Independent Impact and Evaluation Study for the Nursing Home Leadership Initiative (NH-LEAD)

Leading Healthcare Providers (LHP) Skillnet is seeking a qualified research organisation to conduct an independent longitudinal impact and evaluation study of the Nursing Home Leadership Education and Development (NH-LEAD) Initiative, funded by the Department of Health. This initiative aims to strengthen leadership, governance and management capability across Ireland's nursing home sector through accredited postgraduate education. The successful tenderer will design and deliver a comprehensive mixed-methods evaluation incorporating surveys, interviews, focus groups, stakeholder consultation, and documentary review to assess implementation, effectiveness and impact at learner, organisational and sectoral levels. The evaluation framework should examine how the initiative strengthens leadership capability, supports governance improvements, enhances quality improvement and regulatory preparedness, and contributes to improved organisational performance, workforce capability and resident outcomes. Responsibilities include project mobilisation, baseline data collection, ongoing evaluation, interim reporting and final impact evaluation. The study should identify barriers and enablers to successful implementation and provide practical recommendations for future programme development. LHP Skillnet is a not-for-profit Learning Network established in 2008, exclusively supporting the private healthcare sector through subsidised training, education, research and workforce development.