HEIW | Advanced Clinical Leadership Programme Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for HEIW’s multi-professional advanced leadership programme until midnight on Sunday 5 January 2025.
What is it?
The Advanced Clinical Leadership Programme (ACLP) is a multidisciplinary programme for senior clinicians across NHS Wales. This is a 12 month programme delivered over 14 days, along with a 3 day residential learning community.
This unique leadership development programme helps develop compassionate and inclusive leadership skills by combining in-person and online learning that focus on three themes:
- Leading self
- Leading teams
- System leadership in Wales
Who is it for?
The programme is for senior clinicians of all professions in NHS Wales with leadership responsibilities or ambitions to take on more senior leadership roles.
Eligible roles include:
- Those in national strategic roles
- Clinical Directors
- Heads of Nursing/Midwifery for Directorate
- Assistant and Associate Directors
- Divisional Clinical Board Directors (Medical, Nursing, AHP)
- Heads of Department and Service Leads
- Primary Care Cluster leads
- Clinicians with the ambition to take on cross-organisational or national leadership roles
Accreditation
Participants will have the option to gain academic accreditation (Postgraduate Certificate, 40 credits from the University of South Wales) and join a sustainable, multi-professional network of senior clinical leaders.
The programme is also personally endorsed by Professor Michael West, Professor of Organizational Psychology, Lancaster University Management School, Senior Visiting Fellow, The King’s Fund, Emeritus Professor, Aston University.
Is there a cost?
This programme is delivered free of charge to working in NHS Wales.
However, organisations and practices will need to support in multiple ways, including study leave, travel expenses, executive mentorship, and opportunities for participants to bring their learning back to the workplace.
Why are we running this programme?
The goal is to create a cohort of leaders who have the values, behaviour, knowledge, skills, and confidence to foster a culture of compassionate and inclusive leadership throughout NHS Wales.
Over 100 senior clinical leaders across NHS Wales have already benefitted from the programme and are now applying their skills into practice.
If you have any questions, or your organisation would like to be involved in the local selection process, please contact HEIW.ClinicalLeadership@wales.nhs.uk.
