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Course length
12-hour course
CPD points
12 CPD points
Module leader

CPD certified, by the CPD Certification Service

Covering internal factors and style that impact our abilities as leaders, and external applications such as High Performing teams and situational leadership, this flexible four module course is designed to support and strengthen those in Clinical Leadership roles.

Who is this course suitable for?

  • Suitable for all Clinical Professionals in leadership roles

  • Applicable to all departments and Multi-disciplinary teams

Course objectives

This course will:

Module 1: Decision making under pressure

  • Identify how we make decisions, and how that changes as we become more experienced

  • Look at how we can miss the seemingly obvious: Keeping a ‘helicopter view’

  • Examine the relationship between stress and performance; how can we be at our best under pressure?

Module 2: Self awareness

  • Reflect upon personality types and how this can impact leadership & team-working

  • Acknowledge our tendencies and areas for development

  • Propose strategies to build on our strengths

Module 3: Leadership in practice

  • Help you to understand your natural style, building on understanding from the previous module

  • Present Situational Leadership - balancing the needs of task and people

  • Discuss what motivates and demotivates people

  • Provide a framework for managing difficult conversations

Module 4: Building High Performing Teams in complex, dynamic environments

  • Establish principles of High Performing Teams with examples and learning from other sectors

  • Investigate how to create consistent performance from ad hoc teams, in particular building trust within teams

  • Determine the role of Psychological Safety, and strategies to develop it

  • Ascertain the impact of incivility and inappropriate behaviour on team function and patient safety

Course testimonials

Thank you Alastair Duns for such a brilliant session and motivating us.

Dr Nitin Chandra
AWP MH NHST Trust

Alastair was so brilliant with high level of interactive approach which attracted the whole audience

Dr BULUKA TAMBO
EAST LANCASHIRE NHS HOSPITAL TRUST

Well run and enjoyable course – very helpful to my career.

One of the most significant learning points for me in the course was the greater insight into my abilities as a leader

Maxime Gibbons
Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust

Excellent workshop. This is one of the very best leadership courses that I've attended so far.

Aloka Suwanna Danwaththa Liyanage
Clinical Fellow in Laparoscopic Surgery
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust