Clinical leadership – a framework for action A guide for senior leaders on developing
professional diversity at board level
NHS Improvement, endorsed by Academy for Healthcare Science, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, The British Psychological Society, Royal College of Nursing, Royal College of Midwives, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Association of Clinical Psychologists and AHPf.
Jan 2019
Excerpt from NHS Improvement website “The NHS Long Term Plan highlights the importance of visible senior clinical leadership in enabling and assuring the delivery of high quality care both within organisations and in the new system architecture. The guide looks at how existing structures and expectations may stand in the way of allied health professionals, doctors, midwives, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, healthcare scientists and social workers contributing to strategic leadership.”
See also case studies here
eg Clinical leadership case study: midwife and chief nurse
Clinical leadership case study: physiotherapist and group deputy chief executive officer
Clinical leadership case study: occupational therapist and director of AHP and psychology professions
John Hunt’s Leadership Online – website of the month
Don’t Tell Me the Score
Excerpt from John’s website “Power of belief, resilience, legacy, tribalism, vision, identity, leadership, motivation, character, and winning. These are the subjects covered in this excellent new series of programmes/podcasts from the BBC. Although the starting point for these programmes is sport, there are some much wider issues raised here which are very relevant to leadership and management. “What can sporting success can teach us about ordinary life? Simon Mundie sits down each week with an expert to explore the deeper aspects of sport that mean more than the score. ” Well worth a listen.”
A Model Employer: Increasing black and minority ethnic representation at senior
levels across the NHS
NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) leadership strategy
January 2019
NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard – 2018 report published
NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard 2018 Data Analysis Report for NHS Trusts
Supporting data
16th January 2019
News “To build on progress in successive years and tackle problem areas, NHS England’s Chief Executive and Director for the WRES have committed to funding the programme for the next seven years, supported by £1 million funding each year until at least 2025. To ensure the proposals make a practical difference for staff, NHS England has appointed a team of 42 experts from within the existing workforce, who will work with senior staff to close the gaps between BME and white staff.”
Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES): Experts programme cohort one biographies
Excerpt “This document provides information on the WRES experts programme, which aims to equip NHS organisations with in-house expertise to improve workforce race equality.”
Dr Habib Naqvi and Yvonne Coghill
22 January 2019
Blog mentions recently published report on the journey taken by five NHS trusts in applying quality improvement (QI) methodology to the workforce race equality agenda, and the the strategic approach in supporting NHS organisations to reflect their workforce within their own leadership.
West M, Naqvi H and Coghill Y
1 February 2019
Cambridge and Peterborough STP Leadership and OD Network
January 2019
Jan 22nd 2019
Warrington and Halton Hospitals and Warrington & Vale Royal College have teamed up signalling a commitment to ‘home grow’ the local NHS workforce of the future.
Improving mentorship at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
The Atlas of Shared Learning
Case study posted Jan 2019
Quality improvement using the principles of the Leading Change, Adding Value framework
Also from Atlas of Shared Learning
Case study posted Jan/Feb 2019
Excerpt from website “The Senior Development Nurse at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) undertook a programme of quality improvement, by supporting staff across the Trust, to embed principles of the Leading Change, Adding Value framework into practice. This programme has supported the continued professional development of nursing staff to carry out a series of improvement projects, all targeting quality improvement and leadership.”
Career progression within the NHS
The Pharmaceutical Journal 7 Jan 2019
Jankovic S
Together we’re better – Organisational Development and Leadership
Fact sheet
Together We’re Better is a local partnership of NHS, local government and
voluntary sector organisations that is working collectively to make decisions
to transform health and care services across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
NHS England launches the Workforce Disability Standard (WDES) metrics and resources
Jan-Feb 2019
Information here
Compilation of personal stories
NHS Leadership Academy – case studies
Journal articles
Experiences that develop leadership capabilities
Boak G and Crabbe S
Leadership & Organization Development Journal – early cite , Feb 2019
Can general practice trainees engage with leadership activities during their GP training placements? – An evaluation of an intervention in South East Scotland
Meiling Denney, Alan Johnstone
Education for Primary Care 2019 January 20, : 1-8
The Perceptions of Professional Leadership Coaches Regarding the Roles and Challenges of Nurse Managers
Bradley JM and Moore LW
Journal of Nursing Administration 2019, 49 (2): 105-109
OPEN ACCESS
A network’s gender composition and communication pattern predict women’s leadership success
Yang Y, Chawla NV and Uzzi B
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2019 January 22
OPEN ACCESS
Voices of Quiet Students: Introverted Nursing Students’ Perceptions of Educational Experiences and Leadership Preparation
Colley SL
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 2019 January 10, 15 (1)
Lessons learned from multisite implementation and evaluation of Project SHARE, a teen health information literacy, empowerment, and leadership program
Keselman A et al
Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA 2019, 107 (1): 72-79
OPEN ACCESS
Attachment and leadership: review and new insights
Mayseless O and Popper M
Curr Opin Psychol. 2019 Feb;25:157-161.
Managing care errors in the wards: The contribution of authentic leadership and error management culture
Farnese ML et al
Leadership & Organization Development Journal, earlycite, Feb 2019
The influence of change-oriented leadership on work performance and job satisfaction in hospitals – the mediating roles of learning demands and job involvement
Mikkelsen A and Olsen E.
Leadership in Health Services 2019 January 24, 32 (1): 37-53
If you’ve employed one person with autism …: An individual difference approach to the autism advantage at work
Bury SM et al
Autism. 2018 Aug 22
Workplace accommodations for adults with autism spectrum disorder: a scoping review
Khalifa G et al
Disabil Rehabil. 2019 Feb 3:1-16
Characteristics of successful interventions to reduce turnover and increase retention of early career nurses: A systematic review
Brook J et al
International Journal of Nursing Studies 2018 December 31, 91: 47-59
A longitudinal study of nurses’ career choices: The importance of career expectations on employment in care of older people
Abrahamsen B
Journal of Advanced Nursing , Feb 2019, Vol 75 (2), p348 -356
A Norwegian nurse undergraduates study, conclusion: “The likelihood of moving into care of older people increases with time in nursing careers and relates to nurses’ career expectations such as achieving a leadership position and working part-time.”