About the Mary Seacole Programme
The Mary Seacole Programme is a highly successful and nationally recognised development programme for first-time leaders in health and care.
The concept of learning how to be a leader when you’re in the thick of your day-to-day responsibilities can seem rather abstract. Designed by the NHS Leadership Academy in partnership with global experts, the course is grounded in reality for real workplace application. It aims to provide a balance between learning the theory and putting it into practice.
About Mary Seacole Local (MSL)
In order to maximise the benefits and reach of this leadership course, the NHS North West Leadership Academy (NHS NWLA) operates a regional edition of the programme exclusive to our member organisations.
The Mary Seacole Local (MSL) programme aims to support leadership development in each of our North West regional footprints, building a richer talent pipeline of emergent leaders in the local health and care system.
Holding the central MSL licence within the North West, the NHS NWLA funds this localised programme so that our member organisations can access it at a subsidised rate.
More relevant information can be found under the section “How to access the Mary Seacole Local programme” on this page.
Programme delivery and structure
Taking place over 6 months, the programme adopts a blended delivery approach that includes:
• 100 hours of online study, which includes a virtual campus with interactive content, films, discussion forums and online resources.
• 3 workshops, working with an expert facilitator.
• 12 modules covering leadership fundamentals, fundamentals of finance, recruitment and selection, fundamentals of HR, appraisals and annual review.
• A 2000-word written assignment at the end, asking participants to reflect on their leadership impact.
“I feel like it was a ‘learn and grow together’ programme. I love the way that facilitators always included everyone. It was ‘What’s your thoughts, your feelings’. It was very informal.
The Mary Seacole programme was, for me, big evidence of experience and wealth of knowledge coming into the programme.
It’s something that I found very beneficial. This is an actual commitment to seeing change, to developing yourself, and how that has an impact on what you’re going to do next.”
Josh Reinke
Participant from the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Eligibility
The programme is designed for those in their first formal leadership role, both clinical and non-clinical. It empowers people to turn their individual success into team success, and to champion compassionate patient care.
How to access the Mary Seacole Local programme
The localised Mary Seacole programme aims to support leadership development in the North West and can be accessed via regional host organisations. At £150 per delegate per cohort, the Mary Seacole Local programme offers an 85% reduction on the national programme cost.
Express interest in the Mary Seacole Local ProgrammeCase studies
Explore how the programme has benefitted the North West region in these case studies:
Learn and grow together with the Mary Seacole Local programme
Josh Reinke is an Integrated Contact Centre Area Dispatch Lead at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust(NWAS). Keen to drive […]
Celebrating the success of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s first Mary Seacole Local cohort
Recently, the NHS North West Leadership Academy had the privilege of working with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust as they […]
Ismail’s Story
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Behind the scenes on delivering the Mary Seacole Local Programme
Facilitators from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust talk through the work that goes into delivering the Mary Seacole […]
The Mary Seacole Programme can also be accessed on a national level as an embedded unit within the apprenticeship offers at the NHS Leadership Academy. Find out more about the national apprenticeship programmes here.