The Health Foundation Leadership Fellows is an unrivalled opportunity that provides intensive and personalised coaching, learning sets and other development activities for clinicians and managers who have the potential to become future leaders of high quality healthcare.
As part of a multi-professional and mutually supportive learning group, successful applicants will acquire the skills and insights to enable them to make an outstanding contribution to improving the quality of patient care.
This is the last opportunity to apply for this prestigious scheme as we are developing a new individual leadership scheme to replace it and Leaders for Change in 2009.
We will be offering up to 16 places in this last round of The Health Foundation Leadership Fellows scheme.
What is provided?
A tailored personal and professional development programme includes coaching, peer learning and expert guidance. A commitment of approximately two days per month over a 22 month period is required. Successful applicants must be prepared to participate fully in all aspects of the scheme.
Run by Fiona Reed and Tim Sims, two of The Health Foundation’s team of experienced leadership development consultants, the scheme includes the following elements:
- One-to-one coaching that provides a valuable opportunity to focus on participants’ individual needs and performance in the work environment.
- Action learning sets where participants work in small groups and learn about how they work with others, explore and develop a collaborative approach to leadership and learn from others’ experiences in the workplace.
- Seminars that provide the opportunity to learn from experts in the healthcare field about a wide range of leadership and quality improvement topics.
- Four all-day workshops which allow participants to present their progress on a local quality improvement project to other fellows, patient representatives and selected colleagues.
- A £6,000 development allowance, provided to address any learning needs identified through coaching. Travel, subsistence and incidental costs (for example, conference fees or books) incurred through participation in the scheme must also be covered from this allowance.
Who can apply?
This scheme is for healthcare professionals working in clinical, managerial or health education roles. Applicants must have:
- an explicit focus on improving the quality of the service delivered to patients
- evidence of success in their professional field
- a proven capacity for effective leadership in delivering quality healthcare services
- the ability to demonstrate how participation in this scheme will have a direct impact on their organisation and local health services
- explicit support from their Chief Executive, or equivalent, and line manager/supervisor.
Applicants must also:
- be resident and working in the UK
- be employed on a permanent contract or on a fixed term contract of a term at least equal to or longer than the period of the scheme (22 months)
- work for a legally recognised healthcare provider or associated body.
See the guidance notes (46 kb) for further details on how applications are assessed.
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How to apply
Read the frequently asked questions (28 kb) and guidance notes (46 kb) for more information. Then download an application form to complete and submit to us by 8 September 2008.
If you have further queries contact us at awards@health.org.uk or on 020 7257 8000.
Short-listed individuals will be invited to an assessment centre between 11 and 13 November 2008.
This is the last opportunity to apply for this prestigious scheme as we are developing a new individual leadership scheme to replace it and Leaders for Change in 2009.