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Transferable skills. Chris Plant PMU. Purpose. To ensure that NHS Wales maximises the talents of its staff with regard to AfC To reflect on new/improved skills developed during the project To consider roles to which these skills might be suited, both now and in the future.
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Transferable skills Chris Plant PMU
Purpose • To ensure that NHS Wales maximises the talents of its staff with regard to AfC • To reflect on new/improved skills developed during the project • To consider roles to which these skills might be suited, both now and in the future
New/ Improved skills (1) Communication skills • Creating newsletters • Establishing Web Sites • Producing briefing documents, reports, policies Presentation skills • Creating presentations • Giving presentations • Fielding questions • Delivering training (your own and someone else’s)
New/ Improved Skills (2) Organisational skills - planning to meet deadline after deadline (or sometimes explaining why you haven’t!) - Developing project plans - Adjusting project plans - Understanding the impact of changes - “managing upwards”: keeping your bosses informed and getting decisions from them - Establishing systems, processes
New/Improved Skills (3) Influencing/ Negotiation skills - For agreeing deadlines - In policy discussions - In meetings (e.g. agreeing courses of action) - “political” awareness of local, national and UK issues, and of different organisations… and using this to gain leverage or manage expectations locally
New/Improved Skills (4) Interpersonal skills - “Learning to play nicely” (Project leads, staff reps, all panels) - Dealing with conflict/tensions - Challenging and questioning - Building cases for change - Networking skills IT skills - Excel - Power Point - Word - CAJE, e-KSF (ESR)
What else have you learnt? • Job Matching • Job Analysis • Job Evaluation • T&C • KSF • What your organisation looks like and how it works • What other staff do all day (from JD’s, questions) • … and this knowledge is still not widespread: do NOT underestimate your own knowledge!!
Possible applications for these skills Task roles – what carries on? • JM, JA and JE – for new and changed roles • Policy lead roles (USH, on call, annual leave, sleep ins, Annex O arrangements) plus existing policies to get them AfC compliant • T&C lead roles – to educate “others” • Trainers for JA/JE/JM • KSF advisers – outline writers, Directorate/ Division based champions, policy advisers, consistency checkers, reviewers • Staff representatives &HR staff – partnership champions, organisational change advisers
Possible Applications (cont’d) Organisational roles • Workforce modernisers • Service redesign roles • Learning representatives • ESR project lead • Systems administrators (JE, KSF and ESR) • Other project roles
Summary • NHS Wales has developed hundreds of staff in ways which have radically altered and enhanced their skills sets. • By thinking creatively about the roles into which these staff may be developed/ deployed, NHS Wales may continue to harness the talent, knowledge and experience associated with the new and lasting arrangements that are embodied in Agenda for Change. • The ball is in your court, as individuals and as organisations • Use the KSF framework to assess and reflect on your own skills