Recognition

Recognition to value and celebrate the role that junior doctors have as leaders themselves.

Essential

• Recognise the development of leadership and management skills as essential for junior doctors at all stages of training

• Support and facilitate junior doctors to record and evidence their leadership activities in their portfolio

• Provide training to Educational and Clinical Supervisors regarding the importance of leadership development for junior doctors, in terms of being essential for meeting curriculum and GMC requirements

• Provide clear links between junior doctor fora and named members of the senior management team. Enable junior doctors to establish a junior doctor forum or equivalent if not already in existence.

Desirable

• Demonstrate the importance and value of junior doctor leadership by including junior doctors in key meetings and organisational level improvement initiatives

• Demonstrate and share the value of junior doctor leadership by hosting events that showcase the leadership and management achievements of junior doctors in the organisation eg local QI events

• Provide letters of achievement or certificates to junior doctors in recognition of their leadership work.