Clinical Leadership

Clinical Leadership

Teaching dates 2024-25

• Monday 7th October 2024
• Tuesday 8th October 2024
• Wednesday 9th October 2024
• Thursday 10th October 2024

Aims 

• To develop students as healthcare leaders with the required knowledge, skills & capability to have a positive personal impact on the work of others in their clinical team and wider service.
• To contribute to the development of emotional intelligence, resilience & political astuteness required to be a healthcare leader in a rapidly changing & challenging environment.
• To develop students who are committed to safe and high-quality patient care.
• To develop students who are confident in leading for improvement and leading across a wider system of healthcare.

There are eight themes within the Clinical Leadership Module:

• Theme 1: Clinical Leadership in the NHS;
• Theme 2: Self-awareness and personal leadership qualities;
• Theme 3: Project/change management theories and practice;
• Theme 4: The impact of effective leadership within the clinical arena and how to enhance leadership. Leadership resilience strategies;
• Theme 5: Teams: An evidence-based approach to people management and developing high-performing teams;
• Theme 6: Rescuing failing teams, managing difficult behaviour;
• Theme 7: Improvement, strategic development, business planning & marketing;
• Theme 8: Presenting projects, change management, organisational theory.  Change within large organisations – the NHS, learning from other industries.

Students studying for CPPD (not for credit) attend the teaching sessions but do not complete the associated assignment. A certificate of attendance is given at the end of the course. 

Entry requirements

Applications are invited from Specialty Registrars or equivalent, GPs, dentists and newly appointed consultants.

Eligible employees from CUHP partner organisations (CUHFT, Papworth Hospital NHS FT, CPFT), will be encouraged to apply; however, places will also be made available to other suitably qualified individuals.

Applicants are normally expected to a hold a 2.i degree or higher from a UK university or an equivalent from an overseas university. There is provision to accept applicants who do not satisfy the standard academic criterion. Such applicants must produce evidence of relevant and equivalent experience and their suitability for the course.

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 6th September 2024. To apply please click on the button above (top right of this page) and follow the instructions carefully.