Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary An Introduction to the Support available to Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals across the Career Framework for Health June 2012 NHS Education for Scotland

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Post-Registration Career Development Framework (2012) Post-registration Career Development Framework is a NEW interactive professional development tool which maps the key knowledge, skills and behaviours which practitioners need to progress through or up a level.

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary The NES strategy to support Scotland's nurses and midwives from 2011 to 2014 is by: supporting changing workforce needs promoting excellence in pre-registration education strengthening education where nurses and midwives practise building their research capacity and capability ensuring responsive education to meet specific clinical priorities embedding and sustaining educational solutions in partnership with stakeholders

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary The NES strategy to support Scotland's allied health professionals from 2011 to 2014 is by: Theme 1: Supporting the changing needs of the AHP Workforce Theme 2: Making communication even better Theme 3: Supporting AHPs to use educational solutions in their work Theme 4: Making the most of the NES AHP Team’s potential

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Frameworks which support Careers The Career Framework for Health Post Registration Career Development Framework for NMAHPs The Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework (SCQF) Knowledge and Skills Framework and Agenda for Change

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary C A R E R F R A M E W O R K for H E A L T H

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Learning and Development activity across NMAHP Healthcare Support Workers Flying Start NHS® Early Clinical Career Fellowships Effective Practitioner NMAHP Senior Frameworks Advanced Practice AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme Clinical Academic Research / Clinical Education Careers Practice Education Supporting Infrastructure Professional ePortfolio / Nursing and Midwifery Career long ePortfolio

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Healthcare Support Workers (HCSW) Support for NMAHP support workers at Career Framework for Health levels 2-4 includes: –A Guide to Healthcare Support Worker Education and Role Development –An online set of resources to support mentors, managers and educators - HCSW Toolkit –Literature Review –Learning Framework to support Mandatory Induction Standards and Codes –Survey of learning profiles and preferences (May 2011)

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Priorities for NES HCSW team During 2011/12 NES have committed to: Finding out more about the priorities for developing new roles and upskilling existing staff by conducting further qualitative research Sharing learning and intelligence regarding role development across the NMAHP community Supporting healthcare support worker role development directly through AHP Career Fellowships, Assistant Practitioner Working Group, NHS Board projects and connections to research and practice across the UK

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Web-based learning programme for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals Designed to be completed within the first year in practice Learner directed Provides a supportive, guiding learning environment Most successfully undertaken with the support of a mentor Easily followed with downloadable learner guides and useful web links Open to all healthcare settings for NMAHPs

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary The Learning Programme 10 Learning Units make up the development programme Each has an aim and learning outcomes Each sub-section contains learning activities All activities linked to NHS KSF

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Making it work together

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Early Clinical Career Fellowships (ECCF) The Early Clinical Career Fellowships are an opportunity for highly enthusiastic, talented and motivated nurses and midwives to develop personally, professionally and academically at an early stage in their career. 3 year fellowships with funded study leave. Pre-requisite - Completion of Flying Start NHS ® Part-time funded Masters Action Learning Sets Masterclasses Mentoring / Clinical Coaching /1 Cohort 1 Pilot n = /2 Cohort 2 Pilot n = ECCF 2011 n = ECCF 2012 n = up to 20

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Effective Practitioner A national initiative providing work-based learning resources and support for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals across NHS Scotland. Assists practitioners and senior practitioners to meet the Quality Ambitions for NHS Scotland through the delivery of safe, effective and person-centred care Makes it easy for you to keep up to date Saves time by directing you to helpful learning resources Helps you to provide evidence for KSF, PDP and maintaining professional registration

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Effective Practitioner Home page

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Effective Practitioner Example Learning Resources

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Senior AHP Education and Development Framework A national initiative supporting the learning and development of Senior AHPs or those aspiring to take on this role. Senior AHPs are defined as those with responsibility for leading and managing services and/or teams Senior AHPs work at level 6 on The Career Framework for Health

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Leading Better Practice - Senior AHP Education and Development Framework The Framework identifies 13 capabilities Senior AHPs should be demonstrating within the following 4 domains: Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice Enhancing the patient/client/carer experience Managing and developing the performance of the team Contributing to the delivery of the organisation’s objectives

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Leading Better Practice - Senior AHP Education and Development Framework Purpose Senior AHPs –Plan their own learning and development (development needs assessment tool) –Support progression laterally and vertically within the Career framework NHS Boards, organisations and Managers –Encourage self development of Senior AHPs –Support development of current and future Senior AHPs as part of succession planning –Identify appropriate learning opportunities for individuals

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Leading Better Practice - Senior AHP Education and Development Framework Website provides a range of resources to support Senior AHP development Within each of the domains. Resources include: Learning activities Generic and AHP profession specific resources Learning and development programmes Sharing stories from practice

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Senior Charge Nurse Framework – Leading Better Care Leading Better Care establishes a national role framework for senior charge nurses (SCNs) working in hospital settings across NHS Scotland. The revised SCN role clearly defines a number of key roles, which include ensuring that SCNs are visible and accessible to patients and their carers. It also empowers SCNs to be clinical leaders and guardians of safety and quality in their area. The SCN role consists of 4 key areas: 1.Enhancing patients experience 2.Managing and developing the performance of the team 3.Contributing to the delivery of the organisations objectives 4.Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Advanced Practice Nursing Toolkit A UK wide repository for consistent, credible and helpful resources relating to advanced practice. UK wide Supports understanding of the advanced practice role Benchmarks the advanced practice level of practice Applies to specific roles across clinical practice, research, education and leadership.

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary AHP Advanced Practice Education and Development Framework (Musculoskeletal) A national initiative supporting the development of AHPs working at advanced practice level involved in the delivery of MSK services and those aspiring to this role Advanced practitioners are experienced professionals who have developed their skills and theoretical knowledge to a very high level which is supported by evidence. They perform a highly complex role and continually develop practice. Advanced practitioners work at level 7 on the Career Framework for Health

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary AHP Advanced Practice Education and Development Framework (Musculoskeletal) The framework provides national guidance on capabilities expected to undertake this role within the following pillars of practice –Clinical –Leadership –Facilitation of learning –Research and Evaluation The framework identifies what the roles, responsibilities, knowledge and skills are and what learning and development opportunities are available

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary AHP Advanced Practice Education and Development Framework (Musculoskeletal) Purpose Advanced practitioners –Plan their own learning and development ( development needs assessment tool) –Support progression laterally and vertically within the career framework NHS Boards and Managers –Support development of Advanced practitioners and succession planning of the AP workforce –Provides guidance to assist in developing PDPs and making a case for educational opportunities for staff Education providers –Inform strategic development of learning opportunities

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary AHP Advanced Practice Education and Development Framework (Musculoskeletal) Website provides a range of resources to support Advanced Practitioner development: Learning activities Profession specific resources Signposting to relevant formal educational solutions, learning resources and reference materials Sharing of best practice across the professions and health boards

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme The AHP Career Fellowship Scheme exists to support learning and development opportunities for the benefit of the AHP workforce across NHSScotland. The Scheme’s career framework levels priority areas for funding in 2010 to 2013 are AHP Healthcare Support Workers and Assistant Practitioners. AHP Careers Fellowship Scheme produces a quarterly newsletter which can be downloaded from the NES website health-professions/career-fellowship-scheme.aspx

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Clinical Academic Research Careers National guidance has been created to support the development of NMAHP Clinical Academic Research Careers (CARC). This approach aims to provide a consistent and sustainable structure to guide clinical research collaborations and role development. and-educators/clinical-academic-research-careers.aspx Clinical Education Careers A framework for Clinical Education Careers for Nurses in Scotland has been developed to enhance clinical education career opportunities and positively contribute to staff development, retention and the practice education experience of all staff.

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Practice Education Infrastructure The infrastructure for Practice Education within NHS Boards includes mentors, supervisors, clinical educators and practice development staff. This is supported by a national network of funded: –Nursing and Midwifery Practice Education Facilitators –Nursing and Midwifery Practice Educators –AHP’s Practice Education Leads

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary AHPs have Portfolios through their professional organisations

Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary

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Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland Multidisciplinary Thank you More information is available through the NES website at This presentation will be regularly updated