PgCert in Advanced Leadership (Nursing)

Royal College of Surgeons

Ireland, Dublin

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Duration6 month(s)

Tuition Fee

EUR 4,218 / Total

Next IntakeOctober 1, 2026

PgCert in Advanced Leadership (Nursing)

About

Advance your theoretical knowledge and develop a critical and questioning approach as you explore professional, clinical and managerial issues relevant to leadership roles with RCSI School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Enhance your capacity for leadership by developing your knowledge in key areas of leadership, management, strategy and change management and explore concepts of quality improvement and risk management. This programme is delivered part-time via an active blended learning approach including self-directed learning and live online classes approximately once every week.

Further support is provided through the module lead, programme director and regular online drop-in sessions.

The award title for this course is Postgraduate Certificate Nursing (Advanced Leadership).

This course is a Level 9 award on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

To be eligible for the programme you must:

Have an NFQ Level 8 qualification. Applicants who do not hold a Level 8 qualification may still be eligible to join the programme through our supported-entry pathway programme.
Have an active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland. International applicants must be registered with their national nursing board.

English Program Requirements

English language requirement exceptions

English language requirements for RCSI Postgraduate programmes are published here. If you have completed undergraduate/postgraduate full-time studies in the medium of the English language (three or more years cumulatively) or are registered with the NMBI, you are exempt from these requirements.

Career

Learning outcomes

This programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to:

Demonstrate a critical understanding of a comprehensive range of knowledge in the specialist area.
Articulate a critical awareness of the latest evidence-based knowledge in the specialist area.
Demonstrate a range of research and specialist knowledge and skills to the specialist area of clinical practice.
Select from a broad range of specialist skills and knowledge in the specialist area.
Act in a comprehensive and often unpredictable variety of professional and ill-defined contexts in the specialist area.
Take significant responsibility for the work of individuals and groups and lead and initiate activity in the specialist area.
Critically self-evaluate professional and personal learning needs and those of others within your specialist area of practice and link to related continuing professional development requirements.
Present a reflective and questioning approach to specialist practice delivery and exhibit professional application of your knowledge in an accountable, responsible and evidence-based manner.

Fee Information

Tuition Fee

4,218 / Total

PgCert in Advanced Leadership (Nursing)

Royal College of Surgeons

Ireland, Dublin

Go to Official Website