Leading for Quality: New Leaders - 2018

Leading for Quality is an innovative programme bringing together leadership and quality improvement.

The L4Q New Leaders Programme is a free to access programme designed to actively support new leaders who are passionate about improving the quality of patient care in their teams, organisations and the wider health care system and who want to develop the skills to bring about real service improvements.

You will be aiming to become more effective in building the relationships to achieve real change: you will want to learn how to engage more successfully with patients and a wide range of multi-professional colleagues to improve services; you will be interested in exploring and understanding wider health and social care services, how to work across the wider health system, and what the changing policy context means for care; you will want to work on your own leadership skills and qualities, to become a more self-aware, influential and effective leader.

This 5-month Programme incorporates the high quality online learning materials of the Edward Jenner Programme produced by the NHS Leadership Academy with 5 days of workshops aimed at developing your leadership skills alongside undertaking a quality improvement initiative. It also gives you the opportunity to meet new leaders from across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

The programme consists of four modules. Between modules, you will be asked to work on a real quality improvement initiative. You will draw on your practical, relevant work experience, and use this actively to reflect and inform your thinking during the programme sessions.

The programme themes are

• Me as a leader of Quality Improvement

• Engaging with others to improve services

• Working across the system: Change and Culture

• Leading Sustainable Change

There is a series of masterclasses running alongside this programme, and you will be expected to attend at least one.

Key dates:

Cohort 5

Module 1: 27th & 28th March 2018

Module 2: 23rd May 2018

Module 3: 3rd July 2018

Module 4: 6th September 2018

Cohort 6

Module 1: 21 & 22nd May

Module 2: 4th July 2018

Module 3: 7th September 2018

Module 4: 16th October 2018

Closing date for applications: Sunday, 21st January 2018

We expect this programme to be oversubscribed and therefore we reserve the right to close the applications before the deadline.

FAQs

Who is the programme for?

L4Q New Leaders is for people who are in, or moving into, their first leadership or team management position but have not yet had significant leadership development experience.

Do I have to be a clinician?

No, you can be from a clinical or a business professional background. You could work in a patient-focussed role in clinical or care service provision, management or support services. You may also be in a commissioning role.

Do I have to attend all modules?

Yes, you must be able to attend all modules and be committed to applying your learning to a practical quality improvement issue in your workplace. If you do not attend you may be liable to pay back the cost of your place according to the cancellation policy;

http://www.kssleadership.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/KSS%20Cancellation%20Policy%202018%20L4QNL.pdf

Do I need a degree?

No, you do not need a degree to access this programme.

How much work will I need to do between modules?

You must be able to commit to an average of 1.5 hours of online learning per week. You can, of course, organise this how you want and complete it in larger/smaller sections. You should also be working on your own improvement projects in your department/organisation between modules.

For more information or to discuss your application, please contact BSMS via Beverley Scott, B.Scott2@brighton.ac.uk