Leading Strategically

The programme is for senior nurse leaders working at a strategic level, such as Director, Deputy, Associate or Assistant Director or an equivalent role in the community setting.

Who is it for?

This leadership programme is open to senior nurses working in a community or primary care setting, including the charity or independent sector. The areas of practice may include, but is not limited to, nurse leaders working strategically in district nursing, general practice nursing, community children’s nursing, learning disability nursing, community matrons, community mental health, health visitors, school nurses, specialist nurses working in the community, inclusion health nurses, care home nurses and all adult social care and nurses working health and justice services.

If you can say ‘yes’ to all the questions below, this programme is right for you!

• Are you a nurse working at Director, Deputy, Associate or Assistant Director or equivalent and a role where you influence strategy?
• Do you have input and influence at board level within your organisation?
• Do you want to advance your leadership skills?
• Do you want to go from ‘Good to Great and works towards from Great to Excellent’?

If you are not sure if this programme is right for you, have a look at our Ambition to Lead programme, which has different criteria that may suit you better at this stage of your leadership journey.

What is it about?

This residential leadership programme is designed to develop participants into future senior leaders in a community setting. The scope of the programme will be to embrace new ways of leading, managing and delivering community services. The focus of the programme is on:

• Community nursing and primary care
• Developing transformative and curious cultures within the health and social care settings
• Leading with kindness and compassion
• Leading transformational change and building resilience for yourself and your team
• Strategic thinking to enhance efficiency and productivity, whilst working within constrained budgets and resources.

Are you eligible to apply?

• You must be a registered nurse currently working in or have influence in a community or primary care setting or adult social care in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
• You must be currently working in an Executive, Deputy, Associate or Assistant Director or equivalent AND can demonstrate strategic thinking and working within your role.
• You must have input and influence at board level within your organisation.
• You must provide a statement of support from your manager.

How to apply

Applications for 2025 will open in late October 2024.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact our Leadership Programmes team at qnileaders@qni.org.uk.

Testimonials

In 2019, when a group of Queen’s Nurses finished the programme (then known as the Executive Leadership programme), they created a testimonial book to the National Garden Scheme, but also to evidence their growth and development, each choosing their favourite flower as the focus for their reflection. View a copy of the book they created here.