Coaching for Clinicians

Over the last 8 years, The Performance Coach  has successfully delivered more than 30 Accredited Coaching programmes and Leader as Coach programmes with people managers across the NHS, including many clinicians.

In response to the current changes in the structure and organisation of the NHS, we have developed specific coaching skills programmes for clinicians.

With clinicians being increasingly required to lead and manage teams of clinical colleagues and to supervise junior staff, coaching and mentoring skills are becoming increasingly relevant. Our Coaching for Clinicians programmes are aimed specifically at managers and people in leadership roles in relation to their clinical colleagues from medical, nursing and allied health backgrounds.

Develop coaching and mentoring skills

During workshops participants are introduced to the key skills of coaching and mentoring – and how these apply and can be used effectively in a clinical working environment.  Our programmes focus on the small changes that people can make in order to introduce a coaching approach with individuals and teams, and how they can integrate a coaching approach into their existing management style. 

Our programmes

Our four most frequently-commissioned programmes are listed below, and we would be happy to work with you to design a bespoke programme to meet the needs of your healthcare professional group and patient group needs.

• 1 day - Coaching conversations for Clinical Leaders
• 2 day - GP as Coach
• 3 day - Clinical Manager as Coach, accredited to EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) Foundational Level
• 5 day - Accredited Coaching Skills Programme for Clinicians, accredited to University of Portsmouth Business School (Certificate) or ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Level 7

For more information about any of these programmes, just contact us today.

Learning opportunities

Our programmes include a variety of learning opportunities including

• understanding coaching and mentoring models
• skills development
• skills practice
• case-studies 
• the application of coaching for clinical leadership.

Clinical managers have found enormous benefits in adopting a coaching approach. Key learnings include, for example,

• understanding and utilising a range of styles and approaches in the management of individuals and teams
• learning new models for conversations that encourage greater awareness and responsibility among peers and junior colleagues.

Contact us

For more information about our Coaching for Clinicians programmes for individuals or for commissioning programmes for your teams, just contact us today.

Quotes from programme participants 

What do you think was most useful during this workshop?'

• "Being able to have time to understand the models and practical opportunities to try them"
• "Being away from a clinical environment - Working in groups and sharing experience"
• "Group work really made you use the new skills and gave me encouragement in the use of TGROW"
• "Learning how to implement various models of coaching and to develop and practice these new skills in a controlled environment"