Design
Delivering services to patients, service users, carers and the public is at the
heart of the Clinical Leadership Competency Framework. Clinicians work
hard to improve services for people.
The word ‘patient’ is used generically to cover patients, service users, and all
those who receive healthcare. The word ‘other’ is used to describe all
colleagues from any discipline and organisation, as well as patients, service
users, carers and the public.
There are five domains highlighted below. To improve the quality and safety
of health and care services, it is essential that clinicians are competent in each
of the five leadership domains. Within each domain there are four categories
called elements and each of these elements is further divided into four competency statements which describe
the activity or outcomes all clinicians should be able to demonstrate