For all modules and courses the applications portal will close 4 weeks before the start date. All applications must be submitted and funding confirmed before the portal closes. Any applications that have not been processed and or do not have funding confirmed from the sponsor organisation before the portal closure will not be accepted by the IHSC administrator staff

 

The NHS Next Stage Review (2008) reiterated the importance of developing clinical leadership to improve quality and cost effectiveness of health care delivery. Leadership in healthcare requires more than technical mastery of specialist professional skills. It requires people with a strategic approach to operating within a complex system, to inspire, support and teach others; and to lead teams. The module will introduce health professionals to major leadership theories, encourage students to reflect on and develop their own leadership style, apply change management skills understand the broader context of healthcare in the UK. The module will enable students to develop in the three domains of the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework: Students will bring their experience of working, and leading, within healthcare roles to the module and learn to place their experience in the context of leadership theory.

 

The module aims are to:

• enable students to critically evaluate major leadership theories.
• enable students to reflect on the relationship between leadership and management.
• enable students to understand the role of strategic leadership in improving quality and cost effectiveness.
• encourage students to apply leadership theory to day to healthcare practice.
• equip students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to develop leadership behaviours in current roles and prepare for future leadership roles.
• encourage students to reflect on their leadership style and experience within the context of their role and organisation and to develop self-knowledge.