Clinical directors and lead clinicians
The role of clinical director/lead clinician can be extremely demanding, as it requires the balancing of a formidable range of complex strategic, operational and clinical responsibilities.
The cold economic climate will be particularly challenging as there is a need to continue to develop high-quality services while increasing productivity and facilitating clinical engagement across directorates and teams. This high-impact programme will provide you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours you need to be successful.
Who is it for?
This programme is designed for existing clinical directors and lead clinicians, as well as those who are about to become clincal directors or lead clinicians, or who are considering stepping into the role. The majority of participants are doctors.
Benefits of this leadership development programme
Clinical directors and lead clinicians often feel daunted by the volume and complexity of the demands on them. This programme will help you to manage your workload and balance the tensions between your strategic and clinical perspectives and responsibilities.
It will also enable you to operate strategically, lead complex change processes, negotiate with senior managers, work across disciplines, and manage your clinical peers. You will develop your political skills and your capacity to influence to others and will improve your ability to motivate people and work with resistance.
Your visibility will increase, as will your confidence, and you will develop a network of peers that you can draw on long after the programme ends.
What will you do on this programme?
The programme incorporates:
- inputs from experts from a variety of fields
- exposure to key leaders
- skill-based workshops
- interactive sessions
- opportunities for reflection and application.
These elements will enable you to:
- understand the health policy and macro-economic context within which you work
- manage complex organisation and systems
- develop your financial and service development skills
- be more strategic in your anaylsis and management of situations
- operate more politically
- improve your negotiating and influencing skills
- lead cross-functional multi-disciplinary teams
- deal with under-performing doctors and manage conflict
- engage successfully with people and situations you find challenging
- increase your self-awareness and personal impact
- strengthen your communication skills
- manage your time more effectively.