
Come together with fellow oncology team leads and managers from across the country to share experiences and discover different methods for best supporting your team
This is 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: what you will learn
By working through your current challenges with proven techniques, you will return to your workplace with a new frame of mind, plus, the tools to enable your team to be both engaged and productive. Book your place and refocus on:
- 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: join this NHS online course remotely
With an enhanced emphasis on networking, interactive discussion and idea sharing, this forum will provide you with all the elements you need to deliver change by:
- Evidenced based examples and scenarios: take a step back to reflect on how best to support your team
- Interactive presentations: hone your skills with best practice examples and first-hand experiences
- Closed room discussions: benchmark and engage with your fellow attendees
- Agreed action plan: leave the course 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
|
10:00 |
Introduction, instructions and leader’s opening remarks
Sam Toland, Lead Chemotherapy Nurse, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
|
10:10 |
Building your leadership style and enabling effective oncology team dynamics
|
10:40 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
|
10:50 |
Interactive discussion: Explore your leadership style and team dynamic: what works well and when
|
11:10 |
Screen break
|
Enhancing communication skills | |
11:20 |
Improving the quality and safety of your virtual communication with oncology patients and their families
|
11:50 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
|
12:00 |
Interactive discussion: Work through scenarios to demonstrate your compassion, skills and competence
|
12:20 |
Lunch break
|
Strategies to cope with stress | |
1:00 |
Managing your workplace pressure and supporting your oncology colleagues with their stress
|
1:30 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
|
1:40 |
Interactive discussion: Share your challenges and current good practice and discover what others are doing to support their team
|
2:00 |
Screen break
|
Compassionate leadership in your oncology service | |
2:10 |
Incorporating compassionate leadership skills in your management role
|
2:40 |
Questions and answers with Samantha Toland
|
3:00 |
Interactive discussion: Group discussion, reflection and action points explored
|
3:20 |
Course leader’s closing remarks
|
3:30 |
Close of day
|
Be guided by your expert course leader
Samantha Toland is an experienced speaker and lecturer who has previously been described by attendees as ‘especially engaging’ and ‘very inspiring’. At this interactive course you will benefit first-hand from her extensive experience within oncology nursing.

Samantha Toland
Lead Chemotherapy Nurse
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Pricing structure
- £299+VAT - one NHS or Public Sector place
- 4 for 3! Bring your team and get 4 places for the price of 3
You can reserve a no-obligation place whilst you apply for funding.
If your funding has not yet been secured or you would like to hold your place with no obligation whilst waiting for your study leave to be approved, you can reserve your place with us. Please email the reservations team at SBK Healthcare with your details:
- Booking contact: name, job title, department, email and telephone number
- Event(s) to reserve for: title and date
- Delegate details (for each delegate): name, job title, department, email and telephone number
- Organisation details: name and address
Alternatively you can make a confirmed booking by emailing the above information to the bookings team.
Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking. Within one week of the online training taking place, you will be sent final details of the course including a full agenda, programme timings and your Zoom joining instructions. This email will include a joining link that can be used to access the course.
If you have not received your email two days before your event, do check your junk folder then contact SBK Healthcare on 01732 897788.
Practice sessions are available. If you would like to attend a zoom practice session before the event takes place, please let us know by emailing bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk. You will have the opportunity to meet an SBK Healthcare staff member who will ensure you are able to access zoom, that your camera and microphone work and you are fully set-up for the day. This is optional but if you do wish to attend, please use the same device that you plan to use on the day.
On the day, when registration starts, you will be able to join the course by initially entering a waiting room when there may be a short wait. The forum will include screen breaks, as well as topic themed interactive sessions which will take place in the breakout rooms.
Click here to view the specially created 5-minute video that will walk you through how to get the most out of attending your SBK Healthcare interactive online forum.
Certification of attendance
A certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to every fully registered participant who completes the course, as a record of your continuing professional training and development.
Registration fees
You will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment, you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.
Modify registration
To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email the bookings team.
Cancellations and substitutions
A full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date, the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after registering are acceptable at any time.
Event changes
It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the programme. We will endeavor to keep you abreast of such changes but any unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavor to reschedule the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a postponement or cancellation.
Privacy notice
To view the details on how your data is being collected and used, please view our Privacy policy.
Expected attendees
This online meeting is ideal for leaders and managers working in oncology. This includes but is not limited to:
- Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Consultants and Advanced Clinical Practitioners
- Sisters and Matrons
- Team Leads and Managers
- Clinical Leads and Consultants
Past attendee feedback
If you choose to attend you will be in good company with over 500 NHS professionals choosing to attend our online oncology events in the past 2 years. 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