Clinical Leadership in Context: Quality Service and Budget

This report examines the role of clinical leaders in delivering quality services within budgetary constraints in the National Health Service (NHS). The study, focusing on NURS90069, aims to determine how clinical leaders utilize budget allocations to ensure high-quality service provision. It analyzes the competence of clinical leaders, drawing on literature reviews and data collection from various healthcare settings. The research explores the relationship between public administration, budget determination, and the effectiveness of clinical leaders. The report also evaluates the role of other departments in service delivery and reviews budget allocation methodologies. The evaluation framework includes qualitative assessments and a comprehensive literature analysis, with references to key studies. This assignment provides insights into the crucial role of clinical leaders in balancing quality service and financial resources within the NHS.

Quality Service Provision working
with assigned budget
Student Name: Student ID:
Subject Name: Clinical Leadership in Context Subject ID: NURS90069
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Contract aim:
The aim of this project is to determine the role of the clinical leader in rendering quality services
by means of budgetary allocations.
Notes:
The scope of the current evaluation is based on analysing level of competence of a clinical leader
in health care setting (Eckert 2014). The evaluation will not encompass cost based analysis from
healthcare setting.
Learning Objectives Learning Resources and
Strategies
Evidence of Accomplishment
Identify the intended impact of
the Clinical Leader in delivery
of services
Understand role of a Clinical
Leader in NHS to determine
budget.
Resource needed: C. Ham, B.
Baird, S. Gregory, J. Jabbal
and H. Alderwick (2015), The
NHS under the coalition
government. In Part one: NHS
reform. London: The King's
Fund (Ham 2015).
Analysing role of Clinical
Leader based on model. This
helps understand professional
role played better at the NHS.
NHS has been selected due to
availability of data and other
countries have been avoided to
reduce complexity related to
the study.
The role of public
administration in determining
of budget is critical factor for
A range of databases as
Medline, Pubmed, Ovid and
resource article included as
Understanding role of public
administrator in NHS can best
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Clinical Leaders. Veronesi, Kirkpatrick and
Altanlar (2015) Clinical
leadership and the changing
governance of public
hospitals: implications for
patient experience. In the
Public Administration, volume
93(4), pages 1031-1048
(Veronesi 2015).
help reflect roles played by
them.
Clinical Leaders can best
provide budget in health care
settings as they are more
associated with it.
Resource needed: A. M.
Pegram, M. Grainger, J.
Sigsworth and A.E. While
(2014), Strengthening the role
of the ward manager: a review
of the literature. In the Journal
of nursing
management, volume 22(6),
pages 685 to 696 (Pegram
2014).
Ways to strengthen roles of
Clinical Leaders such that they
can play a pivotal role in
determining budget.
Evaluate other departments
role in quality service delivery
Strategies to assess role of
clinical leaders across various
health clinics will be assessed.
This will be done by
collecting data and feedback
from multiple clinical leaders
across hospitals in London.
A comprehensive literature
analysis that includes
understanding roles and
impacts from budget
allocation will be conducted.
A comprehensive
understanding of importance
of quality will also be
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considered.
To understand role of
budgetary setting in delivery
of services at health care
centers or clinics
Budget allocation
methodology will be reviewed
to understand ways budgets
are made and if quality service
delivery forms a part of the
same.
Evaluation Framework
A document incorporating
methods for parameters being
evaluated along with tools will
be used. Data here will be
analysed mostly by means of
qualitative assessments.
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References Lists
Eckert, R., West, M., Altman, D., Steward, K., & Pasmore, B. (2014). Delivering a collective
leadership strategy for health care. London: Centre for Creative Leadership: The Kings
Fund.
Ham, C., Baird, B., Gregory, S., Jabbal, J., & Alderwick, H. (2015). The NHS under the
coalition government. Part one: NHS reform. London: The King's Fund.
Pegram, A. M., Grainger, M., Sigsworth, J., & While, A. E. (2014). Strengthening the role of the
ward manager: a review of the literature. Journal of nursing management, 22(6), 685-
696.
Veronesi, G., Kirkpatrick, I., & Altanlar, A. (2015). Clinical leadership and the changing
governance of public hospitals: implications for patient experience. Public
Administration, 93(4), 1031-1048.
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