Reflective Writing: Exploring Experiences in NHS Heat Wave Plan

This reflective writing assignment explores a student's experience working within the NHS, specifically focusing on a team developing a heat wave plan for England. The assignment details the student's role in managing the team, the skills developed such as leadership, communication, and decision-making, and the challenges encountered. The student reflects on both positive aspects, like career development and skill enhancement, and negative aspects, such as workload and limited personal development. The writing delves into how this experience has contributed to the student's future aspirations, particularly in terms of professional growth and the ability to perform effectively in team settings. Furthermore, the assignment discusses how the experience has led to personal changes, including increased awareness of heatwave-related issues and diseases. Finally, the student outlines plans for future improvement, including attending training programs and analyzing shortcomings to enhance their professional journey. The assignment includes references to relevant literature supporting the reflections.

Reflective Writing

Contents
Choose a past or present workplace/group working experience.................................................1
Describe your experience in three sentences...............................................................................1
Why have you chosen to explore this experience?......................................................................1
What did you learn from this experience?...................................................................................1
What skills did you learn/ develop from this experience?...........................................................1
What was one positive and one negative aspect of your experience and why?...........................1
Has this experience contributed towards your future aspirations? (How?).................................1
Has the experience changed you in any way? If so – in what way?............................................1
What are you going to do going forward to improve experiences like this?...............................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

Choose a past or present workplace or group experience
The present workplace where I am working is NHS as they develop a heat wave plan for
England so the group is formed. My present experience is good as I have to manage the whole
team and lead them toward appropriate direction so that specific goals can be attain in effective
and efficient way (Barrell and et. al., 2021). Although, it is very tough for me to handle all group
members and influence them to follow the given instruction in efficient way. But some of them
are not agree to perform as per plan which may have adverse impacts upon the firm’s project.
Describe your experience how did you feel , what it involved
My experience was good as I am handling a team which would be an opportunity for me to
grab various new things while performing the task. Also, I developed my several skills such as
management skills, communication skills, decision making skills and many others. Moreover, it
would aids me to gain confidence while communicating with whole my team members as well as
I also understand the value and ideas of group work while performing into a team.
Why have you chosen to explore this experience.
I have chosen to explore this experience as it would help me into my personal and
professional growth. While working into such as reputed firm provide to an edge to boost up my
career with great opportunity. Also, working as team leader assist me to gain more knowledge
and skills to attain as well as accomplish the task in well defined way.
What did you learn from that experience
From those experiences, I would able to gain various new things and also help me to
enhance my skills in much effective way. In addition to this, my enhanced leadership and
communication skills help me to lead the team anywhere in much efficient manner. Moreover,
the effective communication skills allow me to share my ideas and view points as team leader
effectively and efficiently so that the undertaken task would be accomplished at time.
What skills did you learn or develop from this experience.
The various skills that I learn or develop from respective experiences are communication
skills, interpersonal skills, management skills, leadership skills and others (de la Croix and Veen,
2018). All these skills and competencies would assist me in gaining more opportunities to
develop my professional and person career. Also, help me to speak up in public with full
confidence.
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What was one positive and negative aspect of your experience and why.
The positive aspect of my experience is that it would help me to boost up my career in
much efficient way. As with this I would able to develop various competencies and gain
knowledge about new things. It would aids me to gain confidence while communicating with
whole my team members as well as I also understand the value and ideas of group work while
performing into a team (Priddis and Rogers, 2018). While on other side, the negative aspect of
my experience is too much work load that totally impacts my personal life. Also, there is not any
freedom to personal development.
Has this experience contributed towards your future aspirations? (How?)
Yes, this experience has contributed towards my future aspirations because when I will
work regarding accomplishment of my future aims and objectives then this will support and
motivated me in attaining them. The development in my different skills like communication,
team work and management will also assist me in performing my job roles and duties in effective
manner. Due to having team work experience, I can perform well in group work as well as
complete my task in set time period. Also, this experience will also assisted me in my personal as
well as professional development such as my communication skills will support me making
interaction with people at personal and professional level which contribute regarding my future
aspirations.
Has the experience changed you in any way? If so – in what way?
Yes, this experience has changes me in different way in order to make development in my
knowledge. For example, due to working in particular organisation I get information about
Heatwave, issues and diseases which suffered by people due to this. Also, I aware with the
challenges which faced by individuals due to this (Griggs and et. al., 2018). Additionally, I make
development in different skills and competencies. For example, cause of working in group, I
made development in my teamwork skill, communication, problem solving, time management
and many more. These all has changes me in diverse manner by making growth and
improvement in my skills, learning and knowledge.
What are you going to do going forward to improve experiences like this?
I will attend training programmes, sessions and online programmes which are organised by
professional related to this kind of experience. This will assist me in developing my experience.
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Also, I will analyse my shortcomings and set targets to overcome them within less time period. I
will join training sessions which are provided by NHS and other organisations which are
working regarding particular kind of issues so that I can gain more knowledge about it and work
regarding improvement of my experience (Morandotti and et. al., 2018). In order to make
development in my skills which also an important part my experience, I will attend online
sessions and getting support of experts so that they can aware about me weak areas and progress.
In addition to this, I will set goals and create plan to achieve them; develop a timeline including
milestones and many more to improve my experience.
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