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What is a leadership placement?
What is a leadership placement?
Practice based learning (placements) in leadership will enhance your leadership skills which is essential for your patient care and your future career.
Practice based learning (placements) in leadership will enhance your leadership skills which is essential for your patient care and your future career.
What is a leadership placement?
What is a leadership placement?
In this short video our students discuss the following to help you prepare for a leadership placement:
What is a leadership placement?
What will be expected of you?
Top tips for your placement.
What does a leadership placement involve?
What does a leadership placement involve?
Your leadership placement may be in a non-clinical setting and you will be developing your leadership qualities such as problem solving skills, effective communication, organisation skills, team working and working independently - all essential skills for your future career and hugely relevant for you as a health professional.
It is often a hybrid model so may involve face to face and / or virtual working depending on the setting.
You will usually be working with a small group of other students.
Your placement will usually involve the following:
Developing a project idea
Managing and completing a project: this may include service improvements, evaluations, audits, designing resources
Attending leadership meetings with other professionals; you will observe and learn from observing leadership qualities in others
Peer support with other students
Working as a team
Working independently
Completing leadership training: you may be asked to complete the Edward Jenner Programme , the School for Change Agents, NHS Improvement Academy - Quality Improvement, NHS Improvement Academy - Human Factors
See the Frequently Asked Questions Tab for more information
WHO BENEFITS ?
WHO BENEFITS ?
Students
An awareness of your personal leadership style
Developing and growing skills that can be utilised in a clinical setting, e.g. team work, communication, independent working, organisation, project planning, reflection, networking and presenting
Leadership packages / Edward Jenner programmes develop a strong foundation of leadership skills, self awareness and reflection practises
An understanding of learning styles to use with patients in the future to enhance your development
Educators
Obtain valuable experience from working with colleagues and students at different levels of their degree
Expand on their leading, supervisory, and teaching skills
Gain experience of collaborating with all AHP's, and across regional / national trusts
Grow their own network of contacts
Organisations
Leadership skills in establishments create a more competent and efficient workforce
Clinically relevant projects completed by students to enhance the service
Patients
Increased patient/therapist satisfaction and understanding as there are more successful outcomes
General sense of wellbeing and a good rapport between practitioner / patient / colleagues
HEE Leadership Placement Guide
HEE Leadership Placement Guide
This document by Health Education England, is a comprehensive guide to leadership placements. It includes information on what to expect on a leadership placement and top tips for before you start and during your placement.
Read this document before you start your placement
as it will help you prepare.
This webinar will give you a great overview of leadership placements and their relevance to your clinical practice and future career. It includes both students and educators talking about their experiences.
Student Experiences!
Hear what AHP students have to say about their experience on a leadership placement.
Hear what AHP students have to say about their experience on a leadership placement.
Video of_ AHP Physiotherapy Students Tik Tok video.mp4Watch this Tik TOK video where some of our students shared their leadership placement experience.
Watch this Tik TOK video where some of our students shared their leadership placement experience.
In this short clip, Katie (an MSc Physiotherapy student at SHU) talks about her experience of a leadership placement with Health Education England.
In this short clip, Katie (an MSc Physiotherapy student at SHU) talks about her experience of a leadership placement with Health Education England.
Hear from Emily & Simran and Oli & Casey (OT students) about their leadership placement scoping the role of Occupational Therapy in GP practices in Sheffield. This is a recording of their final presentation of their project.
Hear from Emily & Simran and Oli & Casey (OT students) about their leadership placement scoping the role of Occupational Therapy in GP practices in Sheffield. This is a recording of their final presentation of their project.
The work these students completed on their placement has lead to them being asked to present their work at the Royal College of Occupational Therapy Conference in June 2023 with their placement supervisor Nat Jones. We are very proud of their achievements!
Char Hobbs
Char Hobbs
A second year physiotherapists at Winchester University. Involved in the development of leadership placements, she notes the skills and tips that she found most useful.
Angie Hulst and Grace Ogunlola,
Angie Hulst and Grace Ogunlola,
Two third year physiotherapy students at the University of Brighton, task with developing an understanding of leadership and the effects of leadership in the NHS. They speak of their development and understanding in the importance of leadership
Faith, Seynab, Wioletta and Zahra
Faith, Seynab, Wioletta and Zahra
Four third-year radiography students from two London universities to a pilot leadership placement, enabling them to learn more about the professional body’s role in supporting members of the radiography and imaging workforce.
This article was published in OT News in September 2024
Edward Jenner Award
Edward Jenner Award
This is a short course to help you develop your leadership skills and understanding, through self awareness and reflection. It will help you apply leadership concepts to your clinical practice and your future career and will help with your understanding during your leadership placement. You may be asked to complete this as part of your placement. It is a recognised qualification and is a great asset for your CV and your employability.
Example timetable
Example timetable
Here is an example timetable of the different learning opportunities you may encounter. Many meetings can be hosted online, reducing travelling times!
Careers in leadership
Careers in leadership
This link provides information on careers in leadership roles. Includes potential opportunities and the skills and attributes that are developed to prepare for them!
Leadership Resources
Leadership Resources
Induction - Leadership Placement General induction to leadership placements
General induction to leadership placements
You as a leader.pptxLeadership styles and developing your own
Leadership styles and developing your own
Top Tips for a Leadership Placement.pptxTips from educators and students
Tips from educators and students
Introd to Project Management.pptxIntroduction to project management
Introduction to project management
Additional resources
Additional resources
The basics of project management
The basics of project management
This video will help you break your project down into smaller manageable steps
What is project management
What is project management
This video will help you understanding the fundamentals of project management and apply it to your project
The Healthcare Leadership Model is to help those who work in health and care to become better leaders. It describes the things you can see leaders doing at work and is organised in a way that helps everyone to see how they can develop as a leader. It applies equally to the whole variety of roles and care settings that exist within health and care. Try to read this either before your placement or during your first week so you can then apply it during your placement.
Here's some more leadership resources which you will find helpful during your placement
Here's some more leadership resources which you will find helpful during your placement
Michael West - Compassionate leadership @WestM61 https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/about-us/whos-who/michael-west.
Roy Lilley - https://ihm.org.uk/nhsm/ @RoyLilley https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Nowhere.html?soid=1102665899193&aid=K5GRAKy6BNY
The Academy of Fabulous Stuff - https://fabnhsstuff.net
Helen Bevan - @HelenBevan
School for Change Agents - https://blog.horizonsnhs.com/u/102eq4b/helen-bevan
Kings Fund - https://www.kingsfund.org.uk
The King's Fund is an independent charitable organisation working to improve health and care in England. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/positions/NHS-leadership-culture
Institute for Healthcare Improvement - https://www.ihi.org/about/pages/ihivisionandvalues.aspx
Servant Leadership - Robert Greenleaf- https://www.greenleaf.org/what-is-servant-leadership/
Leadership Development (2018) https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/leadership-development.pdf
The Healthcare Foundation - Strengthening leadership in the NHS - https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/strengthening-nhs-management-and-leadership
The Leadership Academy - https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/career-planning/developing-your-health-career/developing-your-health-career/nhs-leadership-academy/nhs-leadership-academy
Unconscious Bias -
https://learninghub.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/guides/the-impact-of-stereotyping-clark-doll-test/steps/unconscious-bias-suggested-but-needs-refining/
Self assessment tool -
NHS Long Term Plan - 7. Leadership and Talent Management
When things go wrong
When things go wrong
Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/incident-response-framework/
Just Culture - https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/a-just-culture-guide/
Freedom to speak up - https://nationalguardian.org.uk
Governance in the NHS
NHS England code of governance for provider trusts - https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/B2076-code-of-governance-for-nhs-provider-trusts-october-22-1.pdf
https://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/NHSLeadership-TheHealthyNHSBoard.pdf
NHS Well Led Framework
https://www.england.nhs.uk/well-led-framework/
CQC Well Led
https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20200115_Trust_wide_well_led_inspection_framework_V7.pdf
Making Data Count - NHS England Sam Riley - https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/making-data-count-getting-started-2019.pdf
Read the information in the 'Frequently Asked Questions' tab for more information of what to expect on your placement.
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