at 1.30pm – 3pm
As NQPs it is important that you are aware of your personal wellbeing as you transition into your professional role. Having increased awareness of this and strategies to support you, is imperative.
Webinar 4: Civility Saves Lives. Date: Friday, 19th April 2024 at 10.30am – 12pm
The Civility Saves Lives (CSL) campaign aims to create, enable and maintain positive workplace relationships and environments where the culture is improved by promoting the value of civil, caring and compassionate interactions, raising awareness of unprofessional and unproductive behaviours, and understanding the negative impact that rudeness (incivility) can have.
Following attendance at webinars, NQP advised facilitators of their take home messages which included:
- Feeling understood.
- Reminds us that our emotions are important and about managing these as NQPs; and hearing other perspectives and realising we are all similar.
- It’s okay to take a pause and not feel we need to just continue on;
- To have more belief in own ability, be more open to ask questions.
- Tackle complex emotions with curiosity. Practice what we preach to patients;
- Self-care and wellbeing is vital for the provision of safe and effective care;
- Importance of self-care and compassion for preventing burnout; The importance of being considerate of others around me and how my emotions can impact this