Joining our two-year programme will provide you with extensive training, support and guidance to help develop you to realise your potential, giving you the opportunity to have positive and far-reaching impacts for the people in Wales.
Fast-track career pathway for aspiring NHS Wales leaders
Salary
An annual salary of £30,280 plus a number of benefits including paid annual leave, NHS pension, health and wellbeing initiatives, health service discounts and much more!
Masters
A fully-funded Masters degree, designed and commissioned specifically for the programme, will complement on-the-job learning.
Orientation
Compassion is central – empathy, listening, acting and valuing our people
Placements
Undertake 3 placements, working as part of multi-disciplinary teams, collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders across NHS Wales, Welsh Government and other public agencies!
Support
Extensive support is provided throughout the programme, with guidance from managers, mentors, management trainee alumni and pastoral support from organisation leads and HEIW Programme Manager. There is also support from your module tutors/leaders and course leader and there are many avenues of pastoral support available to you. There is a Student Advice centre on each campus which guides graduates towards relevant specialist support and gives advice on various matters. If graduates have personal or academic extenuating circumstances affecting their ability to study, they can seek advice from the Student Advice Centre.
Development
A package of professional learning which will help maximise your development. You will learn to lead through developing and enhancing your professional skills, such as:
- Fundamentals of Improvement
- Patient Flow workshops
- Change Management workshop
- Best Practice Business Case writing
- Leadership on Ice
- Compassionate Leadership Modules
- High Performance Leadership
- Action Learning Sets
Master's Schedule Example
| Activity / Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Year 1 | Strategy, compassionate & collaborative leadership Further research techniques Academic skills & reflective practice Digital Leadership & Transformation | AM AM PM PM | Day 1 |
| Health & social care policy Leadership, governance and scrutiny | AM AM/PM | Day 2 | |
| Activity / Module | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Year 2 | Introduction to Service Improvement and Innovation Introduction to the Work-based Project Guest Speaker(s) | AM PM PM | Day 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| MSc Applied Health Leadership Structure | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year One | Academic Skills and Reflective Practice 10 credits | Health and Social Care Policy 20 credits | Leadership, Governance and Scrutiny 20 credits |
| Digital Leadership and Transformation 10 credits | Strategy, Compassionate and Collaborative Leadership 20 credits | ||
| Year 2 | Work-based Project 40 credits | Service Improvement and Innovation 20 credits | Health and Social Care Inequalities 10 credits |
| Managing People and Organisation Performance 20 credits | The Collaborative Leader 10 credits | ||
