Clinical Leadership Skills and The Poetic Vision

Abstract

Clinical Leadership is likely to be perceived as a low priority skill for a clinical student or newly-qualified Health Care professional. However, all innovation and major changes in a health service relies on leaders of the future. Leadership is not just the skill in leading others, which is often needed, but also, the ability to follow and help others when necessary. Leadership operates on many levels, it is often seen just as an ability to lead others but the essential core of leadership is to lead yourself to become the healthcare professional you wish to be in terms of education, clinical service, personal aspirations withthe overarching aim of improving the lives of patients and the community. Leadership and management have overlapping competencies they are not synonymous and must not be confused. Leadership Versus Management