Mary Seacole Leadership Development Programme
The Florence Nightingale Foundation is pleased to partner with The Mary Seacole Trust to provide a leadership development opportunity to nurses, midwives and health visitors who are working to improve health inequalities, particularly in Minority Ethnic communities.
This bespoke development programme will involve undertaking a quality improvement project which focuses on enhancing the experience of people from ethnic minorities accessing health services through addressing health inequalities. The project will be implemented over 9 months and supported by the following leadership development elements:
- Personality preferences and understanding of self.
- Quality improvement principles and practice.
- Negotiating and Influencing.
- Skills for demonstrating value and impact through communicating outcomes and report writing
- Development of “Presence & Impact” through experiential learning provided by Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts Mentorship throughout the programme to enhance the development and networking opportunities associated with the project
- A celebration event to showcase the experience and impact of quality improvement projects
The Partnership
The Supporters
Benefits
- Demonstrate enhanced awareness of how personality preferences influence personal effectiveness and performance in teams.
- Identify and critically appraise opportunities to influence through personal and collective authority.
- Develop strategies to express self in a manner which communicates presence, enables influence and has impact.
- Explore personal resilience and develop tools for staying effective under pressure.
- Develop own personal approach to leadership – exploring values, biases, blind spots, and attitude to diversity.
- Formulate and put into practice plans which contribute to improved outcomes for people from ethnic minorities underpinned by evidence and quality improvement methodology.
Benefits for Employer
- Retention of staff through investment in development and valuing individual contribution
- Positive and empowering impact on team working and staff engagement
- Completion of a Quality Improvement project which addresses health inequalities
- Enhanced reputation of employing organisation
Eligibility Criteria
- NMC registered nurse, midwife or health visitor.
- Working in NHS or NHS commissioned services in England.
- NHS Agenda for Change bands 7 and 8a or equivalent.
| Criteria | Identified On |
|---|---|
| A current registration with NMC. | Application Form |
| The outcomes of the proposed project must be designed to address inequalities in access to health services including people from ethnic minority backgrounds. | Application Form |
| The project must be delivered within a maximum period of 9 months. | Application Form |
| The application must provide a proposal that sets out achievable objectives, methods, outcomes and timescales. | Application Form |
| A supporting reference for the application. | Application Form |
| Criteria | Identified On |
|---|---|
| A proposal that is appropriate, innovative and sustainable. | Presentation at Interview |
| The applicant is able to demonstrate that they can deliver and have the necessary skills and resources available. | Presentation at Interview |
| The applicant can articulate their knowledge of the challenges contributing to the inequality which is the focus of the project. | Interview |
| The application includes a stakeholder engagement plan. | Application Form Interview |
Online Application Form
Key Dates
6th December 2021
Applications open
17th January 2022 Midday
Applications close
20th January 2022
31st January, 1st and 2nd February 2022
Successful applicants notified
15 February 2022
Online programme access
Information for Applying Online
Upon application, you are required to upload the following information
- A copy of your NMC registration documentation
- Signed supporting reference from a senior sponsor who is able to support you to attend the programme and undertake the project
- Download Senior Sponsor Nominator Form
Important
Please note the following.
- Incomplete applications will not be accepted
- Applications without Senior Sponsor nominator form will not be accepted
- The Quality Improvement Project must focus on inequalities in healthcare
Programme dates
24th March 2022
Applications open
30th March 2022
Applications close
18th-19th May 2022
3 × groups – 26th, 27th and 29th April 2022
Successful applicants notified
22nd OR 23rd June 2022
Writing Groups
10th November 2022
Quality Improvement Project Submission
8th December 2022
Celebration Event
Programme Details
Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale were both pioneers in all that they achieved. This partnership will continue their work, their legacies, together.
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