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Queen’s Nurse Leadership 1

Community nurses working with older people in community and primary care settings in Scotland can apply now.

Thanks to funding from Vivensa Foundation and QNIS, the only cost to participants is a £75 non-refundable booking fee.

Essential criteria for applicants 

  • Working as a community nurse in a clinical setting in Scotland

  • Working predominantly with older people  

  • Currently registered with the NMC  

  • Not under investigation by the NMC or your employing organisation.

Thanks to our funding partnership with The Vivensa Foundation we are able to offer free places on each of these courses for registered nurses working predominantly with older people in community settings including for example care homes, social care, district nursing teams, older people’s community mental health teams, and primary care. Please note you must be working predominantly with older people to be eligible to apply.

Queen’s Nurse Leadership 1 is a three-day in-person course for up to 20 participants. The course focuses on: 

  • values-based leadership in the context of public health, health equity, inclusion, and community nursing

  • different leadership styles and theories, and what it means to lead in small ways as well as bigger ways

  • self-awareness, self-knowledge, and emotional complexity in leadership

  • how these ideas might be applied in participants’ own professional context and role. 

All our Queen’s Nurse leadership courses are carefully structured to include the best possible balance between the teaching of high-quality content, experiential learning, and deep reflection. We work with well-established coaches, facilitators, and expert speakers who bring their knowledge and insights to every course.
Click here to find out more about our leadership courses

Participants will be able to join the Vivensa Academy, which is an online network of researchers, clinicians, and community-facing organisations that are committed to improving everyone’s experience of later life.

If you have further questions you can: 

If you are ready to apply, click the application form link for your selected workshop below:  

  • QNL1 Wednesday 12 May, Thursday 13  May and Friday 14 May 2026 at Queen Margaret University
    Click here to apply

  • QNL1 Tuesday 8 September, Wednesday 9 September and Thursday 10 September 2026 in central Aberdeen 
    Click here to apply

  • QNL1 Tuesday 13 October, Wednesday 14 October and Thursday 15 October 2026 in central Glasgow
    Click here to apply 

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