Mrs Jessica Huglin1, Mrs. Simone Munro1, Ms Amy Cutcliffe1, Mrs Elizabeth Scutt1
1Monash Health, Australia
Abstract:
This presentation will describe the improvement process used to develop the Allied Health Leadership Development Program (AHLDP). Including barriers to access existing organisational leadership development resources, creating adapted content centered around Allied Health (AH) leadership learning needs, involving AH clinicians in delivery and early outcomes from the program.
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service provider with over 1,900 AH clinicians across 25 disciplines.
It's an expectation of the senior AH roles at Monash Health that leadership is shown through in the delivery of non-clinical activities, which may include but isn’t limited to; leading and supporting change, fostering an inclusive culture, recruitment processes, financial strategies, and leading quality and research projects.
Despite these expectations both clinicians and senior AH leadership have continued to express the desire for targeted leadership training to support the workforce with current organisational offerings not meeting the need or capacity of the AH workforce.
A bespoke educational program was designed to meet these needs. 110 AH clinicians are enrolled in the AHLDP program.
This program consists of ten sessions over a 12-month period. Sessions were contextualised to AH requirements and delivered by existing AH leaders
Impact of program are evaluated using pre and post program knowledge and confidence surveys, session evaluation and longitudinal follow up. The current cohort is due to complete the program in 2025, with a current session satisfaction rating of 8.7/10.
In conclusion the AHLDP was desired by and designed for emerging AH Leaders to support the AH workforce of the future.