Digital Woundcare Leadership Programme 2024
Former Chief Nursing Information Officer. NHS England.
About the programme
The Digital Woundcare Leadership Programme is a funded course for aspiring digital career nurses working in woundcare in community settings. Applicants should be natural leaders in woundcare nursing and have an ambition to introduce digital innovation.
This four-day face-to-face learning programme will help participants develop the skills to bring about successful digital change in community health provider organisations. Delegates will complete the course with the skills to better implement a digital change project and a practical plan for initiating change.
What you can expect to get out of the programme
Develop a stronger case for making your change and articulate it in a business case which you will create during the course.
More clearly identify the stakeholders you need to support your change and develop a stronger strategy for winning their support.
Present your case in a compelling way, working with creative storytellers and marketing and performance specialists to develop your narrative, delivery style and presentation materials.
Understand the pragmatics of change and be able more easily navigate your organisation’s procurement and due diligence processes.
Consider the financial implications of change and learn about sources of funding.
Meet and work with senior national leaders in nursing digital innovation, nurses who have delivered significant digital change and like-minded peers who are all seeking to make change.
Ideal Applicants
- An aspiring or current change leader who is seeking to implement digital change in community wound care.
- Likely a qualified nurse or in a transformation or improvement role which is embedded within the nursing workforce and the frontline community nursing environment.
- A natural leader with enthusiasm for service development – likely having management or leadership responsibilities and a flair for team relationships.
- Excited to build your profile and extend your network, to influence key senior stakeholders and drive change.
- Has a thirst for learning and development – aspiring to strengthening your change capabilities to drive long-term success.
- Have the passion, determination and resilience to be a champion for change
- Currently working in the community wound care setting.
- Available to attend all four course dates in central London with the support of a line manager and organisational permission to apply.
Course Dates
16th May 2024 – 09:30am to 3:30pm
13th Jun 2024 – 09:30am to 3:30pm
11th Jul 2024 – 09:30am to 3:30pm
5th Sep 2024 – 09:30am to 3:30pm
Costs
Fully funded – no cost to participants or their organisations
Overnight accommodation not required
Up to £250 in travel subsidies available to participants
How to apply
Fill out the form to download an application form which contains all the details you need to apply.
If you have any questions about the programme you can contact [email protected].
Please send your completed application form to the above email address
before applications close on 11th April 2024.
Contributors
Dr. Leanne Atkin
Consultant woundcare specialist and academic
Leanne chairs the National Woundcare Strategy Programme’s lower limb workstream and leads the national “Legs Matter” campaign. She is Vascular Nurse Consultant at Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust and a Lecturer Practitioner at University of Huddersfield. She completed her masters degree in Advanced Nursing Practice 2010 and her PhD in 2017, her research focus was the treatment and management of peripheral arterial disease. Her passions include leg ulcer management, quality agenda, peripheral arterial disease and advanced wound management. She has published over 50 articles related to lower limb ulceration, vascular diseases, wound assessment, and quality of life. Additionally, she is an active researcher running several studies as chief and principle investigator.
Thu 16th May 2024 (AM) – “Addressing the Burden of Wounds with Digital Change”
Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN
Lesley Soden
Strategist and supporter
Lesley is a leading healthcare strategist with over 25 years in senior leadership roles in NHS trusts and local authorities working at the cutting edge of innovation, strategy, business development and organisational transformation. She has supported hundreds of health tech, medtech and biotech companies ranging from start-ups to international companies and secured bid income of over £32m for an NHS Trust.
Thu 16th May 2024 (PM) – “Writing a Compelling Case for Change”
Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN
Pip Hodgson
Digital nurse specialist and implementer
Pip spent the last 10 years developing digital experiences for users navigating them through the NHS using products such as NHS App, NHS Covid Pass and NHS.uk. She is a consummate programme manager and enjoys leading complex digital projects to achieve successful outcomes in both the NHS and within digital health innovators. Pip is also a practicing ED nurse.
Thu 13th Jun 2024 (AM) – “Delivering Digital Change”
The Health Foundry, 1 Royal Street, London, SE1 7LL
Chris Davenport
Director and visual artist
Chris leads high-profile branding and communications projects for some of the world’s biggest brands. As Head of Verbal Identity for leading brand consultancy Interbrand, he led a team of writers helping organisations find their voice and tell their stories through diverse media. He has created numerous household names including Avios and BT Infinity. Chris is particularly absorbed by the power of words as a means of conveying attitude and personality, and the importance of voice and narrative in creating a compelling brand identity.
Thu 13th Jun 2024 (PM) – “Telling a Powerful Story”
The Health Foundry, 1 Royal Street, London, SE1 7LL
Professor Jenni MacDonald
Wound nursing innovator
Jenni MacDonald is an Executive Nurse Director at Pioneer Wound Healing and Lymphoedema Centres and currently leads the largest wound healing team in the U.K. Jenni also holds the role of Professor of Wound Healing at Brimingham City University, supporting the delivery of Masters degrees in wound healing and tissue repair.
Jenni continues to practice as a Nurse Consultant in Tissue Viability and over the last decade has led Tissue Viability and Harm Free Care services for acute, primary and community care across both England and Scotland.
She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Tissue Viability in 2011, Master of Science degree in Skin Integrity in 2017 and graduated from her Darzi Fellowship (PGDip) in 2018, which is a prestigious, high-profile programme designed to develop leaders to undertake complex change initiatives in health and social care.
Jenni has been heavily involved in several wound care publications and in 2024, was appointed as the Skin Integrity Nurse Consultant for the UK Sports Institute.
Thu 11th Jul 2024 (AM) – “Building a Team to Make Change”.
The Kings Fund, 11–13 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN
Calum Macleod
Innovation scaler and commercial expert
Calum helps develop and scale innovative healthcare technology solutions and programmes. He is currently COO of Future Nurse. Since 2015, he has focused on supporting high-growth organisations involved in patient/citizen empowerment. Calum started his career at Land Rover, then worked for KPMG/Atos KPMG for nine years, before leading Local Government at Capgemini and Healthcare for CGI. In these two roles, revenue more than trebled under his leadership. Since then, Calum has had a portfolio of roles supporting sales and business development, mainly in early-stage health tech firms or organisations that need to break into or grow rapidly in healthcare.
Thu 11th Jul 2024 (PM) – “Winning the Support of Stakeholders”
The Kings Fund, 11–13 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN
RADA Business School
Masters of performance and delivery
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is one of the oldest drama schools in the UK providing training for theatre, film, television, and radio. Their business school practitioners help course participants have the confidence to thrive, the presence to persuade and the versatility to move any audience – supporting people to become more powerful and confident presenters, whoever the audience, whatever the stage.
Thu 5th Sep 2024 (AM) – “The Art of Powerful Presentations”
Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN
Prof. Natasha Phillips
Clinical leader and nurse champion
Natasha is the former Chief Nursing Information Officer for England who is now focused on empowering nurses to deliver technology enabled and data driven care. She combines academic rigour with a flair for engaging others to deliver successful change programmes. She is Honorary Professor at the University of Salford and her research interests include digital enabled nursing, organisational design and clinical leadership.
Thu 5th Sep 2024 (PM) – “The Rise of Digital Nurse Leaders”
Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN
- The Download: The Rise of Digital Nurse Leaders, HSJ, Feb 2024
