1. Digital Leadership Nicola Henderson
NHS Forth Valley – AHP eHealth Lead
NMAHP Digital Network - Co-Vice Chair
NMAHP: Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professions

3. Digital Strategy
Continue to grow a network of digital champions to lead & inform digital developments and practice across health and social care.
Need leadership roles, skills and experience required to drive the agenda for Digital Health and Care in Scotland

4. Digital Strategy
Support a cohort of leaders to participate in the NHS Digital Academy programme, the NMAHP Leadership Programme, the Digital Champions Development Programme, and MSc studentships in Digital Health and Care

5. NMAHP Digital Leadership Programme
Backbone of the NMAHP Digital Network
Major success of the network

6. NMAHP Digital Leadership Programme – Aims:
Maximise Digital for benefits
Digital Potential
Develop skills to influence
Strategic Leadership
Now includes healthcare scientists
& TEC Leads

7. NMAHP Digital Leadership Programme:
Sponsor
Scottish Government
Commission
NMAHP Digital Network
Run
NES
Launched 2014 – now 10 Cohorts

8. Digital Ducklings Going from strength to strength! Others want
to replicate

10. Competitive Digital Ducklings
Programme Recruitment:
Highly competitive
Oversubscribed
Local NMAHP eHealth/Digital Lead sign off

11. Commitment 9 month programme Attend: 3 full days (Face to face)
2 half days (virtual Tech-enabled learning)
3 virtual support sessions
Work-based consolidation
Undertake an eHealth/Digital improvement project

12. All Aboard!

13. All Aboard!

14. Projects Undertaken

15. What has it meant for me?
Co-Vice Chair - dNMAHP Network Steering Group
Opportunities
Carving out eHealth Lead role in FV
Round the table & on the agenda
People remember AHPs
MDT Working – eHealth, ICT & Information Governance MDTs

16. What has it meant for me? Well supported:
Locally: AHP Director, eHealth Director, My Manager
Nationally: SG Digital Health &
Care Clinical Leads
Peer support
Building links & networks:
Locally
Nationally - NMAHP Digital Network, Individuals & inter-professionals

17. What has it meant for me? Social Media usage increased
Leadership and digital skills
Mentoring people locally
Leadership development in
others (succession planning)
Thinking differently

18. What has it meant for me?
Using digital technology to improve work processes
Excelling with Excel
Improved efficiency
Increased patient facing time
Contingency plans
Obtaining robust data
Empowering services - use data in a user-friendly meaningful way
Bridge between
Information Services
& Clinical services

19. What has it meant for others?
“Every service needs a Nicola” – Mary Cameron, eHealth Manager
Digital Champions/Leaders
People see what’s been done
- want to be part of it
Completed digital projects can be utilised by others
Increased profile of digital/eHealth
Transferable skills, knowledge, ideas & developments

20. What has it meant for others?
Working together to overcome barriers
Reshaping and improving services
Leaders at all levels
Career progression
Encouraging a pro-active, engaged digital workforce

21. Conclusion
Enabling
Connecting
Empowering