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Are you an existing health and care professional looking to develop the skills you need to excel in senior management roles across the sector? Our Level 7 Senior Leader Apprenticeship plus NHS Leadership Academy Rosalind Franklin Award will help you gain all the skills you need to successfully lead large and complex programmes, departments, services, or systems of care.
The Rosalind Franklin programme will fully support you in becoming an outstanding innovator, leader, and team-member in health and care. With a focus on collaboration, compassion, and inclusion, you will develop all the qualities required to provide better care, improve patient, health, and service outcomes, promote efficient practices, and ultimately both enhance and save lives in your community.
Not only will you graduate from this course with extensive management experience, but you will also receive the Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice and Chartered Manager status, helping accelerate your career to the next level.
This course and qualification combination is completely unique to Arden University, giving you the opportunity to develop valuable leadership skills while you continue to work in your current role.
Developed in line with the growing needs of today’s health and care sector, this apprenticeship instils the knowledge, skills, behaviours, and attitudes needed to successfully implement positive change and improve outcomes. Covering topics including personal and professional development, systems, change, and strategic management, and supporting resilience in yourself and others, you’ll graduate with a skillset and mindset that reflects the sector’s current and future needs.
You’ll learn how to drive progress in your team(s), inspire your organisation/system to build compassionate, inclusive, person-centred cultures of care, and bring immediate positive and productive changes to your team(s), organisations, services, and service users.
“The Rosalind Franklin programme allowed me to resource the strategy to scale nursing leadership in General Practice in alignment with my vision and evolve collaboratively with my team and within my network.”
You’ll be assessed on:
What I really liked about Arden was its blended approach (whereas other places offered a block release type of approach). I was really pleased that Arden were offering one day a month, which was great and I really liked the online learning aspect as well.
You will access your modules through the virtual classroom and complete all the module lessons. Throughout each study block you will attend your scheduled teaching and learning sessions during working hours, attend your 1-2-1 coaching sessions and undertake your workplace assignment and coach led activities. Your coach will guide you to ensure you are effectively applying and evidencing your new knowledge, whilst developing and demonstrating the skills and behaviours considered essential for success in your role.
Our blended delivery model consists of:
Once you’ve enrolled on your apprenticeship with Arden you’ll get access to your Digital Backpack, a toolkit of digital resources we’ve put together to help you succeed during your time studying with us.
Here are some of the digital resources you’ll have available throughout your course:
At Arden University we consider applications on a case by case basis. If you have significant work experience, have qualifications you have gained elsewhere, or a degree or qualification that isn't a clear pathway to this degree - we are more than happy to discuss your application.
Our aim is to make learning as accessible as possible by ensuring that you can study your degree in a flexible and convenient way. That's why we keep our requirements simple. All you need is a laptop or desktop PC (we recommend one running the latest version of Windows), and a good internet connection. Through ilearn, our online university campus in the cloud, you'll be able to access your course calendar, support services, learning materials, and our online library containing thousands of ebooks, as well as tools for creating assignments, keeping notes, and collaborating with other students on your course.
Our aim is to make learning as accessible as possible by ensuring that you can join us, wherever you are.
That's why we keep our requirements simple. All you need is a laptop or computer (we recommend one running the latest version of Windows), and a good stable internet connection. With this one tool, you'll be able to access information, advice, support, learning materials and our online library, as well as create assignments, keep notes, and collaborate with other students effectively.
To be eligible for this apprenticeship, you must meet the following criteria:
Stephanie West joined Arden University in November 2020 as Head of the School of Health and Care Management. In addition to her wealth of healthcare industry experience, Stephanie has held a number of Senior Academic and Leadership positions in Health, Social Care and Applied Science faculties at a variety of universities across the UK. Stephanie will provide leadership to the School of Healthcare Management, ensuring that it delivers high quality academic provision and student satisfaction across all courses.
This course provides you with not only a Senior Leader apprenticeship certificate, but the CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice and Chartered Manager status, and the NHS Leadership Academy’s Rosalind Franklin Award. Through this you will gain key qualifications and the professional competence in health and care management to take the next step in your career.
Completing this apprenticeship with Arden University means you have the best of both worlds – being in employment while acquiring new professional skills and expertise. With the industry knowledge, experience, and professional qualification you’ll work towards throughout the course, you’re guaranteed to stand out from the crowd.
This programme is specifically targeted at those in the critical connecting leadership roles: Those who are leaders of leaders and provide the crucial link between the strategic and team levels of leadership.
The Rosalind Franklin Programme shapes the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviours of clinical or non-clinical mid-tier leaders to enable their development as outstanding leaders.
As a participant on the programme, you will:
On completion of your apprenticeship, you’ll have all the qualifications, knowledge, and practical skills under your belt to take the next step in your leadership career.
This course awards a CMI Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice as well as Chartered Manager status.
The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) promotes excellence in UK management and leadership. The institute aims to boost career development across the management sector and connect you with like-minded professionals across diverse sectors.
As the CMI possesses a Royal Charter, they are the only organisation in the UK that can award Chartered Manager status to their members – the gold standard in management. They are also active in business policy making across the globe and ensure that their more than 140,000 members are represented in policy decision making.
As an Arden student, you’ll have free CMI Membership throughout your studies, giving you access to a range of additional resources including a mentoring service and invitations to networking events both online and offline.
The NHS Leadership Academy sits proudly within the NHS People Directorate, NHS England. The Academy aims to help everyone in the NHS discover their full leadership potential and achieve the highest standards in health and care. All Academy leadership programmes, lifelong learning and talent scheme offers are designed to deliver the NHS People Plan and People Promise.
This course is endorsed by the Institute of Health & Social Care Management (IHSCM), whose aim is to create a supportive professional body that is relevant in its activities and modern in its approach, and holds sector leaders in the NHS, social care, third sector, and private healthcare amongst its members. The IHSCM works with Arden University to contribute to curriculum development and delivery. You’ll have free membership during your studies, giving you access to a diverse range of events, conferences, workshops, and networks as well as opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
Skills for Health is the UK's leading authority on skills and workforce development for the health sector. NHS and healthcare employers across the UK collaborate with Skills for Health to develop skills, roles, competencies, and strategies that provide better patient outcomes. They champion the entire workforce.
The Quality Mark is the UK’s benchmark for exceptional healthcare training and development. Being endorsed by the Quality Mark ensures that an organisation's training is world class and has passed a rigorous review process of its delivery, strategy, and quality assurance practices.
Arden University’s Faculty of Business is an esteemed member institution of the Business Graduates Association (BGA).
All Arden students will have free access to LinkedIn Learning through the Library Portal. LinkedIn Learning is a video-based online learning platform offering over 16,500 expert-led courses across a wide range of subjects including business, technology, and creative skills.
With LinkedIn Learning, you can:
