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Closing date 25th November 2024

What is Advancing Leadership for Integrated Care Excellence

This course is a custom-designed learning programme created to help health and social care teams enhance integrated care delivery within their specific setting.
The programme aims to teach learner teams how to complete a quality improvement project in the workplace and provide knowledge and skills to utilise QI methods to enhance service development and delivery into the future. This inaugural cohort is funded for by the HSE National Health & Social Care Professions Office (HSCPO) and delivered by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI).

“Strategically leading and supporting HSCP to maximise their potential and achieve the greatest impact for the design planning, management and delivery of people centred, integrated care”
 Vision of the National Health & Social Care Professions Office
 

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the programme participants will be able to:

 1.Reflect on the components of effective leadership for quality improvement in your own practice

 2.Work with your team to apply improvement methodologies and tolls to a quality improvement project in your workplace

Who is this course suitable for?

Requirements:

1. Applications are welcomed from HSE/HSE Funded community and acute health and social care professional teams of three

2. All team members must commit to working together for the duration of the programme

3. A minimum of two team members must be from the health and social care professions*

4. The third team member may be from the HSCP, nursing, medical, management or other suitable role. They should ordinarily be involved in the care area proposed for change

5. Senior clinical/organisational sponsorship for each team is essential 

  *Applicants must have a recognised HSCP qualification relevant to the professions encompassed in the National HSCP Office:

USEFUL INFORMATION
If you need help to decide or would like to learn more, please visit our stand at the upcoming HSCP Conference in Croke Park on Wednesday 23 October.
The closing date for completed applications is strictly midnight 25th November 2024.

Applications will be reviewed by a panel and all applicants will receive an outcome communication

This course is funded for successful applications by HSE NHSCPO

Please read all tabs eg Timetable and How to Apply information carefully (tabs at the top of this page) before accessing the application form

What to Expect

This collaborative learning programme includes five learning sessions (3 in person, 2 virtual) and two virtual coaching sessions over 7 months, with 28 CPD awarded for course completion. All team members must attend all sessions.

Sessions are interactive and dynamic, facilitated by QI faculty with subject matter experts and will involve planned and coordinated pre-session exploratory learning (of approximately 2 hours) in addition to project work.

Teams will be encouraged to support and connect with one another and submit small project-based homework items (e.g. SMART project aim, driver diagram, PDSA testing cycles) online between sessions. There will be limited individual components to the course work, primarily focused on personal leadership capacity and growth. Developmental feedback will be provided on all submitted homework.

Each team is required to carry out a quality improvement project in the workplace. Expected outputs by the end of the course will typically include a short project abstract, digital and printed poster and a team project video.

About the Application Form

Applications are welcomed from HSE/HSE funded community and acute health and social care professional teams of three

The application form is completed online below. The application process should involve all team members though only one will submit on behalf of the team. You will need to name and provide contact details for senior organisational sponsor to endorse your participation in this practical learning programme. 

You will be asked to complete sections about your team member demographics and contact details, your experience of QI and you will be asked to explain your workplace problem statement/improvement idea and why you feel your team should be selected.

An example below demonstrates an area that was improved  based on one of the following themes in with the  Sláintecare Action Plan 2023 and HSCP Deliver - Strategic guidance framework documents 

1. Improving safe, timely access to care

2. Coordination of care

3. Delivery of Care