The concept of clinical leadership at the point of patient care is an area of increasing interest in health care organizations around the world. The growing literature on nursing, nurses were identified as essential for ensuring effective communication among members of a health care team and the continuity of patient-centered care. Nurses play a vital clinical leadership role in that they are the providers most likely to identify issues and response to the issues that require the coordination of responses of other health team members for timely care.

Clinical leadership is defined as staff nurse behaviors that provide direction and support to clients and the health care team in the delivery of patient care. A clinical leader is a registered nurse (RN) who coordinates patients, families and health care team members for the purpose of integrating the care they provide to achieve positive patient outcomes. Literature says that effective clinical leadership has been linked to a wide range of functions. It is a requirement of hospital care, including system performance, achievement of health reform objectives, timely care delivery, system integrity and efficiency, and is an integral component of the health care system. The importance of effective clinical leadership in ensuring a high-quality health care system that consistently provides safe and efficient care has been reiterated in the scholarly articles and various government reports.

It was noted that clinicians stated any frontline health care professionals, have opportunities to fulfill leadership roles. There is a concern that many health professionals may not be well prepared to understand the nature of leadership or take on leadership roles because of the lack of content on leadership in undergraduate course curricula. These deficiencies have been recognized by professional organizations and health service providers, especially in light of wide-ranging inquiries into the quality of health services in a number of countries.

By now, there is no clinical nursing leadership program developed and implemented by any institution in Sri Lanka, therefore,  considering the discussion that has occurred on the need for clinical leadership, this advance certificate in clinical leadership in nursing has been designed adapting to Medical Leadership Competency Framework (MLCF) to address and fill the gap in leadership competency in clinical nursing. We applied the concepts; working with others (personal qualities, working with team, encouraging contribution), setting direction and managing services from the main concepts of the Medical Leadership Competency Framework and acting with integrity and self- awareness which were included in personal qualities, managing people from the main concept of managing services and encouraging innovation and ensuring patient safety from the main concept of improving services. All modules planned were based on these concepts to improve competency in clinical nursing leadership.

 

Calling Application

Course commencement: 21.06.2025 
Application closing date: 5.06.2025
Selected candidate will be announced: 11.06.2025
Registration and 1 st instalment to be completed by:17.06.2025

Instructions for Payment of the Application fee. (Please note that the payment cannot be made by the ATM machine)

Please note that the application fee is NOT refundable under any circumstance.

Payment via University of Colombo Online Payment Portal

• • Follow this link to the University of Colombo Online Payment portal – UOC Online Pay (cmb.ac.lk)
  • Then select “Application Fee – Postgraduate Nursing/Technology” for the Fee Type
  • Select Visa or Mastercard type.
  • Enter your Name, NIC (National Identity Card Number) or Passport Number and select the currency (LKR for the course participants)
  • Enter the Amount  (Please note that a service charge of Rs. 35  will be added)
  • Type the account number ‘337011800009′ for Payment Reference. Then click the verify button.
  • Submit your information.
  • Check and confirm your details.

• Enter your card details and proceed with the payment.

• You should submit the online payment confirmation receipt/screenshot to the registration portal. Therefore, it is important to save the receipt or take a printout of the receipt or take a screenshot of the transaction at the end of the process.

Payment by direct bank deposits.

If you are making a direct bank account deposit, please use following details. Payments can be made at any branch of Peoples Bank.

• Name of the Bank – Peoples Bank
• Account Name – University of Colombo
• Bank Branch – Thimbirigasyaya Branch
• Account Number- 337011800009
• In the deposit slip please include your name and NIC (Ex: A.B.C.D. Perera – 123456789V)
• A clear photo or a scanned copy of the bank slip should be uploaded in the registration form.

Instruction for the online payment and registration

COURSE DETAILS

SLQF Level: 2 / NVQ Level: 4

Minimum credits at level 2: 30C

Designators: Not applicable

Qualifiers: Advanced Certificate in Clinical leadership in Nursing

Abbreviation: AdvCert (Clinical leadership in Nursing)

Progression: Completion of SLQF level 2 meets the minimum entry requirement for a qualification in SLQF level 3 in that particular area of specialization.

Medium: English

Mode of Delivery: Online and Onsite

Type of Program: Competency based outcome program

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of advanced certificate courses in clinical nursing, the learner is prepared to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of clinical nursing leadership.
2. Apply the knowledge of leadership in a clinical context in nursing.
3. Use leadership theories to solve problems in context of clinical nursing practice.
4. Demonstrate the knowledge of artificial intelligent that can be integrated into healthcare systems

to improve patient outcomes, reduce errors, and enhance operational efficiency.

5. Recommend solutions to clinical nursing leadership problems that arise in patient care setting.
6. Demonstrate effective leadership communication skills in healthcare to provide quality service.
7. Perform clinical leadership activities with supervision in the patient care setting.
8. Exercise responsibility in the implementation of leadership while managing resources within

the area of patient care.

9. Exercise personal responsibility in clinical leadership tasks.

 

TARGETED PARTICIPANTS

This advanced certificate course is aimed at:

• Nursing professionals in public, and private organizations
• Final year nursing undergraduates in universities or final year nursing students in diploma in nursing from public and private institutions.
• Postgraduate nursing students from public and private higher educational institutes

 

Minimum educational qualifications and requirements for the entry

• Should have passed all the subjects (Except General common test and general English) of GCE

Advanced Level (GCE A/L) examination in any stream on a single attempt.

 

AND

 

• Should be a nursing professional/ final year nursing student who is currently affiliated to a

healthcare organization (clinical/ education/ research)

 

DURATION

This course will be a 6-month part-time course (5 months for theory component (Weekend online sessions and weekdays After 5pm) and 1 month for practice (Clinical placement)  and practical sessions (Skill lab) which will be conducted on Saturdays and Sundays.

TEACHING METHODS

This course will be delivered by the experts in the fields of Leadership and management in Nursing. Theoretical component of the course will be delivered through Zoom platform. Practical components (Ex: Simulation in teaching in clinical leadership) of the course will be conducted at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo and clinical area where the participants are on duty.

Different teaching methods and strategies will be used in this course. (Ex: Lectures, Tutorials, Group discussions, Simulation sessions, presentations, related workshops etc.)

Medium of instructions – English

 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

There will be different types of assessments in this course. Formative assessments will be conducted time to time via, presentations, assignments, report writing etc. Once all modules are completed there will be the summative assessment on an individual basis which will consist of three parts.

• A written examination – 60% of final marks (Theory components)
• A Presentation – 20% of final marks (Practical Component)
• Viva Examination- 20% of final marks (Practical Component)

COURSE FEE

Total fee for the course will be Rs. 50,000. Students will be provided with the facility to make the payment in installments.

Application fee:          2000.00

Registration fee:         3000.00

Course fee:              45,000.00

 

 

CONTACTS

Dr. T.A. Asurakkody

Academic Coordinator (AdvCert in Clinical Nursing Leadership)

Head of the Dept. of Fundamentals of Nursing

Email: thanuja@fnd.cmb.ac.lk

Tele:    +94714412171

 

 

COURSE CONTENT

 

	Modules	Credits
1	Introduction to Clinical Leadership	2C
2	Leadership Theories and Concepts in Nursing Practice	3C
3	Applied Legal and Ethical Leadership	3C
4	AI in nursing and healthcare	3C
5	Clinical Leadership and Cultural Competence	3C
6	Practicum l	1C
7	Communicating to lead	3C
8	Leading your team through change	3C
9	Resolving conflicts	2C
10	Developing others	3C
11	Improving clinical care	3C
12	Practicum ll	1C

 

Conducted By:

Department of Fundamentals of Nursing,

Faculty of Nursing, University of Colombo

Sri Lanka