The Skills Factory

Welcome

BAMM's Skills factory is quite unlike any other leadership and management development programme. Over three intensive days you will work hard with a group of like-minded colleagues. You will challenge and be challenged but also have fun along the way. We believe that your time is a valuable resource and we wont waste it on empty platitudes. Our faculty will tell it like it is in a open and honest way and we will ensure that every session is grounded in the real world. The Skills Factory has been designed specifically for clinicians of every specialty who share the common goal of developing their skills as managers and leaders to improve patient care.

We will:

• Focus on the issues and skills that really matter in the complex, real world of the NHS
• Bring the brightest and the best presenters to deliver sessions at a pace that gives you maximum learning and development with the minimum time away from the job
• Help you to understand that the intricacies of the NHS are at the same time challenging, frustrating and fascinating. You will get to grips with how systems and people work so that you can make a real difference to patient care.

The size of the group means that we can get to know YOU and help you work through your own challenges. You will have time to get to know others on the programme - like-minded clinicians. We will work hard but there will also be time to relax and have fun.

The Programme

The Skills factory programme is based firmly on BAMM's Standards of Medical Leadership and Management.

It addresses the skills and knowledge required for a role in clinical leadership and it gets straight to the heart of our values as clinicians. The programme looks at working with other people and puts system reform into context. You will focus on your own behaviours and leadership style. We deliver the Skills Factory in a number of ways:

• Workshops - working in plenary and delivered hands-on by experts from the frontline and highly experienced members of BAMM's faculty.
• Group working - giving you an opportunity to learn and network with colleagues from across the NHS.
• Individual sessions - looking at your personal effectiveness and linking the programme to your own practice.

The Skills factory covers three broad themes in each three day module:

• Tools of the trade - knowledge and skills of healthcare management
• Creative thinking and problem solving
• Effective leadership

Each theme is tackled at three levels:

• Personal skills and knowledge
• Skills of working within teams
• Skills of working across the wider organisation

Each Skills Factory can be undertaken as a stand-alone module or as a part of a year long Fit to Lead programme. Alternatively it can be taken as a three module course with parts two and three building on part one.

The Three Levels - All Skills Factories are values-based

Level One - Values and People - Healthcare is delivered by highly educated people and driven by a deep set of values. The NHS is one of the largest employees in the world. Managing people is one of the most difficult challenges facing us. This module looks at the values of the organisation, our values as clinicians and how to get the best out of people.
Level One Programme

Level Two - Values and Systems - We manage hugely complicated organisations and often get the sense that systems aren't joined up. Research shows that system reform could save the NHS billions - but how? From finance to pathways, we draw on experts in the field to analyse what can be achieved: values-based, clinically led healthcare.
Level Two Programme 

Level Three - Values and Strategy - The NHS is in the midst of the biggest reform programme in its history. We have new organisations (e.g. foundation trusts), new ways of working together (e.g. networks), etc. This module builds on sessions from the other two modules and introduces strategic models, helping you to get to grips with organisational strategy.
Level Three Programme 

Personal Effectiveness

If you are going to be able to manage others, you must be able to manage yourself. A major focus of the Skills Factory is on you - how effective you are in your role, with your team, in managing the tensions between work and the rest of your life. we look at the strategies you can adopt to help you become more effective. As clinical leaders we often live our lives at a fast pace and it is easy to forget the importance of our own physical health and fitness. our professional personal trainer will work with you on a one to one basis to help you reflect on your lifestyle choices and how they impact your ability to lead. You may choose to look at your diet or discuss some simple exercises that you can do at home or around the office that will make a huge difference. Or you may choose to see BAMM's personal trainer in the fitness facility available on site.

Creativity

Some of the greatest challenges facing leaders can be tackled in a creative way. The Skills Factory has been designed to challenge clinicians to encourage innovation, team working and unlock creativity. our creative challenge will show you how you can think quickly in management situations, work in teams and communicate complex issues effectively. Working with BAMM's creative team you will work in a group - against the clock - to solve a seemingly daunting problem. In doing so, you will learn how to unleash your own creative skills.

The Skills Factory team

The Skills Factory Team is a highly effective multi-disciplinary and multi-professional group with an in-depth knowledge of the NHS. Experienced medical leaders provide input to the programme. our faculty is drawn from:

• The BAMM Team - led by course director Professor Jenny Simpson OBE and Chief Executive of BAMM
• Medical and Clinical Directors
• National Clinical Directors
• Executive Directors in NHS Organisations
• Personal Trainers
• The BAMM Creative Team
• National-level experts on specific issues
• Academics from leading Universities and Business Schools

One-to-One

Our faculty members and course tutors will be on hand throughout the three days for one-to-one sessions. these can cover anything - from further detail and discussion of the topics covered to your own issues back at work, career plans, communication, difficult colleagues - the agenda is entirely yours to decide!

Fit to Lead

The Skills Factory has been designed within the context of BAMM's Fit to Lead programme, which puts a structure and framework around medical management. The programme is underpinned by BAMM's Standards of Medical Management and Leadership. Fit to Lead has been designed to be a practical development programme looking specifically at how you work as a medical manager, identifying development needs and then putting together your own personal development plan. Everyone's needs are different and this is reflected in the design of Fit to Lead.

Dont Take Our Word For It ...

Since we launched Skills Factory in 2004 we have been amazed at the consistently positive feedback we have received from delegates:

"It was excellent. Fun and productive"
"The word 'quality' was written all over it"
"Great course - came away refreshed and enthused"
"Definitely learnt a lot and enjoyed myself too!"
"Not enough time - leaves me hungry for more"
"Excellent course run by excellent people"
"I would strongly recommend it to my colleagues"
"Excellent and innovative"
"Balance was right - one-to-one sessions were excellent"
"Very good - needs to be rolled out!"
"I left re-energised and re-focused"
"A very enjoyable albeit hard three days"
"Came away with a renewed enthusiasm for the role of a clinician in management"
"Good mix of delegates. Speakers involved us. Did not get lectured"

If you would like to talk to someone directly about the Skills Factories availability and content, feel free to call us directly in the office on 0161 474 1141 or drop an email to Lara Lindsay at lara@bamm.co.uk