Examples from healthcare leaders – workplace based leadership development
As part of our guide to Leadership and Management Development and Assessment, we speak to Dr. Keerthini Muthuswamy, Professor Nick Harding, Dr. Nigel Acheson, Professor Sanjay Agrawal, Dr. David Lee and Professor Alan Denison.
“When I was at registrar stage I stepped forward to chair the hospital Junior Doctors’ committee and through that I represented junior doctors on the Trust Medical Staff Committee. This gave me my first real contact with the Medical Director and with senior managers such as the CEO and Chief Operating Officer. It was very useful and reassuring that most of the topics discussed in that committee were to do with improving care for patients and ensuring the well-being of both doctors and other hospital staff. It empowered me to engage directly with senior managers on things that my colleagues and I thought could be improved for our patients. This sparked my interest in developing as a medical leader and (quite a few!) years later I was appointed as a Trust Medical Director.”
Celia Ingham Clark (she/her)
Medical Director for Professional Leadership and Clinical Effectiveness
Medical Directorate
NHS England