Advanced Clinical Leadership

Advanced Clinical Leadership

Teaching dates 2024-25

• Monday 13th January 2025
• Tuesday 14th January 2025
• Wednesday 15th January 2025
• Thursday 16th January 2025
• Friday 17th January 2025

Aims 

This unit supports students to take on more significant leadership positions and effectively deliver improvements to clinical services. The curriculum maps to the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management Professional Standards and the NHS Leadership Framework. Subject to accreditation, candidates who successfully complete the module may be eligible for membership of other leadership organisations. 

• Understand the impact of, and how to enhance, effective leadership within the clinical arena 
• Improving leadership by inspiring shared purpose, leading with care, evaluation and connecting services 
• Developing teams through shared vision, engagement, accountability via an evidencebased approach to people management 
• Developing capability and influencing for results in large organizations

The eight themes (see below) in the Advanced Clinical Leadership Module will focus on the practical implantation and modification of effective leadership, specific to the workplace role of each candidate. This will culminate with the candidate producing a Quality Improvement Project report to a publishable standard with the option of submitting this for publication. 

1. Clinical Leadership in the NHS; 
2. Self-awareness and personal leadership qualities; 
3. Project/change management theories and practice;
4. Impact of effective leadership within the clinical arena, and resilience strategies; 
5. Teams: Evidence-based approach to people management; 
6. Rescuing failing teams, managing difficult behaviour; 
7. Leading for improvement, strategic development, business planning and marketing; 
8. Presenting projects, change management, organisational theory. Change within large organisations – the NHS, learning from other industries.

Entry requirements

This module is only available to who have previously completed the ‘Clinical Leadership’ module. This can be as standalone modular study, or from completion of the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Research Education and Leadership.

Whilst evidence will not be required as part of your application, given the postgraduate level of the course and subject matter, we would recommend that applicants hold a 2.i degree or higher from a UK university or an equivalent from an overseas university.

All applicants are required to demonstrate competency in English at a high level before commencing the programme (IELTS Academic test scores of: overall band score of 7.5, with not less than 7.0 in speaking, listening, writing and reading). The language requirements will be reviewed in light of changes to the General Medical Council’s English language requirements.

International students must ensure they have the appropriate immigration status to undertake the course, and this will need to be checked by the University. Students who do not hold an immigration status that permits study and work in the UK will be based overseas and attendance on modules can be supported as a visitor to the UK. There are restrictions on using the visitor route for study and this may restrict the number of modules that can be undertaken across one year.

How to apply

Candidates are required to submit a brief summary of 200-250 words outlining how the module will benefit and enhance their clinical role. 

Applications for this stand-alone module will be accepted until Monday 16th December 2024. To apply please click on the button above (top right of this page) and follow the instructions carefully.