Receive your Clinical Patient Care Leadership Certification. The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. offers a comprehensive, quality, Clinical Patient Care Leadership Certification program for qualified professionals including, physicians, professional nurses, health care managers, department directors, and other qualified health care professionals in “Clinical Patient Care Leadership.”
NOTE: This is NOT a “Case Management Certification”. This is a Health Care Leadership Certification. Please visit our Case Management Certification home page if you are interested in case management.
Clinical Patient Care Leadership Certification Course Requirements & Prices
Before enrolling our certification program, interested professionals meet or possess at least one of the following prerequisites for enrollment:
- A Registered Nurse currently licensed to practice nursing
- A licensed Physician
- A Health Care Manager
- A Health Care Director
- A Health Care Executive
- A Licensed Social Worker
- A Human Behavior Professional
- A Licensed Health Care Professional
If you would like to find out if you meet the qualifications for this certification program. Please submit an qualifications review form.
A Clinical Patient Care Leadership Certification from AIHCP remains valid for four years, with an option to renew through AIHCP’s health care recertification courses. This can involve participation in our courses designed for continuing education for healthcare professionals. Once completed, the candidate can add the “CPCL-C” credentials to their name which stands for “Clinical Patient Care Leader-Certified”.
The program itself consists of four required CE courses, which will cost a total of $625 and include the courses below. After completing the courses there is a certification fee for the Clinical Patient Care Leadership certification of $220, plus shipping and handling, which includes the official certificate, ID card, and other related documents.
- HM 560 – Principles of Health Care Quality Improvement and Management
- HM 565 – Applied Health Care Ethics and Law
- HM 530 – Leadership in Health Care Management
- CM 585 – Population Health: Building a Foundation for Wellness Information
Please note that the costs listed above do not include the pricing of additional textbooks and learning materials required for the course. To see if you qualify for our certification courses, please fill out our qualification review form. If accepted, we will provide you with details for the next steps.
How to Renew Your Clinical Care Certification
If you have an expiring certification, you can recertify by completing an additional 50 hours of continuing education courses. You must also provide evidence of completing at least 500 hours of practice within the specialty during the initial four years of your certification.
For more information on the criteria and steps for recertification, please visit our clinical patient care leadership recertification page.
Certification Testimonials
Many professionals who take AIHCP’s certifications flourish in their fields with the new skills, techniques, and knowledge gained from their AIHCP courses. Check our testimonials page and read from many healthcare professionals who grew their practice or advanced in their fields, such as case management, grief counseling, and crisis intervention.
FAQs on Clinical Patient Care Leadership Certification
What are the key benefits of having a certification as a clinical care leader?
Some of the key benefits of receiving a Certification in Clinical Care Leadership includes increasing your marketability in the work place, enhancing your knowledge and skills base in this specialty practice, increasing your earnings potential, commitment to ongoing professional development and continuing education, achieving recognition for accomplishments attained, networking with peers in the same practice specialty, and much more.
Do I need to take the continuing education courses or program to achieve my certification?
Our certification model is designed so that certified members obtain the same educational achievements and have consistency in the knowledge and skills attained. This is because our model focuses on core, comprehensive knowledge and skills that have been determined to practice the specialty at a higher level of quality. There are instances where past education may be used to waive some of the courses required, but this is evaluated on an individual basis.
Do you offer a curriculum of continuing education courses that meet the requirements for your certification standards?
Each of our certification programs includes continuing education curricula that are designed to meet the full requirements for certification.
Do your continuing education courses have any board approvals?
Most of our continuing education courses include multiple board approvals. However, the type of approval depends on the professional boards associated with that specialty. You can see the full list on our healthcare CE approvals page.
Is a certification necessary for Clinical Patient Care Leaders?
Obtaining the certification is definitive proof of your commitment to the profession. Taking valuable time to learn more about the many dimensions, theories, models, research and applications, further cements your authority and expertise in the space. Furthermore, the insights gained during the program allow you to be a thought leader among your peers, adding even more value to the skills and knowledge gained from AIHCP. You can view more information on what is certification at this link.
Does attaining certification mean that I’m certified for life?
Initial certifications are for a four-year period, and you would need to be recertified every four years after that. We strongly believe that professional certification requires you to commit and maintain efforts for ongoing education, learning new skills attainment and constantly practicing in your specialty practice. With each recertification, the goal is for you to learn about new advancements in the field and gain new knowledge that translates to more efficient work.
What is the process for your Certification programs? How do I enter and complete a the clinical patient care leadership certification program?
We have a dedicated page that provides a quick over-view of our certification process. It will provide you with good information about the process/phases of both the education courses and application for certification. Click here to access.