Fully updated for its fourth edition, this seminal text provides a theoretical, evidence-based and practical guide to leadership and management in health and care. Designed to support the transition from student, to early career health and care professional, to competent care manager, it develops the core skills and knowledge required along the way.
Key features:
Comprehensively updated to reflect current policy, practice, guidelines and terminology
Strong focus on the practical application of theory, supported by case studies and reflective action points
Integrates leadership, management and the core topics they encompass in one accessible text
Draws on the authors' extensive experience across clinical practice, education, leadership and management.
This book is essential reading for nursing, health and social care students as well as for newly qualified professionals and those moving into leadership and management roles.
Chapter 1 Leading and managing in contemporary health and social care
Chapter 2 Managing effectively: theories, roles, styles and features
Chapter 3 Leadership and the Duty Care Manager
Chapter 4 Decision making and problem solving in care settings
Chapter 5 Ensuring high quality care
Chapter 6 Leading and managing change in practice settings
Chapter 7 Managing health and care resources
Chapter 8 Leading, managing and supporting your staff, colleagues and yourself
Chapter 9 Leading person-centred practice
Chapter 10 Multi-professional teamworking
Chapter 11 Managing and supporting career long learning for yourself and colleagues
