Over the five days I attended the trusts new Operational, Tactical and Strategic training courses. These courses are designed to ensure all staff who may be called upon to perform a commanders role at an incident are suitably trained and have proved their competence against the national occupational standards. However this is only the start as all commanders will need to show continual professional development by attending both live and table top exercises, pre-planned events and live incidents.
In the normal way the days use sessions of interactive learning , group tasks and scenarios to develop your ability and develop key skills. Competency is assessed both using the scenarios and tests. The first two days are the Operational commanders course followed by two days of the Tactical Commanders course and finally the Strategic Commanders day. Although these roles vary in their focus at an incident the underlying principles used are the same. These core skills and processes can be used at any incident and are scaleable depending on the nature, type and complexity of the incident being dealt with.
The courses are being taught over the next eighteen months and the trust have been lucky to secure a highly experienced and respected tutor to deliver this training. All in all a great week with lots of learning, shared experiences and development. Courses of this type and development of the trusts commanders can only lead to improved patient care.
Thanks to everyone involved over the whole week.
Day one of the Operational Commanders Course
As always stay safe.
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