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Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders)

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The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders) is designed for healthcare professionals aiming to advance their leadership and management skills. It offers flexible online learning and prepares participants for clinical leadership roles.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
0.5 - 3 semesters full-time
Course Code
4136
Study Mode
Online
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders)

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Are you an aspiring healthcare leader? Gain a postgraduate qualification to provide you with the knowledge and skills to support a career in clinical leadership. The University of Notre Dame Australia's online, flexible Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders) will give you the skills to excel in various leadership and management settings.

Why study this degree?

The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders) program is focused on advancing the leadership and management skills of participants aspiring to clinical leadership positions. The program is suitable for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. The courses of study will inform leadership and management strategies, quality processes, professional development and/or emotional intelligence. This program will equip participants with the fundamental knowledge and skills to prepare participants to progress in their careers within the clinical management settings.

After successfully completing the program, if you want to further upgrade your qualifications you can enrol in a Graduate Diploma of Nursing followed by a Master of Nursing (Leadership and Management). You are welcome to apply if you are a Registered Nurse with a nursing degree or, have appropriate experience in a relevant area of discipline.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements

Academic requirements for this program are outlined on our admission requirements page. All applicants need to satisfy minimum requirements, including those relating to age and English Language Proficiency.

The program will be available to students who have a previous Nursing degree or equivalent; or; who have a previous allied health degree or professional equivalence.

Study locations

Sydney

Fremantle

Broome

Online

What you will learn

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders) graduates will be able to:

  1. Integrate knowledge of leadership styles, team dynamics and work-life balance to build capability and responsiveness in the healthcare team
  2. Cultivate productive working relationships by guiding, mentoring, and developing staff
  3. Communicate with influence and negotiate persuasively by listening, understanding, and adapting to the audience
  4. Make decisions, manage conflict, and collaborate effectively as a frontline nurse leader
  5. Critically appraise theories of change management and continuous improvement to build organisational capability and responsiveness in the delivery of high-quality healthcare
  6. Critique theories of power and their application to healthcare settings
  7. Research the impact of health policy on healthcare outcomes in the national and international arena; and
  8. Reflect on practice to facilitate awareness and knowledge of one's own cognition in order to apply and build professional expertise establishing a mechanism for lifelong learning.

Career pathways

The Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership will allow qualified nurses to become clinical leaders in their chosen fields. Careers include nurse educators, nurse managers, nurse practitioners, researchers, or research managers.

Course structure

Program summarySemester One
  • NURS4020 Leadership development strategies in Health
  • NURS5021: Management
Semester Two
  • NURS4023 Patient Care, Quality and Best Practice in Nursing and one elective:
    • NURS5006 Professional Role Development
    • NURS5017 Emotional Intelligence

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

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