Leading and Managing Care Services Essay Sample
Adult Nursing, Social Care and Education.
Learning Outcomes;
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Demonstrate a critical awareness of current issues and challenges in health care practice and appraise the role of clinical leadership in developing innovative approaches to effective problem solving and decision making in response to these challenges.
Learning Outcome 2
Explore and evaluate relevant leadership strategies and approaches that can be used to manage safe and responsive care and critically discuss their relevance, through the introduction of the concept of clinical governance.
Learning Outcome 3
Critically review the role of leadership with reference to the process of working collaboratively and effectively with different professional and multi-disciplinary groups, respecting the principles of equality and diversity.
Essay Question
A reflective essay based on your SWOT analysis (formative assessment) demonstrating insight into your leadership potential. You are expected to choose one strength and one weakness from your SWOT analysis and write a reflective account of how they have been demonstrated in practice. You will also need to identify a development plan to address your chosen weakness.
You will need to make reference to leadership theory and relevant current health and social care issues (e.g. NHS Outcomes Framework, Francis Report, King’s Fund, Leading Change Adding Value, NHS Long Term Plan etc).
Your SWOT analysis should be included as an appendix. You have a word limit of 1,500 words.