
Fellow oncology team leads and managers from across the country came together at this online course to share experiences and discover different methods for best supporting their teams
This was the perfect opportunity to consolidate your ideas, delve into your personal leadership style and learn how best to utilise your skill set within your management role.
5 hours Continuing Professional Development: key learning outcomes
By working through current challenges with proven techniques, the participants returned to their workplaces with a new frame of mind, plus, the tools to enable their teams to be both engaged and productive. Main focuses on the day included:
- Strategies to cope with stress
- Improving the quality of your virtual assessments
- Identifying compassion fatigue
- Managing workplace pressures
- Demonstrating your compassion and competence
- Developing your clinical leadership skills
- Enhancing the team’s communication skills
Developed with convenience in mind
With an enhanced emphasis on networking, interactive discussion and idea sharing, this online course provided all the elements needed to deliver change.
- Evidenced based examples and scenarios: reflecting on how best to support your team
- Interactive presentations: best practice examples and first-hand experiences
- Closed room discussions: benchmarking and engaging with fellow attendees
- Agreed action plan: leaving with the confidence to make changes
This course is available for in-house training
Available as bespoke training to teams of 30+ people. Please do contact us if you would like this course delivered exclusively to your team, with the content developed to drill into the specific needs of your service. Please email Sarah Kemm or call 01732 897788 for further details.
9:30 |
Join, tech support and opportunity to network in breakout rooms
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10:00 |
Introduction, instructions and leader’s opening remarks
Sam Toland, Lead Chemotherapy Nurse, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
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10:10 |
Building your leadership style and enabling effective oncology team dynamics
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10:40 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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10:50 |
Interactive discussion: Explore your leadership style and team dynamic: what works well and when
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11:10 |
Screen break
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Enhancing communication skills | |
11:20 |
Improving the quality and safety of your virtual communication with oncology patients and their families
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11:50 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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12:00 |
Interactive discussion: Work through scenarios to demonstrate your compassion, skills and competence
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12:20 |
Lunch break
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Strategies to cope with stress | |
1:00 |
Managing your workplace pressure and supporting your oncology colleagues with their stress
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1:30 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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1:40 |
Interactive discussion: Share your challenges and current good practice and discover what others are doing to support their team
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2:00 |
Screen break
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Compassionate leadership in your oncology service | |
2:10 |
Incorporating compassionate leadership skills in your management role
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2:40 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
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3:00 |
Interactive discussion: Group discussion, reflection and action points explored
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3:20 |
Course leader’s closing remarks
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3:30 |
Close of day
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With thanks to Sam Toland for speaking
Samantha Toland is an experienced speaker and lecturer who has previously been described by attendees as ‘especially engaging’ and ‘very inspiring’.

Samantha Toland
Lead Chemotherapy Nurse
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Who came?
This online meeting is ideal for leaders and managers working in oncology. Attendees on the day included:
- Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Consultants and Advanced Clinical Practitioners
- Sisters and Matrons
- Team Leads and Managers
- Clinical Leads and Consultants
Past attendee feedback
Our focused online forums have received excellent feedback – but don’t take our word for it!
Why sponsor an Oncology National Networking Forum
Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing oncology delivery forums offer dedicated presentations, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be fully immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.
Interested in having your own event, managed by us?
SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.
Reach out today
If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:
Sarah Kemm
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk