VetSkills

Training for the Whole Practice Team

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Empowering People, Enriching Practice: Training and development for all members of your team

Our objective is to deliver excellent CPD, using knowledgeable, experienced professionals from within the XLVets community, alongside specialist external facilitators, to ensure a consistently high standard of training. We provide a range of CPD throughout the year, which will help improve the skills of all members of your practice team, with a particular focus on:

- Developing your Leadership Skills

- Building a Positive and Effective Practice Culture

- Graduate Support and Training

Our Range of Training Courses

The Leadership Programme

A bespoke 7 day programme for developing business leadership acumen. Challenge your way of thinking, enhance your skills and build connections across the community. Earn: 52 hrs CPD Delegates: Directors and key decision makers, or leaders aspiring to become part of the senior management team.

Leading People

Build upon your own experiences to develop a broader understanding of what it means to be a great leader. You will be given the time and space to learn about new models and tools that will enhance your leadership capability. 14 hrs CPD. Developed for all members of the practice team.

Insights Discovery Workshop

Insights Discovery helps individuals and teams, learn more about their preferred behaviours, the strengths they bring and the challenges they’re likely to face. Earn: 7hrs CPD Delegates: The practice team (ideally max. 20 per session)

Mentoring Matters

The programme is aimed at anyone working in practice who has an opportunity to positively impact the performance of others. Combining theory and 'best' practice, learning the whats, the whys and hows of delivering mentoring successfully, including core coaching skills. 10 hrs CPD. Suitable for all members of the practice team.

Train the Trainer

For those who are new to presenting, uncomfortable about the prospect, or would like to refresh their skills. An opportunity to build confidence and develop your skills, providing participants with the chance to practice in a safe environment.

Difficult Conversations

Gain practical techniques and skills to be able to deal more effectively and confidently with difficult conversations. Earn: 7 hours CPD Delegates: All members of the practice team

Advanced Mentoring Matters

This course has been tailored to enhance your ongoing development as a mentor.

Advanced Train the Trainer

This workshop is available for anyone who is enthusiastic about helping trainees to learn or who wishes to register as a Lantra Awards Instructor and present Lantra approved courses.

Positive Appraisals

Focusing on the every-day actions and culture required to enable high performance before concentrating on the performance review itself. 7hrs CPD. Suitable for all members of the practice team.

Advanced TTA and Basic Cruciate

Develop your confidence in diagnosing cruciate disease and recommending the most appropriate treatment choice, as well as gain practical skills to perform cruciate surgery in practice.

Camelid Care

Unpacking the essential skills for first opinion practice. Expert-led discussions and hands-on practical sessions, with topics including husbandry, vaccination, parasitology, anaesthesia, fluid management, ultrasound diagnostics, and much more. Duration: 2 days Delegates: Farm Clinicians

XLVets Graduate Development Programmes

Small Animal Graduate Development Programme

6 Modules, across 12 days: including Practical Dentistry, Professional Skills, Emergency Management and Euthanasia, Clinical Transition into Practice, Pharmacology and Contextualised Care and Graduate and Alumni Get Together.

Farm Graduate Development Programme

6 Modules, across 12 days: including Survival Skills, Dairy Days, Beef and Sheep Skills and Practical Pathology and Graduate and Alumni Get Together.

Equine Graduate Development Programme

6 Modules across 12 days: including Thriving in First Opinion Practice, Fundamentals of Equine Practice, Clinical Essentials, and Emergency Case Management and Graduate and Alumni Get Together.

Contact the VetSkills Team

training@xlvets.co.uk or call 01228 711 788