Future leaders programme | British Society for Rheumatology

Overview

This fully funded prestigious new leadership training programme is delivered in partnership with Ashridge Hult Business School. Aimed at the entire multidisciplinary team, it will develop rheumatology leaders who change the way services are delivered and will represent rheumatology at a national level.

Date

From September 2022

Venue

Residential modules and with online learning support

Are you working in a rheumatology service and ready to:

Embark on challenging, personal development work
Tackle the complexity of leading change
Be part of a leadership community and share personal practice

Our four-module hybrid Future Leaders programme, blended between in-person and online, is aimed at senior specialist registrars, consultants of 2-3 years, and AHPs, specialist nurses, psychologists and pharmacists who've worked in rheumatology for at least two years.

Combining peer support groups and independent study, you'll gain insights and develop practical tools to help you embed the latest thinking in innovative healthcare into your rheumatology service.

You'll identify your personal development needs and expand your networks while applying new tools and methodologies to your personal area of rheumatology focus.

You'll also work on converting your ideas into larger-scale, impactful projects, and to consider how leadership evolves.

Programme

You will be asked to develop an improvement or change project over the course of the programme working with a mentor to help you lead this change. You'll get dedicated time and headspace to work on yourself and the change you wish to lead.

You must commit to participating in all in-person and online sessions, and contribute actively to the peer learning areas of the programme.

By the time you complete Future Leaders, you'll:

Have the ability to diagnose what's getting in the way of making change in complex systems
Gain a new toolkit of methods, techniques, and approaches for leading change   
Be clear on how to take the next step when making change in complex systems and when working with groups   
Have tested your personal toolkit and new skills, and developed your own personal systems change practice   
Have led a change process within the health system 
Be deeply connected to a multidisciplinary learning community of leaders

Structure
The programme takes 12 months, but the networks and practice circles you create together are self-sustaining – there's no absolute end to your work together, and we encourage you to continue collaborating with your peers far beyond the delivery phase of the programme.

You'll join us at Ashridge Business School for three residential sessions, as well as one face-to-face module at Bride House, and take online action learning sessions in between.

The structure is:

Virtual programme launch (90-minutes session)
Module at Ashridge Business School (11-12 October, face-to-face)
Online action learning (3/4 hours session)
Module 2 at Ashridge Business School (7-8 December, face-to-face)
Online action learning (3/4 hours session)
Module 3 at Bride House (22-23 February, face-to-face)
Online action learning 3 (3/4 hours session)
Module 4 at Ashridge Business School (17 May, face-to-face)

Eligibility criteria

You must:

Be a BSR member
Work in an NHS rheumatology service in the UK
Show evidence of working and learning in an MDT peer group
Demonstrate a willingness to reflect on personal practice
Demonstrate awareness of strengths and weaknesses
Be committed to improve patients' lives
Have a change or improvement project you want to implement

Future Leaders

Apply now

Apply by 23:59 on 30 June 2022. Interviews take place w/c 11 July 2022.

Overview

Programme

Eligibility criteria