Course Catalogue

The aim of this module is to support the development of clinical practitioner leaders who are role models within their field but recognise the value of teamworking with interprofessional approaches , who manage risk and uncertainty within their clinical work, evaluate service delivery and motivate others to make positive change.

The module consists of 12 face to face lecture-based sessions and seminars which allows the students to explore leadership and management theory, developing own leadership skills as a role model and the skills of others to enhance teamworking. This module allows students to develop their leadership and management skills to positively influence their organisation, evaluate service delivery and implement service change within the healthcare sector. This module provides students with the opportunity for interprofessional learning allowing students to explore multiprofessional perspectives. 

The module covers:

• Multiprofessional teamworking and leadership perspectives
• Role modelling within your organisation
• Evaluating own and others' practice and responding to feedback
• Organisational cultures around risk, patient safety and escalating concerns within a healthcare organisation
• Techniques to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of service delivery and the response to feedback
• Approaches to service improvement, innovation and change within the health sector
• Consultancy and sharing best practice as a leader to enhance quality of clinical practice
• Sustainability and projections for future development in healthcare
• National and local policy and political drivers affecting the health sector

The assessment is a presentation