Unit 502
Promote professional development
1. Understand the principles of professional development
1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice.
I feel it is important for me to continually improve my knowledge to make sure that I am aware of all the current health and social care standards, legislation, and guidelines for good practice as well as me following my company’s policies and procedures.
The Nursing Midwifery Council code of conduct states:
9. Share your skills, knowledge and experience for the benefit of people receiving care and your colleagues.
To achieve this, you must:
9.1 provide honest, accurate and constructive feedback to colleagues. www.nmc-ik.org I feel that any new and up to date knowledge that I gain should be passed on to my staff, this will provide them with up to date information so that they can carry out their roles as carers effectively. This can be done during staff meetings, supervisions, appraisals and memos.
Learning is a way of gaining new skills and it helps me to keep my knowledge up to date. Personal and professional development is not only a benefit to me, but it also benefits Willowbrook, as well as the staff and clients that I support. I feel that any training I do will be relevant to my job role and hopefully it will ensure that I am able to be effective in my role.
Professional development is important to me and I feel it will help me to progress within the company and give me better prospects. As a deputy manager I am responsible for others this includes Staff, clients, and families, visitors and other
Professionals, so it is important to me that I am knowledgeable and effective. The importance of continually improving my knowledge, is to ensure that I am aware of and that I follow, the current health and social care standards, legislation, and guidelines for good practice. Learning new skills and training update enables me to progress, and achieve within my career and working