Extended Scope of Practice – Physiotherapists in the Emergency Departments, Lead Organisations

1. Extended Scope of Practice ProjectsRequest For Proposal Information SessionTuesday 28 February 2012, 10.00 - 11.30 am Extended Scope of Practice – Physiotherapists in the Emergency Departments, Lead Organisations (HWA-RFP/2011/007)

2. Information session outline Session 1: Tuesday, 28 February 10.00 -11.30pm Rules and conduct of the Webinar Information session (1 hour) Webinar scheduled for 1 hour 0  -  25min   Webinar conduct & HWA presentation 25 - 45min    Q&A session questions submitted prior 45 - 60min    Open Q&A items posted during Webinar. All participants on mute for first part Posting questions – via the control panel. Recorded & lodged on HWA website afterwards If you log out by mistake: revisit registration confirmation email

3. Agenda: RFP 007 General issues for extended scope of practice reform across all four Request for Proposals (RFPs) Issues specific to this RFP Access to recording of the session Q&A on the HWA Extended Scope of Practice Reform webpage

4. Request for Proposal (RFP) • You have expressed interest in HWA -ESPL -RFP 007 • General: all proposals required by 2pm Australian Central Daylight Time 09 March - submit completed template (Section 3 of RFP) • Information provision will continue via FAQ section on website • Workforce focus; extended scope of practice of physiotherapists in the Emergency Department • Themes: National trend of increasing presentations to the Emergency Department and related workforce issues.

5. General workforce and workload issues Context: Increasing number of presentations to Emergency Departments Overcrowding issues Workforce issues – support for FACEMS Issues in delivering the national 4 hour rule Strategy and objective: Develop innovative extended scope of practice roles and use the current workforce more productively for more responsive service. Drive large scale adoption. Implement successful models based on evidence – ESOP project + existing jurisdictional initiatives- develop toolkits for national dissemination of successful models. - barriers to change: Professional protectionism, on going financial support, legislation

6. RFP: Lead Organisation projects Broad requirements: • Existing model of extended scope physiotherapist in ED that demonstrate improved productivity. • Ability to support and mentor implementation sites to successfully establish the service model during the project life span. • Ability to further develop the existing model • Development of toolkits and implementation guidelines for national dissemination. • Management of internal cross professional relationships • External – Management of partnership arrangements with implementation sites

7. Project management Funding agreements: three-stage approach to implementing evidence of redesigned workforce models Stage 1 – Setup: Period of time to be agreed with HWA to set up the evidence based and agreed model for implementation and evaluation framework against set criteria in the RFP. Stage 2 – Implementation: implement and monitor the model for at least twelve months. Stage 3 – Evaluation structured evaluation process that HWA will develop in partnership with the organisations and a selected evaluation consultant for common and specific outputs and outcomes

8. How do we expect you to work together? Work closely with HWA via a variety of mechanisms to achieve optimal redesign and diffusion of knowledge Work with evaluation consultant on the development of evaluation methodology and internal KPIs. Lead organisation: Having a training, lead and/or mentoring role through having an established working model. Internal partnering with your own stakeholders. Attendance at up to four workshops for knowledge management and to drive shared redesign / reform approaches in your RFP group Demonstration of sustainability beyond funding ; determination of what is required for large scale adoption Sound multidisciplinary governance arrangements for this proposal

9. Anticipated outcomes & evaluation • Workforce Innovation: Implementation of new and innovative roles to support the existing workforce and service delivery requirements. • Workforce productivity: Workflow impacts particularly on medical practitioners. • Models of flexible workforce configuration (balance of Medical/ Allied Health staff); • Workforce responsiveness: increased and continuous access to supply of right services, first time; • Workforce flexibility: models of workforce practice adaptable and flexible to future change;

10. HWA RFP – ESPL - 007

11. Implementation Sites • A separate RFP process will be held for Implementation sites for the project following the completion of this process and once the Lead Organisations have been selected. • There will be up to 4 Implementation sites with separate funding allocations to those allocations for the Lead Organisations. • There is the option in this RFP for the Lead Organisation to identify or nominate a proposed partner Implementation site(s) if required.

12. HWA RFP Information Session • Posted questions pre- webinar • Your questions posted during the information session • Q&A on webpage - per specific RFP HWA_ESPL_RFP1@hwa.gov.au, or - general ESOP@hwa.gov.au