Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Allied Health Profession Scotland Lynne Lewis Skills for Health

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Aims of the session To inform delegates of the role and remit of the Sector Skills Council. To demonstrate the range of competence application tools available on the web site.

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Agenda Role of Skills for Health Sector Qualification Strategy Competences Skills for Health Tools Demonstration Exercise – Create folders and lists KSF search- Demonstration Exercise – Create a Competence Based Role Profile Exercise – Create a Competence Based Team Profile Exercise - Perform a team assessment

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Role of Skills for Health Formed with the backing of the four UK health departments, independent health sector, voluntary organisations and staff associations. Licensed in 2004 as the Sector Skills Council for Health by the Sector Skills Development Agency under the Department for Education and Skills, now the UK Commission for Employment & Skills. One of 25 SSC’s licensed by UK Commission for Employment and Skills

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Remit of Skills for Health Develop and manage national occupational standards Profile the UK workforce Identify and articulate sector workforce needs Improve workforce skills Influence education and training supply Work closely with health sector employers and our stakeholders

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Sector Qualification Strategy Requirement of UK Commission for Education and Skills Strategy to develop qualifications that meet sector needs- review, rationalize, improve Responds to changes in policy, priorities and strategies Vision offering skills that employers want and learners need to secure and maintain employment

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland National Workforce Competences Descriptors of the performance criteria, knowledge and understanding that are required to perform work activities: Outcome based Activity based i.e. about the function being performed – not the person performing it e.g. obtain a venous blood sample Patient Centred Nationally (UK) agreed The basis of National Occupational Standards

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Use of Competences Workforce design Recruitment and selection Induction Appraisal Personal & Team development Education & training design Career development Succession planning

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Who can use competences Employers: Assist with designing, planning and developing your workforce. Create Role and team profiles to perform skills mix and team assessments leading to training needs analysis and succession planning Employees: Compile a list of the competences you already have and to identify which you need to gain for your personal and professional development. Assist with NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework. Awarding bodies/ Education and training providers: Design learning programmes around clusters of competences to create qualifications at a variety of levels for the entire health sector workforce.

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Skills for Health Tools- demonstration and overview My Lists The Competence search tool Career Framework tool The NHS KSF mapping tool The Health Functional Map tool The assessment tools Self assessment Team assessment

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland SfH Tools -Use of Tools Individual, team or service design Team and organisational development Appraisal and personal development Work based assessment of competences Performance management Recruitment and selection Induction planning Career planning and management Training and development programmes Development of a skills audit

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland SfH Tools-What can tools enable you to do? Create and save lists of competences Add, copy, move and delete competences Create folders for storing your lists Move lists around your folders Send lists and folders to other people Create job descriptions Print your lists Export your lists to word

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland My Lists Store unique collection of competences for any purpose e.g. Competence lists relating to role/team profiles. Note: This replaces the original role profile, learning profile and competence cluster tools previously available

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Exercise – Create folders and lists Handouts – exercise 1. Create folders and lists.

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland The Knowledge and Skills Framework Competence mapping tool. Enables the use of KSF outlines of a specific post to select and find competences that are mapped to post dimensions or levels Note: Knowledge and Skills Framework links are indicative links

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland KSF Search - Demonstration Core. Communication L3 Core. people and personal development L3 Core. Health, Safety and Security.L2 Core. Service Improvement. L2 Core. Quality.L3 Core. Equality. L2 HWB6. Assessment & Treatment Planning. L3 IK2. Information collection & analysis. L2 G6. People Management. L2

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Exercise – Create a competence based role profile Exercise 2 Handout Three post outlines: Radiography Team Leader Head III Occupational Therapist - BGH - Band 7 Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist - Podiatry- Band 7

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Exercise – create a competence based team profile Create a new folder – name this “Team Profiles.” Create a new list – name this “AHP team profile 1” and save this in the folder named “team profiles.” Search and enter competences that you feel would be applicable to the AHP team – bearing in mind the patient pathway. Save these competences in the list named “AHP team profile 1.”

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Exercise – perform a team assessment Click on team assessment Select the “AHP team profile 1” from the drop down menu Click on the box beside all three role profiles within the AHP folder. Click on “view team assessment as a matrix.”

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Uses of Competence lists. Moving Copying Deleting Exporting to word Exporting to word titles only Creation of a job description Print titles and summaries Print all competences

Maximising the Potential of the AHP Workforce in NHSScotland Contact Details Lorna Hunter Lead Manager for Scotland Lynne Lewis Manager for Wales