Course Catalogue

Nursing and Advanced Practice

To facilitate the development of leadership and management skills for specialist community practitioners. This module aims to provide opportunities for the student to enhance their skills and knowledge to enable them to take a central role in the development of practice within their own environment. It will also provide an opportunity for them to engage in debate and discussion which will help them to identify their strengths and weaknesses as a leader within their own organisation. They will further consider how they can influence and inspire others at both a local, regional, national and international level.

Outline Syllabus:Health and social policy drivers, leadership competencies, empowerment opportunities and barriers. Organisational culture, change management theories, health care decision-making strategies. Reflective practice, teamwork, delegation, conflict management, assertiveness skills. Enabling others, accountability, personal qualities e.g. self-awareness, beliefs, self-management, integrity. Action learning. Emotional Intelligence, NHS Politics and Power, NHS Commissioning

Module Overview:
This module facilitates the development of leadership and management skills for specialist community practitioners. It aims to provide you with opportunities to enhance your skills and knowledge to enable you to take a central role in the development of practice within your own environment. It will also provide an opportunity for you to engage in debate and discussion which will help you to identify your strengths and weaknesses as a leader within your own organisation.

Additional Information:The outcomes of this module have been mapped against professional benchmarks; these state that the students should be able to lead a clinical team, initiate practice development to enhance quality care, problem solve and make decisions, demonstrate leadership and management skills, identify social and political factors, empower others, act as an expert, undertake audit review and assure quality. Leadership and management skills will be developed though participation by the students in group-work and dealing with “real-life” work place situations and stresses. Students will be expected to keep a reflective diary enabling them to critically reflect on the process of working in teams to achieve the learning outcomes; they will undergo formative peer assessment and feedback. This student centred, evidence based, approach to learning and assessment will develop key employability skills.