1st Edition

Leading Interprofessional Teams in Health and Social Care

By Vivien Martin, Anita Rogers Copyright 2004
208 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

The move to multidisciplinary teams in primary care and the emphasis on joined-up working across the human services make it increasingly necessary for health and social care professionals to take on a variety of leadership roles in teams made up of people from different professional backgrounds. This sort of leadership requires different skills from those required when working in the context of a... Read more
Part 1 Introduction 1 Leading interprofessional teams in health and social care Part 2 Case Studies 2 Virtual Multidisciplinary Team 3 Assertive Outreach Mental Health Team 4 Outpatients Referral Team 5 Cancer Collaborative Network 6 Reablement for Homecare Team Part 3 Theory and Practice 7 Theory and practice in experience of change 8 A framework for understanding leadership 9 Theory and practice in teamworking 10 Reflections and conclusions

Biography

Vivien Martin is Head of the Centre for Collaborative Programmes in University College Chichester. She contributed to development of the NHSU and has held posts in the Open University and in the NHS. Her previous publications include Leading Change in Health and Social Care, Managing Projects in Health and Social Care and Managing in Health and Social Care (co-authored with Euan Henderson), all published by Routledge. Anita Rogers is an educator in human resource development, leadership and management. She is a lecturer at the Open University, School of Health and Social Welfare, and co-ordinator of management skills development for Master’s level students at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. She is also a non-executive board member for the Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS trust.