School of Nursing and Midwifery

This module was designed to be responsive to newer ways of working demands upon clinicians working in a range of healthcare settings and seeks to develop, nurture and enhance existing team working skills and clinical leadership requirements. Leadership theories and models are appraised and applied to the clinician's work context, with the aim of improving their leadership potential and abilities to direct high quality health care.

This module is available as a Compulsory Core for the achievement of the BSC (Hons) Clinical Practice within all pathways (year two).
This module may be undertaken as a stand alone elective module within the BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice award for other pathways.

This module aims to enable clinicians to critically examine and reflect upon their own role and leadership behaviour as an individual and whilst working within a team, and to identify opportunities to further develop their skills, through the application of a range of approaches to leadership, including team-working, negotiation, motivating and leading others. It will facilitate them to develop an understanding of the influence of political and professional issues upon their practice

Normally hold a professional registration with an appropriate body.
Working within a care setting relevant to the module

The politico-professional context of clinical leadership; healthcare reform and service delivery transformation. From the NHS Plan to the Darzi Next Stage Review. World Class Commissioning.

Contemporary clinical leadership strategies and innovations, models and supportive initiatives; such as, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, 'The Productive Ward' initiative.

Contemporary vision of clinicians as practitioners, leaders and partners of care, developing role and responsibilities of clinicians at all levels of practice and leading / directing quality healthcare delivery. Modernising Nursing Careers and clinical leadership.

Organisational theories: structures, cultures, power and politics within teams. Managing change. The influence and role of the team leader and environment of care upon quality care.

Overcoming resistance to change: uncertainty, conflict, engaging others, resolution.

Embracing and leading change: role diversification, leadership and accountability.

Links between leadership and quality of healthcare delivery and critical evaluation of the evidence base pertaining to this.

The quality improvement agenda: clinical governance and safety initiatives in healthcare

Risk management, diversity and discrimination

Principles of clinical leadership, leadership theories and change management

Influences upon leadership style and methods: organisational, gender, culture, organisation, media

Principles and attributes of effective teams: examination of own team

Leading change: vision, core values, methods, expectations in your team

Becoming an effective leader: building creativity, critical thinking, team working skills, communication, motivating others, inspiring and empowering your team

Working in partnership: team-working skills, inter-professional working, negotiation, mutual goal-planning and communication

Leading others in clinical teams: critical reflection upon own leadership behaviour and role in team, effect of feedback on personal development and professional growth, developing leadership potential

Process analysis: techniques, skills, audit and measurement systems

Transition and empowerment

Marketing

The module will utilise blended learning methods including use of the KLE; for example, WebCT based resources and activities