Introduction
People working in cancer care and control may identify other professional skills that would augment their cancer specific knowledge and clinical skills and increase their capacity, particularly in positions that involve an administrative or managerial component.
Personal self development, including building communication, supervisory and leadership skills; gaining experience completing administrative tasks; and learning to work as an effective team member can greatly increase on-the-job confidence, performance and satisfaction.
Depending on the competencies required in their role, health care professionals may wish to undertake training to develop skills in non-clinical areas including:
- communication, negotiation and conflict resolution
- leadership and delegation of tasks
- administration, such as computer and information technology skills
- business and financial management
- human resource management and supervision
- organisation and time management