Leadership in Healthcare
Managers are responsible for planning, organising, leading and controlling functions within an organisation. The online course will develop the skills needed to be a leader.
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Key Course Details
This postgraduate qualification will help you to develop a team culture of trust that delivers results; navigate teams through change with tenacity; address challenges innovatively and ethically and make positive decisions with confidence.
DESIGNED FOR
Designed for working professionals, this online leadership course will help you develop the skills needed to be a leader.
In Partnership With
- Learna | Diploma MSc
Career Paths
- GP Practice Manager
- Pharmacy Manager
- Healthcare Directorate Manager
- Pharmaceutical Company Manager
Skills Taught
- Leadership
- Communication
- Motivation
- Providing Inspiration and Guidance
- Encouraging Employees
Module Overview
This is more than a management course. Managers are responsible for planning, organising,leading and controlling functions within an organisation. But not all managers are leaders. You’ll study entirely online for one calendar year. You’ll study six modules, each of six weeks’ duration.
Leadership in Healthcare
Throughout this module you will explore the complexities of applying leadership theories in ‘real world’ healthcare settings.
Developing Human and Organisational Potential in Healthcare
This module will equip you as a leader with the ability to develop and improve services by harnessing the human and organisational potential within healthcare organisations.
Quality, Clinical and Corporate Governance in Healthcare
Throughout this module you will apply the theory and practice of Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement to complex healthcare settings.
Career and Team Development in Healthcare Organisations
Throughout this module you will be examining a variety of team and career development tools and evaluating their role in contributing to organisational development.
Strategy and Innovation for Healthcare Leaders
Throughout this module you will be developing high level skills in understanding the value of strategy and innovation for leaders in healthcare organisations.
Change Management in Healthcare Organisations
Throughout this module you will be developing flexible leadership skills and the ability to lead change within complex healthcare organisational structures.
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Typical qualification requirements:
- A non-medical degree working in a healthcare role
- A medical degree
- Relevant professional healthcare (e.g. doctor, nurse) qualifications
All applications are assessed on an individual basis so if you don’t have one of the above your prior experience may be taken into account.
International applications welcomed:
We welcome international applications with equivalent qualifications of our entry requirements. For more details related to your country of residence, please view our dedicated country pages.
English language requirements
International applicants will need to have achieved an overall of IELTS 6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component/TOEFL 72 overall and a minimum of 18 in reading, 17 in listening, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing or equivalent.
Equivalents can be located on our English Language pages.
If you have previously studied through the medium of English, IELTS might not be required, please visit our country specific page for further details. If your country is not featured, please contact us.
If you do not meet the English entry criteria, please visit our Pre-Sessional course pages.
Contextual offers
We may make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (where you live and the school or college that you attended, for example), your experiences and individual circumstances (as a care leaver, for example). This is referred to as a contextual offer, and we receive data from UCAS to support us in making these decisions.
USW prides itself on its student experience and we support our students to achieve their goals and become a successful graduate. This approach helps us to support students who have the potential to succeed and who may have faced barriers that make it more difficult to access university.
We're here to help
Whether you a have a question about your course, fees and funding, the application process or anything else, there are plenty of ways you can get in touch, and we'd love to talk to you. You can contact our friendly admissions team by phone, email or chat to us online.
Fees and Funding
Additional Costs
As a student of USW, you’ll have access to lots of free resources to support your study and learning, such as textbooks, publications, online journals, laptops, and plenty of remote-access resources. Whilst in most cases these resources are more than sufficient in supporting you with completing your course, additional costs, both obligatory and optional, may be required or requested for the likes of travel, memberships, experience days, stationery, printing, or equipment.
University Quality Assurance
At USW, we regularly review our courses in response to changing patterns of employment and skills demand to ensure we offer learning designed to reflect today’s student needs and tomorrow’s employer demands.
If during a review process course content is significantly changed, we’ll write to inform you and talk you through the changes for the coming year. But whatever the outcome, we aim to equip our students with the skillset and the mindset to succeed whatever tomorrow may bring. Your future, future-proofed.
Course Highlights
How you’ll learn
Although you’ll be learning entirely online, you will be part of a group with 10 to 15 other students - to share ideas, debate scenarios and develop best practice with.
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Teaching staff
You’ll have the support of a dedicated team who will help you with any challenges you may face - from help with navigating our online learning platform to advice on what you need to do to pass the course and meet deadlines.
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How to apply
If you're ready to apply for this course, the next step is to complete your application through our delivery partner, Learna Ltd. While this course is validated by the University of South Wales, all applications are processed directly by Learna. Please visit the Learna website, where you’ll find detailed instructions on how to apply, including the required documentation and key deadlines. By applying through Learna, you'll be taking the first step toward joining a flexible and high-quality learning experience designed to fit around your commitments.
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