Important points - This is a bespoke course for NHS England.  Submitting an application WILL NOT guarantee you a place.

This programme enables students to explore their individual potential and ability and enhance understanding of their efficacy and impact as leaders within their organisations and as a result of completing the programme students will develop a deep and systematic understanding of quality enhancement and navigating change within healthcare.

Participants will be enabled to learn through and from experience by participating in and facilitating Action Learning Sets, working in pairs/groups, peer review and 1:1 coaching. This facilitative community of learning offers a supportive model that participants can build on through their studies and beyond.

Content includes:

Identity and leadership – Understanding Self, Communication for leadership, Leadership in organisations, Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, Coaching skills for leading, Equality/diversity/inclusivity and unconscious bias, Networking and influencing, Complexity and leadership, Intrinsic/extrinsic motivation and influence, Quality improvement, Change and strategic change management, Professional and organisational regulation,Transitioning from an operational role to a strategic role (external speaker),The role of the nurse executive, Governance and assurance. 

This is a NHS England funded programme and therefore the following pre-requisites apply:

• Applicants MUST be able to attend ALL 'block' dates for the cohort they are applying for.
• Applications for Cohort 13 will close on Monday 9th December 2024 at 23:59 hours.
• To be considered for SHORTLISTING you must upload a current CV (3 pages A4 maximum) that outlines both your leadership experience to date and complete the Personal Statement that outlines why you should be considered for the programme.   
• Submitting an application WILL NOT guarantee you a place. 
• Applicants should seek support for their application from their Chief Nurse/Dep Chief Nurse – please state how you have achieved this in your personal statement.
• Applicants will generally be in at least a current 8b or 8c (or above/equivalent) role.

Programme assessment is an online written submission comprising of an annotated job description, reflection and report.

Students who successfully complete the assessment will be awarded 30 credits at Level 7 (Masters level).

Funding
No cost to student as course is commissioned and paid for by NHS England.

Knowledge & understanding:

1. Critically distingush the implications of leadership from varying perspectives.

2. Analyse and evaluate current leadership theory and its application to practice.

3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the role of quality & quality enhancement within

    healthcare practice.

4. Critically appraise change management theroy and its application to healthcare environments.

Skills & attributes:

1. Analyse & develop individual competence and readiness to operate effectively as deputy executive directors of nursing.

2. Synthesise leadership theory to set direction, enable effective delivery and encourage continual improvement across a healthcare organisation.

3. Identify opportunities and challenges related to maintenance of quality & quality enhancement to enable effective delivery and encourage continual improvement across a healthcare organisation.