Clinical Leadership Report

1. A description of the student's current educational leadership/management role

There is increasing evidence identifying medical leadership as one of the most important elements for driving service quality within the NHS, this has led recently to more focus on leadership development for all doctors, starting earlier and continuing throughout their careers. There is also an increased drive to see doctors take on more significant leadership roles throughout the healthcare system. Leadership schemes and courses definitely have an important role to play in developing leadership skills in junior doctors..(1)

As a part of innovative training fellowship scheme run by HEE-East Midlands, I had an opportunity to undertake a fellowship in medical Leadership and Management. I started the fellowship in
The main Management and Leadership Supervision is through Dr.Julie Hankin, Executive Medical Director (Nottinghamshire healthcare NHS Foundation trust), who is a consultant in Psychiatry with a longstanding interest in Clinical leadership and management. In addition to her role in the Trust she is the Vice-chair of the STP clinical reference group, a Board Member of the NHS Confederation Mental Health Network and sits on the Royal College Leadership and Management committee. The main Clinical Supervision is through Dr Chris Schofield, who is the lead consultant in Liaison Psychiatry at the Department of Psychological Medicine (Queens Medical Centre).

The fellowship offers a wide variety of opportunities for leadership development through shadowing, networking with senior leaders and networking with peers, supervision and experiential learning by leading on projects. I am looking to gain insight into the nature of job and challenges in a senior management role and to gain an understanding of organisational policy and practice at a national and local