TY - JOUR T1 - Ten minutes with Dr Joseph Home, Medical Directors Leadership Fellow at Pennine Acute NHS Trust JF - BMJ Leader JO - BMJ Leader SP - 64 LP - 66 DO - 10.1136/leader-2020-000376 VL - 6 IS - 1 AU - Christopher Waugh AU - Joseph Home Y1 - 2022/03/01 UR - http://bmjleader.bmj.com/content/6/1/64.abstract N2 - BiographiesDr Christopher Waugh is a Junior Doctor in Greater Manchester. With an interest in medical education and clinical research he is currently involved in several collaborative studies including the development of tools to stratify patients with COVID-19 for surgery.Joseph Home is a Junior Doctor working in a medium-sized District General Hospital in the UK. After leading several projects during the COVID-19 response within his Trust, including junior doctor redeployment, redesign of the out-of-hours service and transformation of the Foundation Doctor Year 1 workforce, he is now undertaking a management facing Medical Director Leadership Fellowship in Manchester.Having previously studied a postgraduate degree in medical law, he is currently enrolled on the Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship to study a Global MBA at the Alliance Manchester Business School. He is also currently an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Salford working within the school of Health and Society, and Honorary Secretary for the British Medical Association North West Junior Doctors Committee.As a Foundation Year 2 doctor, Doctor Joseph was given the unique opportunity to step into a senior leadership role. This short interview discusses some of the challenges and key messages from this experience. My top three messages are:Do not let seniority (or lack of it) put you off becoming involved in leadership. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Health Service (NHS) required rapid effective change. Many of the best and most innovative solutions I saw during this period came from Foundation Induction Year 1 and Foundation Year 1 doctors.Try not to forget we are all on the same team. Throughout the NHS, the chasm between clinical and non-clinical staff can be large. From managers in human resources to lab technicians, everyone is working to provide the best care for patients. We are all people, and … ER -