What is the LEADER LX?

The Independent Leadership Assessment Skills (LEADER) is an Independent Learning Experience that can be used to document and guide self-reflection of an occasion where a pharmacist utilised management, leadership and/or teamwork skills through real-time or retrospective review of a professional situation.

It is a Workplace Based Assessment (WBA) tool that can be used for inclusion towards advancing practice recognition.

The main outcome of the tool is to record evidence of current professional practice in a situation that utilizes a combination of management, leadership and/or teamwork skills in a chosen professional setting or topic.

Examples

Conducting a performance review on a member or your team
Overseeing the development or review of a new service in your team or practice area (e.g., integration of Partnered Pharmacist charting in the emergency department OR roll out of automatic dispensing machines on your ward)
Managing an incident or complaint

Leadership Assessment Skills (LEADER) Process

🧩 Prepare

🎯 Engage

💭 Reflect

The pharmacist identifies a suitable skill or situation to utilize the LEADER tool. Ensuring that the practice recognition level and clinical setting/topic that the LEADER is to focus on is appropriate.

Pharmacist completes the skill or situation

Pharmacist completes the Independent LEADER tool which includes documentation, reflection and development goal setting

An Independent LEADER is best completed as a retrospective reflection.

The total time to complete the Independent LEADER tool should take between 10-15 minutes. However, the skill or situation may occur over an extended period of time for skills.

Choosing a LEADER Situation

There is a wide variety of skills or situations that may be appropriate for reflection using the Independent LEADER tool. See some suggested examples above. Ideally an Independent LEADER should focus on a scenario that has been completed to allow the pharmacist to also consider the outcomes of the scenario. Ultimately the exact scenario, role played, and the skills expected by the pharmacist will vary depending on the practice recognition level they are aiming to meet.

Practice Recognition Level

The pharmacist will independently identify a LEADER opportunity that applies to the level of practice recognition that they are currently performing at or working towards (resident, register, consultant) to include in the Independent LEADER Learning Experience.

Please refer to the ANZCAP recognition descriptors article for the further guidance on markers of performance for each ANZCAP recognition level.

Complexity

In some scenarios the same skill or situation may be used for pharmacists aiming for different levels of practice recognition. However, the complexity and expected knowledge, skills and role will vary.

Collaborator

Pharmacists may have engaged in discussion with professional peers, mentors or managers to encourage reflective practice. However, this is an Independent Learning Experience and therefore the final submission should be completed by the pharmacist without collaboration.

Reflection & Goal Setting

The pharmacist is encouraged to utilize the SMART goal technique to develop any learning or development goals that are identified from self-reflection after the experience.

Forms and Templates

The LEADER tool is available on the ANZCAP Digital platform. Ideally pharmacists will enter relevant information into the digital tool after completion of the LEADER experience.

Alternatively, pharmacists may use LEADER tools from their own workplace and upload it to the digital platform where they can then confirm completion of an Independent Learning Experience.

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