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Nurse managers at every level should ensure they stop discrimination and support fair treatment at work, say leaders. The RCN has stated that minority voices remain under-represented in managerial positions, and NHS leaders at middle and senior levels must identify and remove barriers to their progress. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
More must be done to release the leadership potential of mental health nurses in Wales, according to nurse leaders as a new set of ambitions were released for the profession. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
The article offers a guide for executives/business leaders to managing stress and avoiding burnout to ensure their effectiveness in their leadership role. Topics covered importance of time management to the efficiency of a leader, need for leaders to attend to their own feelings and emotions, tips on achieving work-life balance and ways to avoid burnout. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Latest round-up of leadership articles, reports etc from a healthcare perspective. The library can help get hold of any articles listed here that you're interested in reading.
One manager's approach to destressing and boosting confidence at the same time. Brief article - personal experience. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology Vol. 24, Iss. 1, (Feb 2019): 20-35. DOI:10.1037/ocp0000110
Addressing the stigma of mental illness and its effect in the workplace is a contemporary issue in occupational health. The role of leaders is a vital but relatively unexplored dimension of this phenomenon. This study examined the effectiveness and application of an online intervention to reduce depression-related stigma in organizational leaders.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
NHS Employers' retention team will be hosting a lunchtime webinar on 7 March to discuss using key conversation with staff as a way to improve retention.
The webinar will take place from 1pm - 2pm and is for NHS HR staff and line managers. The session will examine the evidence behind how conversations can have a positive impact on staff retention and look at the different approaches NHS trusts have taken to implement them.
Read our latest case study to learn how Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust improved its staff engagement results on the NHS Staff Survey.
Items include: increasing BME representation at senior level in NHS; improving mentorship at Combined - case study; Together we're better - organisational development and leadership factsheet from Staffs and Stoke on Trent STP; voices of [quiet] nursing students; teen health information literacy, empowerment and leadership programme in US; attachment and leadership; managing care errors in the wards; influence of change-oriented leadership on work performance and job satisfaction in hospitals; people with autism in the workplace; reducing turnover and improving retention of early career nurses;
This article encourages nurses to explore leadership in district nursing practice and community teams. ... The concept of compassionate leadership is presented and discussed using a case study approach. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals, considers how clinical leaders in the NHS can best be empowered to lead, in light of the recent Kerr report. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Open access. Collective or shared leadership approaches have been associated with team performance outcomes in several sectors. Based on this evidence, there have been calls for more inclusive approaches to leadership in healthcare settings, but guidance on how to achieve collective leadership is lacking. This study synthesised knowledge of interventions to introduce collectivistic leadership in healthcare settings.
As part of its work to improve staff engagement scores on the NHS Staff Survey, Lincolnshire Community Health NHS Trust has taken inspiration from the London Underground to develop a staff engagement tube map.
The case study looks at how the trust aimed to improve its Care Quality Commission rating and NHS Staff Survey score by focused on getting three areas right.