Healthcare Leadership Competencies Checklist


Instructions: This checklist is meant to serve as a general guideline for our client facilities as to the level of your skills within your nursing specialty. Please use the scale below to describe your experience/expertise in each area listed below.

Total Stars:

Obtained Stars:

Ranking: 0%

Proficiency Scale:

1 = No Experience

2 = Need Training

3 = Able to perform with supervision

4 = Able to perform independently

  RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  Organizational structure and relationship�  
  Build collaborative relationships�  
  Develop and maintain medical staff relationships�  
  Provide internal customer service�  
  Practice and value shared decision making  
  COMMUNICATION SKILLS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  Sensitive to what is correct behavior when communicating with diverse cultures  
  internal  
  and external�  
  Communicate organizational mission  
  vision  
  objectives  
  and priorities�  
  Prepare and deliver business communications  
  including meeting agendas  
  presentations  
  business reports  
  and project communications plans�  
  Present results of data analysis to decision makers�  
  Provide and receive constructive feedback  
  FACILITATION AND NEGOTIATION         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  Mediation-negotiation-and dispute resolution techniques�  
  Team building techniques�  
  Create-participate in-and lead teams�  
  Facilitate group dynamics-process  
  -eetings-and discussions  
  LEADERSHIP         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  Leadership styles/techniques  
  Potential impacts and consequences of decision making  
  Establish a compelling organizational vision and goals�  
  Hold self and others accountable for organizational goal attainment�  
  Promote and manage change�  
  Promote continuous organization learning/improvement  
  HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS AND ORGANIZATIONS         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  Managed care models  
  structures  
  and environment�  
  Levels of healthcare along the continuum of care�  
  Evidence-based management practice�  
  The interrelationships among access  
  quality  
  cost  
  resource allocation  
  accountability  
  and community�  
  The patient experience (e.g.  
  cultural differences  
  expectations)�  
  Healthcare technological research and advancements�  
  Organization and delivery of healthcare�  
  Regulatory and administrative environment in which the organization functions  
  Age Specific Competencies         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  Infant (Birth - 1 year)  
  Preschooler (ages 2-5 years)  
  Childhood (ages 6-12 years)  
  Adolescents (ages 13-21 years)  
  Young Adults (ages 22-39 years)  
  Adults (ages 40-64 years)  
  Older Adults (ages 65-79 years)  
  Elderly (ages 80+ years)  
  BUSINESS SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE         Rating Stars (Click) 1 2 3 4
  Ability to analyze and evaluate information to support a decision or recommendation�  
  Collect and analyze data from internal and external sources relevant to each situation�  
  Techniques for business plan development  
  implementation  
  and assessment�  
  The functions of organizational policies and procedures�  
  Promote and apply problem-solving philosophies�  
  Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis�  
  Systems thinking�  
  Facilities planning