Post Registration Career Framework Northern Ireland Update

Progress to date Workshops Advanced practice Career framework & pathways Zones of service delivery Learning and development framework Issues Healthcare assistant / support workers Assistant practitioners Advanced practice Education & workforce planning Clinical research careers Nurse consultants

Health and Wellbeing Elements ; public health mental health promotion, community development, health education, health protection, health screening and so on. Current workforce context; likely to include some aspects of practice nurse roles, maternal and child care, health visiting and occupational nursing services and include community development initiatives such as Sure Start Future workforce characteristics, competencies and attributes; community development activity, tackling inequalities, delivery of ‘wellness’ care, screening and health education knowledge of population demographics and epidemiology

Elective, Urgent and Critical Care Elements would be currently recognised as elective surgery, critical interventions, crisis intervention, rapid response and emergency care. Current workforce context; Likely to include accident and emergency nursing, some aspects of treatment room nurses, day procedure, acute care at home teams (ACAHT), general medical wards, mental health intensive and high dependency care, critical maternity intervention Future workforce characteristics, competencies and attributes; technological know how, safety and quality practices, early recognition capacity and critical intervention skills.

Continuing Care and Support elements would be currently recognised as the care of children with complex needs, end of life care, severe and enduring mental illness, chronic disease management, dementia services and challenging behaviours. Current workforce context; Likely to include palliative care nurses, respiratory nurse specialists, community psychiatric nurses, cognitive behavioural therapists, stroke nursing services and district nursing services Future workforce characteristics, competencies and attributes; self-care promotion, technological application, co-ordination of care, information management, end of life care and so on

Recognising the Potential / Shaping the Future / What if: Shared understanding of role expectations Recognise workforce capability and develop flexibility in the workforce to meet future needs Provide careers advice – to service and individual Allow employers to develop local solutions to meet training and development needs Framework of competences appropriate to Band & compatible with KSF based on NSF & Standards