What is CPD?
Keeping your knowledge, competence and skills up to date is really important for both personal and professional development. CPD is the best and easiest way to do this.
Funding is already available through a range of sources such as your department’s training budget and this is used to fund training you already access.
What can I use it for?
CPD funding helps you to develop yourself in a number of ways. Do you want to:
- Learn a new skill or competence
- Progress into a new role
- Gain a qualification or accreditation
- Attend study days, events or conferences
CPD funding can help you achieve these goals and more.
How do I work out what I need?
Your annual appraisal is the perfect time to discuss how you can develop yourself further. Or, you can arrange to have a career conversation at any time.
You and your manager can agree aims and objectives through your Personal Development Plan (PDP) including how to make CPD work for you.
Many of our staff benefit from going on conferences, study days or webinars.
You may develop a new interest or see a course advertised you’d like to explore.
FAQs
You may also find our CPD FAQs helpful.
Q&A Sessions
We hold regular Q&A sessions via MS Teams giving you the opportunity to speak to members of the Newcastle Clinical Skills Academy. The next sessions can be found on the intranet.
Get in Touch
To find out more about the opportunities available to you, please contact the Study Leave team:
email [email protected]
Telephone: 0191 2825509
Additional CPD funding for every nurse, midwife and AHPs
In 2020, the Chief Nursing Officer for England – Ruth May – announced significant investment in CPD for every NMAHP.
This means that every NMAHP in our organisation can apply for funding to support professional development up until 31 March 2024.
This new CPD funding can be used either all in one go or split up over a number of months and can be used on top of the wide range of learning opportunities investment already available via our Workforce and Development Department.
Who can access this CPD?
- Registered nurses and midwives
- Nursing associates
- Allied Health Professionals, ie.
- Dieticians
- Occupational therapists
- Operating department practitioner
- Orthoptists
- Orthotists and prosthetists
- Physiotherapists
- Podiatrists
- Radiographers – diagnostic and therapeutic
- Speech and language therapists
How can I apply?
To apply for this funding you will need to complete the latest study leave application form and select YES to NMAHP CPD funded – this funding is for course fees only.
Newcastle Hospitals Study Leave Application FormWhat if I am not a nurse, midwife or allied health professional?
This CPD funding enables us to invest in NMAHP staff development, however non-NMAHP staff will also continue to be supported through existing funding sources.
To find out more about the opportunities available to you please contact the Study Leave team:
Email [email protected]
Telephone: 0191 2825509
Further information
If you would like to find out more about applying for CPD funding, please contact the Newcastle Clinical Skills Academy team:
Email [email protected]
Telephone: 0191 2824710
FAQs
You may also find our frequently asked questions helpful.