Prof. Dr. Michael Shannon PHD

Global Leadership Consultancy (GLC), Clinical Management | Sligo, Irland
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Michael is part time Co Director of the Global Innovation and Leadership Academic (RCSI) which was established in April 2023 to support the global development of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Professionals. He also works as an international leadership consultant establishing his company Global Leadership Consultancy in 2021.

Coaching focuses
  • leadership development
  • clinical management
Career

Prior to his company launch Michael was the international Director at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Institute of Leadership, based in Bahrain, for over 3 ½ years. In his role he led post graduate education to Government Legislators, Policy Makers, Nurses, Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacists and a host of Multi-Disciplinary Healthcare Professionals. Michael also provided expert policy advice to the Ministry of Health, Bahrain and Consultancy to healthcare organisations in Dubai, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan.

Michael has held a number of senior posts to include Nursing Policy Advisor Department of Health and Children, Ireland, National Nursing & Midwifery Services Director for the Health Service Executive, Ireland, Area Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Dublin mid Leinster and Director of Nursing and Midwifery and Palliative Care at Letterkenny and Sligo University Hospitals and Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. Michael held the position of Dean Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, RCSI from 2020 – 2022 and currently is Dean Emeritus. He currently works as a Consultant to the World Health Organisation. Michael currently works part time for the Irish Cancer Society as a Night Nurse providing end-of-life care to patients and supporting their families in their own homes.

Michael’s academic career includes completing his PhD at Dublin City University, BSc (Hons), University of Ulster, MBA (Hons) Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin and a Diploma in Education from Leicester University. In 2015 he completed the Post Graduate Implementation Science Programme at Trinity College, Dublin. He is also a graduate of Harvard University International Healthcare Management programme. Michael is a Registered Mediator with the Mediation Institute of Ireland.

Michael was conferred Ad Eundum Fellow, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery RCSI in 2012 and has been appointed adjunct Professor at University College Dublin Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Sciences and Trinity College, Dublin. He has co-authored a number of book chapters and has published in various international publications.

Publications & conferences

  • Shannon, M et al (2019). Future Career Pathways for Health and Social Care Professionals in Ireland. Health Service Executive, Ireland
  • Shannon, M et al. (2017) Evaluation of an early graduate educational intervention, Journal of Education
  • Shannon et al (2016), Clinical handover practices in maternity services in Ireland: A qualitative descriptive study, Journal of International Midwifery
  • Guiding Framework for the Implementation of Nursing and Midwifery Quality Care-Metrics, (2015) Office of Nursing and Midwifery Service Director (ONMSD), Ireland
  • Emergency Department Nursing Workforce Planning Framework, (2015) Office of Nursing and Midwifery Service Director (ONMSD), Ireland
  • HSE/ONMSD Graduate Staff Nurse/Midwife programme for Directors of Nursing and Midwifery (2014) Office of Nursing and Midwifery Service Director (ONMSD), Ireland
  • Workforce Planning Subgroup Report of the Review of Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Degree Programmes, (2012) Department of Health, Ireland
  • A Vision for Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, (2012) Office of Nursing and Midwifery Service Director (ONMSD), Ireland
  • A Guiding Framework for the Implementation of Nurse Prescribing of Medical Ionising Radiation X-Ray, (2009) Office of Nursing and Midwifery Service Director (ONMSD), Ireland
  • Model of Care for Paediatric Anesthesia, (2015) Clinical Strategy & Programmes Division, Health Service Executive, Ireland
  • Model of Care for Pre-Admission Units, (2014) Clinical Strategy & Programmes Division, Health Service Executive, Ireland
  • National Clinical Programme for critical Care, (2014) Clinical Strategy & Programmes Division, Health Service Executive, Ireland
  • Report of the Review of Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Degree Programmes, (2012) Department of Health, Ireland

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