Advanced practice toolkit

Welcome to the Leadership Pillar

Within this section you will find an outline of the different types of knowledge, skills and behaviours required in leadership roles and responsibilities within health and social care.

As an advanced level practitioner your knowledge and skills in relation to leadership should relate to these key areas:  

• Provide strong and effective leadership across professional and organisational teams/boundaries.
• Evidence a positive impact of own exemplary leadership qualities and behaviours.
• Role model highly developed verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate how feedback is used by the organisation to positively improve services.
• Use creative and innovative solutions to address complex problems.
• Promote a culture of empowerment to enable concerns to be raised, addressed and/or appropriately escalated.
• Lead innovation and quality improvement and promote involvement of others.
• Build and lead teams, engage stakeholders and work in collaboration with others.
• Demonstrate and support others to manage people effectively using organisational policies and exemplary leadership qualities.
• Progress workforce development plans aligned to organisational priorities.
• Demonstrate effective financial and workforce planning, delivery and reporting.

Use the topic links below to navigate to the relevant section for more information.  

The Leadership pillar is presented under the following topics: