2nd-13th November 2015
This week I was fortunate enough to have another opportunity
to enhance my personal development by taking part in a project management
qualification (PRINCE2). PRINCE stands for Projects in Controlled Environments.
This qualification is designed to provide you with sufficient knowledge and
understanding of the PRINCE2 method to be able to work effectively with, or as
a member of a project management team working within an environment supporting
PRINCE2. This course will run until the beginning of February where each week I
will complete different modules of learning including Business cases, Risk and
Change to name but a few, and then followed by an examination to confirm my
learning. I am really looking forward to developing my understanding in this
area and putting what I have learnt into practice at the CCG.
Over the past couple of weeks I have been working alongside
the Quality and Commissioning Placement Student at the CCG (Katie Hall) to work
on the recruitment process for the next student placements after ourselves. It
really doesn’t feel like five minutes since we both started at the CCG and we
are already looking for our successors for next year! It’s frightening how fast
the time is going! We have been looking into putting together both job
descriptions and person specifications for our job roles; Transformation
Programme Support Officer and Quality and Commissioning Officer. We have now finalised
these documents and they have be sent out to perspective students through
regional University Placement websites. I am very much looking forward to the
next stage of the process which will be to go through the applications and
decide who we will take to the interview process when the applications close at
the end of December. It’s very exciting to be on the other side this year and
to see all of the other talented students that are applying for the positions.
Also the pressure will be slightly off me this year!
I have also been lucky enough to attend a training event
around Outcome Based Commissioning this week, which I have been heavily
involved in over the past couple of months at the CCG. It was a very beneficial
event as it went back to basics around this different approach to commissioning
defining what Outcome Based Commissioning is and looking into the successes and
challenges that other CCG’s have encountered when trying to adopt this
approach. At the event there was a quest speaker, Dr Tony Ryan, who had
countless years of experience working for both the NHS and in the voluntary
sector who was able to share his experiences of Outcome Based Commissioning and
in particular outcomes for Mental Health. It was extremely valuable to hear of
other people’s experiences of this alternative way to commissioning as it can
help our CCG to learn from both the success and mistakes that others have made
and learn from these. Next month there will be a follow up event which I will
also be attending to discuss and try to develop a template that CCG’s could
follow in the future for use with specific conditions in relation to Outcome Based Commissioning.
