Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management (135 credits)

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The EBMA Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management is designed to enable learners to develop a sound understanding of policy, management theory and practice in health and social care. It provides learners with an opportunity to engage with the challenges facing professionals, services users and policymakers in the United Kingdom today. It will create knowledge in candidates so that they can work as an effective manager in hospitals/social care industry. It combines both theoretical and practical knowledge in the health and social care profession.

The EBMA Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management course syllabus is comparable to the syllabus of the postgraduate diploma of a university program in health and social care. This course can be used as evidence of continuing professional development (CPD), in a CPD audit by a professional institute or regulator.

• L7 PGD HSCM Course Handbook - download

EBMA Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Management (135 credits) consists of:

• Managing Service Delivery in Health and Social Care
• Managing Finance in Health and Social Care
• Managing Enterprise in Health and Social Care
• Strategic Marketing for Health and Social Care Organisations
• Economics of Healthcare
• Strategic Management and Change
• Research Methods for Managers
• Managing Quality through Human Resource Management
• Strategic Project Management for Managers

Assessment is through practical assignments, with no exams - to more accurately reflect the real working environment.

By the end of the qualification, learners will be able to:

• Develop managerial skills to manage quality in the health and social care sector.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the health and social care organisations and their management systems.
• Manage budgets and perform financial analysis of health and social care organisations for effective decision making.
• Manage complex issues in the organisation to improve management practice.
• Perform environmental analysis for strategic marketing decision making to implement strategy.
• Manage team performance for the quality of service delivery in health and social care organisations.
• Understand advanced economic literature on the demand and supply of health care.
• Critically review the role of agencies and health care organisations in the promotion of health programmes globally.
• Understand strategic human resource techniques and tools to manage employee performance.
• Identify a research topic and questions and apply advanced research techniques and tools to create new literature on health and social care.

Candidates will be expected to satisfy the following requirements:

• Bachelor Degree (or equivalent) or
• Level 6 qualification (or equivalent) or
• Mature applicant with A level (or equivalent) and work experience and
• IELTS 5.5 or CEFR level B2 (if applicable)

This qualification may be used to progress onto EBMA Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration through RPL to complete MBA Top-Up with UK Universities.

This qualification may be used to progress onto Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Executive Management through RPL to complete MBA Top-Up with UK Universities.

Certificate of completion

Hard copy certificate - Included