Leading Health Services Innovation Program

Designed for both clinical and non-clinical staff, every aspect of this program’s development is being influenced by Metro North Staff and Executive feedback to equip you with contemporary, leading-edge knowledge and skills to meet our current and future needs as a health service. You will learn how to design and lead change through projects and change agendas.

Since 2018 Metro North Health has committed to building staff capability and developing skills to embed value-based health care through: 

• Understanding the funding, organisation, and evaluation of health services
• Identifying health service problems
• Undertaking a thorough analysis of enablers and barriers to sustaining health service improvement
• Designing programs for implementation, and
• Embedding good evaluation practices that examine health and cost consequences of change.

Embedding value-based health care whilst driving real-time frontline projects.

Throughout the two-year graduate certificate program (four courses part-time over two years), Griffith University and Metro North Health are working together to ensure the program integrates authentic assessment tasks.

Metro North Health has identified the knowledge and skill gaps essential for emerging change leaders committed to leading health service innovation in a health service context and have engaged Griffith University with the development of four units that address:

1. Implementing innovation and change in the Australian health system
   • Understanding the context of the Australian health system and relevance to implementing innovation and change in complex systems
2. Leading Innovation and Change in Healthcare
   • Understanding the factors that facilitate behaviour and culture change in health care organisations and skills necessary for leading innovation, change at individual and group behaviour levels.
3. Health economics / cost effectiveness analysis
   • Using principles of health economics / cost effectiveness analysis to identify low and high value care. The focus is on transferable skills to support leaders in designing and evaluating initiatives.
4. Implementation Science for practical application in quality improvement / service development and innovation projects
   • Using Implementation Science within the health service for practical application in quality improvement / service development and innovation supports clear problem identification and definition, knowledge translation, implementation, evaluation, de-implementation and sustainability.

Delivered part-time over two years, this graduate certificate will be delivered offsite (Griffith University’s Southbank Campus) in work time, via 5 face-to-face workshop days delivered through the semester.  

You will need to complete self-directed learning for assessments and to prepare for each highly interactive workshop day filled with opportunities for you and your cohort colleagues to facilitate deeper understanding of the material and build rapport with your fellow change makers of all professions from throughout the health service.

Metro North Health is working with Griffith University to ensure the relevancy of course content and assessments ahead of tuition commencing in Semester 2, 2023.

More information is coming soon!

Applications can be submitted via Smarty Grants from April.

As a clinician or health service administrator, you are a living example of Metro North Health’s “Values in Action”. You have a growth mindset, have cultivated the art of listening for understanding, can think outside the box, have an optimistic and positive outlook while being driven by a passion for, and deep commitment to improving patient outcomes within your role.

You “lead from where you are” and know how your work (wherever you work), contributes to your Facility/ Directorate/ Stream’s vision. You are well respected by your team, service line and department and advocate for evidence-based practice. You are willing to translate newly acquired skills into your workplace and share learnings with your team.

Your application consists of:

• An application form (completed online via ‘SmartyGrants funding portal – opening soon). Your application will need to address three areas:
  • Who are you? Tell us about your background (200 words)
  • Your experience in leading change and projects, improvement or innovation (200 words)
  • What problems you want to explore, potential solutions noting how these problems align to strategic priorities or priorities of your Facility/ Directorate/ Stream/ Organisation (300 words)
• a statement of support from your Line Manager / Head of Department.
  • This program is designed for one person to learn and share the learnings and benefits with the whole team. Metro North Health recognises the value in investing in your knowledge and skills to lead from where you are, and address improvement ideas and local problems that align to strategic/ Facility/ Directorate/ Stream priorities
• 2-page curriculum vitae (CV) with you academic and work history

Applications open April 2023 and will close at 5pm on World Creativity and Innovation Day 21st April 2023!

Want to be considered for a July 2023 intake?

1. Get along to the Metro North Staff Expos in March
2. Fill in your details to be notified of more information including registering for a Virtual Roadshow
   • Friday 31 March 9:30 – 10:30
   • Wednesday 5 April 9:00 – 10:00
   • Wednesday 19 April 11:30 – 12:30
3. Find out the Strategic and Executive Director /Facility/ Directorate/ Stream priorities! All applications are shortlisted by the relevant facility/ directorate/ stream Executive Director before being reviewed by a whole of health service selection panel.
4. Meet with your line manager to seek their endorsement to be considered for one of 30 spots in the program.
5. Book in a Discovery Call with the Metro North Learning Coordinator. In this highly beneficial one-on-one conversation, you’ll start the process of making an informed decision ahead of applications opening in April 2023. Through this conversation you’ll be able to see if there is an alignment with your skill set and mindset for this bespoke Metro North Health opportunity for middle managers, and emerging change leaders. Remember this opportunity is for both clinicians and health service administrators.