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The Knowledge and Skills Framework – Moving Forward for Members, Moving Forward with Employers

The Knowledge and Skills Framework – Moving Forward for Members, Moving Forward with Employers. Gary Kirwan RCN Employment Relations Adviser, Member of the NHS KSF Group. WHAT’S NEW!. Web pages and information on KSF redesigned Redesigned Q&A section

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The Knowledge and Skills Framework – Moving Forward for Members, Moving Forward with Employers

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  1. The Knowledge and Skills Framework – Moving Forward for Members, Moving Forward with Employers Gary Kirwan RCN Employment Relations Adviser, Member of the NHS KSF Group

  2. WHAT’S NEW! • Web pages and information on KSF redesigned • Redesigned Q&A section • Downloadable guides- Essential Guide for NHS Staff and Essential Guide For NHS Boards • E-KSF Factsheet • Version 6 e- KSF. • Go to www.nhsemployers.org/pay-conditions

  3. The NHS KSF Part of Agenda for Change but also • Service redesign • Organisational development • Clinical and corporate governance • Lifelong Learning • Continuous service improvement • Staff empowerment • Staff involvement

  4. Why do It ?What’s in it for Patients and Staff?. . • to improve patient care - through higher average knowledge and skill levels, and a reduction in both adverse incidents and patient complaints due to poor standards of service • to increase the number of patients treated and the speed in which this happens - with pay reform contributing directly to delivery of shorter waiting times for patients in all aspects of NHS care

  5. Why Do It?What’s in it for Patients and Staff? • to increase morale – higher staff satisfaction with remuneration and careers, reduction in sickness and absence, more staff actively involved in continuous service improvement • to support and facilitate innovation, more sharing of tasks between team members and a greater number of staff in extended roles

  6. Modernisation (AfC) as a process of continuous improvement Personal Development Pay Progression Career Development Job / Role (Re) Design JD/Person Spec Improved Performance Patient Needs Knowledge & Skills Framework Job Evaluation Pay Band

  7. Benefits of the KSF Do staff know what you want them to do? What is the purpose of this post? The KSF post outline What affect has the learning had on practice? Evaluation Improving the health of the public and patient care through the NHS KSF How well does the individual apply their knowledge and skills and what are the gaps? KSF development review Develop individuals to improve services Learning - formal and informal How can we best address the gaps & develop individuals’ knowledge and skills? Personal Development Plan (PDP)

  8. Is this still reality for some?

  9. Where are we now? • three quarter of a million users signed up to e-ksf • 85,000 active users in November 2007 • 166,300 outlines created on e-ksf • 80,000 PDPs recorded. • In Scotland 25% staff covered by outlines, 60% in Wales, England over 90% • However Trusts in England not responding to monitoring in the full(!!)

  10. Revalidation of non-medical health professionals TRUST, ASSURANCE AND SAFETY THE REGULATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (S 2.34) ‘Within the English NHS, information gathered under the Knowledge and Skills Framework should be used as far as possible as the basis of revalidation with any additional requirements justified by risk analysis’. Secretary of State for Health, February 2007

  11. Key Messages • Be clear about what your services need to deliver • Be clear about the standard and quality of service that you want to deliver • Be clear about how your staff need to work differently • Embed this change in KSF post outlines

  12. Embedding the KSF – Top 10 • Involve Senior Management • Make it a SMART objective • Plan it (and just do it!) • Identify KSF Champions • Share - don’t re-invent the wheel • Use the e-KSF • Partnership • Policies and Procedures • It’s not rocket science, and….

  13. Embedding the KSF – Top 10 – the gold standard 10. Understand why you are doing it: • To identify the knowledge and skills needed to deliver high quality services • To check that staff are able to apply these skills • To ensure gaps are filled • To allow pay progression to operate

  14. In order to • Improve :- • productivity, • service delivery, • governance, • future workforce planning, • motivation, • patient care • Supports revalidation • Don’t be ground down by Apathy! • “You cannot solve new problems with old principles”

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