Interviews Prepare & Succeed - Julie Watkins, Career Coach, Royal College of Nursing
The session will help you to identify some interview techniques to help you get the job you want and impress employers at interview. We will take you through everything from the importance of preparation, to the skills of execution, to help you feel more confident and in control of your next interview.

Applying for Jobs – your supporting statement - Julie Watkins, Career Coach, Royal College of Nursing
Once you’ve found a suitable job, you'll usually need to complete a job application. This session will offer some advice, strategies and tips to make sure you've got the best chance of getting shortlisted. Along with examples on perfecting your supporting statement/information as part of the application process.

Advances in stroke care and nursing in an acute specialist service - Sarah Barr & Lucy Austin, Stroke Advanced Nurse Practitioners, North Bristol NHS Trust
Stroke care is ever evolving with huge advances in both medicines and procedures for patients. Since 2017, North Bristol NHS Trust has led a specialised acute stroke centre, treating patients from across the West of England, and is currently the third busiest service in the country. The stroke service is forever growing, with new research trials being carried out to improve treatment options for our stroke patients. Thrombolysis and thrombectomy are exciting treatment options which can be offered to many patients at North Bristol NHS Trust. Our talk will provide an insight into the Stroke specialty and our role as a regional centre for the Thrombectomy service. 
Find out more about our Thrombectomy service here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkEZiSgeGH8 

Introduction to the RCN professional and trade union offer - Dr Nichola Ashby, Associate Professor, Head of Learning and Practice Development, Royal College of Nursing

The role of a Theatre Practitioner in a Major Trauma Centre - Natalie Hay and James Gardener, North Bristol NHS Trust
This seminar will provide an overview of what it is like to work in a Major Trauma Centre as a Theatre Practitioner. We will explore what a Theatre Practitioner is, the different specialities you can work in and how it might differ to working in other theatre environments. We will also hear from some of the current practitioners about their experiences of working in a Major Trauma Centre.

Preceptorship – Making sure you get the best start - Mark Conningsby, Preceptorship Academy & University Lead, Elysium Healthcare
The start of your career aims to be the foundation you will build the rest of your nursing career on. It is the time when you begin your lifelong journey as an accountable, independent, knowledgeable and skilled practitioner. Your preceptorship HAS to be the best it can be FOR YOU. I hope to give you some thought and ideas on how best to find the right service that will support you at the start of your amazing career.

Human Factors, what's it got to do with me? - Stephen Cutler, Senior staff nurse in ICU at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and a senior lecturer at the trust’s Nightingale Academy.
Patricia McCready, ICU Sister, Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
In this online discussion between myself, Stephen Cutler and ICU sister McCready, we will look at Human Factors. What they are and how they relate to our day to day life and how it is they impact on patient care. We will focus on utilising human factors to improve the care we give to our patients and also how we care for ourselves. We will focus on stress and how it impacts on our ability to care.  We will look to understand how we can breakdown the meaning of teamwork and leadership and by doing so what impact this can have on direct patient care. We will then look at tools in which can be used to create a safer environment to work in. This session is designed for nurses at all levels , so I hope you will join us in exploring this eye opening thing we do everyday human factors.

Career in General Practice Nursing - Ellen Nicholson, RCN GPN Forum Chair

Leadership and building resilience in nurses in 2020 and beyond - Nichole Mcintosh, FRSA
This presentation will cover the impact of leadership on front line staff and building resilience in unprecedented times.

Get ready for success…. I am very excited to be sharing some wise words with you - Cora McKeown, Lead Nurse, Recruitment and Retention, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge 
This presentation will take you through how to prepare a great application online; the pitfalls and the obvious errors made that result in nurses not being shortlisted. I would like to share with you how to ensure you are in control even when applying to a highly specialised cardiothoracic hospital like ourselves. I will share the benefits for you when ensuring attention to detail with your application to include what is important to the shortlisting manager; how to grab their attention. 
Successful completion of online applications means you will be invited for interview. The second part of my presentation will be how to prepare for a VIRTUAL interview. How to make this moment count for yourself to ensure you have prepared in a professional manner so that the hiring manager does not want to let you go.
Listening to this presentation will give you ‘explosive light bulb’ moments that will change your career potential forever…..