Target Audience/Eligibility Criteria
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme is for middle to senior clinical or non-clinical leaders aspiring to lead large and complex programmes, department, services or system of care. It’s for you if you are:
- Aspiring to take on a more senior leadership role as well as looking to have a wider impact by leading a culture of compassion
- Ready and committed to developing your leadership skills and behaviours whilst undertaking a healthcare related academic qualification
- Excited by the opportunity to apply new skills, learning and behaviours directly to real-time work-related improvements
To be eligible you require GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above or equivalent. If you do not have GCSE grades but are prepared to study for and complete these while on the programme you can still apply. In additional have must have one of the following:
- A 2:2 honours degree or above plus 3 years management experience
- A degree or equilvalent professional qualification, plus 5 years management experience
- No degree, but five years management experience, with strong and consistent career progression and achievement
Course Details
The programme structure is based around the following set of themes which support the development of self, teams, and organisations to:
- Ensure patients have excellent quality and safe experiences
- Understanding how you make a difference to an improved patient experiece
- Enable otheres to give their best to improve the patient experience
- Embed behaviours that improve the patient experience
- Inspire person-centred coordinated care
- Make decisions based upon the best available evidence to improve the patient experience
There are three core learning methods on this programme:
- 50% work-based application (where set activities on the online Virtual Campus are put into practice at work)
- It will focus your attention on what is practical and works, and helps to lighten the study workload, as some of the learning is within your day-today job
- It’s important to recognise that you will not be able to complete the programme without applying the learning in your workplace
- 35% online learning (academic content, assignments and discussion groups)
- The virtual campus is where you can find all the resources you’ll need including; e-learning nuggets, simulation events, webinars, videos, psychometric assessments, surveys, electronic journals and books, tutorial and discussion boards, learning journals and social networks
- 15% behavioural development workshops and action learning sets (ALS)
- Your ALS provides you with a forum to explore the links between individual, group and organsational dynamics, in order to equip you with practical skills to craft your leadership role, style and skills. The ALS meets eleven times during the programme for full day working sessions
- You will also have individual and group tutorials over the duration of the programme; taking place either online, by telephone or face-to face
Course Duration
- 24 – 30 month to complete, comprising 7 study modules
- Up to 15 hours a week study which you will need to be able to commit to in order to keep up with the demands of the programme. If you are unsure if you can meet this requirement, please talk to your manager before applying
Trainer/Facilitator
NHS Leadership Academy
Date/Time/Venue
Please see the NW Leadership Academy website – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson programme – Leadership Academy for more information regarding application and start dates.
Programme Cost
The Apprenticeship Levy funding available from employers will fully fund the delivery of the Senior Level 7 Apprenticeship and Postgraduate Diploma (£14,000 per person). Learners can progress to complete their MSc in Healthcare Leadership for an additional fee. Please check exact fees with individual providers.
How to Apply
Applications must be made directly with one of the accredited university partners. To find out more information on how to apply visit Level 7 Senior Leadership Page.