Employees of Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are able to attend training on any site.
This course will teach you practical skills to spot the triggers and signs of mental health issues. Gain confidence to step in, reassure and support a person in distress. On completion, you will be a certified Mental Health First Aider.
This course is a blend of live training sessions and self-learning activities.
This course is aimed at all staffing groups.
This course will be delivered online.
To attend this course, you must be compliant with Mandatory Training.
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 14, 16, 21, 23 October. You must attend all sessions | Half day sessions starting at 9am | Online |
Please email Dr. Amanda Spong, Principal Clinical Psychologist Trust-wide Staff Health & Wellbeing.
NHS England aims to ensure everyone working within the NHS feels safe and confident to speak up. We encourage our NHS leaders to take the opportunity to learn and improve from those who speak up.
We want everyone working in the NHS to feel safe and confident to speak up and all NHS leaders to welcome this opportunity to learn and improve.
We seek to improve the quality of speaking up arrangements across the NHS in a number of ways.
Staff in various roles can complete the Freedom to Speak Up e-learning to help gain understanding and knowledge of this initiative.
Search for the 3 modules on ESR:
We live in a ‘VUCA’ world – one filled with Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. In such an environment, emotional resilience is essential for boosting both personal well-being and professional success.
Hamilton Mercer’s Service Methodologies™ provide people with practical tools and strategies to build and strengthen emotional resilience so they can thrive in challenging times.
Upon completing this course learners will be able to:
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Recognise resilience traits and apply strategies in a fast-paced VUCA world.
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Identify stress types, their impact on performance, and techniques to sustain peak performance.
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Use emotional intelligence to manage triggers, external influences, and professionalism.
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Transition seamlessly between interactions without emotional carryover.
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Apply coping techniques, conditioning, and mindset shifts to stay focused and adaptable.
Performance outcomes include:
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Enhanced emotional capacity to protect staff from stress and burnout.
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Sustained performance under pressure (focus and decision-making).
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Protect staff from stress and burnout.
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Increased adaptability to change, innovation and creative problem-solving.
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Lower absenteeism, sick leave and staff turnover.
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Positive workplace culture and team dynamics.
People of all experience levels and seniority exposed to pressured and potentially stressful encounters and situations at work.
This course will be delivered online.
To attend this course, you must be compliant with Mandatory Training.
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 1st July 2025 | 09:15 – 16:30 | Online MS Teams |
Please email CPD@bedsft.nhs.uk
Search for this course on ESR by entering “418 E-Learning – Skills Boosters – Menopause at Work”.
This course shows how managing stress effectively is key to supporting well-being for your staff.
Search for this course on ESR by entering “418 E-Learning – Skills Boosters – Mental Health in the Workplace: Managing Stress”.
This course looks at the benefits that resilience can bring in both our personal and professional lives and how we can embark on our own resilience- building journey.
Search for this course on ESR by entering “418 E-Learning – Skills Boosters -Building Resilience”.
