Clinical Leadership for Paramedics

Leadership is a vital part of delivering high quality healthcare for all healthcare professionals. This book demonstrates how vital leadership skills are for all paramedics and explore how paramedics can lead in their everyday practice.

List of contents

About the contributors
How to use this book
Introduction
Paramedic profiles
Part 1 Introducing leadership
1 Paramedic leadership & the NHS clinical leadership career framework
2 Paramedic leadership: what is it and who does it?
3 Clinical leadership in the NHS: implications for paramedics
4 Understanding the organisation
Part 2 The skills of leadership
5 Communication: its impact on leadership
6 Working as a team: understanding group dynamics
7 Decision making
8 Managing and leading change
9 Conflict resolution
10 Mentorship and preceptorship
Index

Product details

• Authors: Amanda Blaber, Amanda Harris Blaber, Graham Harris
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2014
• EAN: 9780335263127
• ISBN: 978-0-335-26312-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Open University Press; UK Higher Education OUP Humanities & Social Sciences Health & Social Welfare
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management