Transcript The transferable skills framework

THE TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS FRAMEWORK
Chrystalla Ferrier
St. Mary’s Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
DOES THE POSSESSION OF
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS MAKE A
BETTER BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST?
TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS
KEY SKILLS
14+ KEY SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS
Main Key Skills
 Communication
 Application of Number
 Information and Communication Technology
Wider Key Skills
 Working with others
 Improving own learning and performance
 Problem solving
HEALTH CARE PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
DEGREE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION (QAA) BENCHMARKS
Degree Course
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Audiology ,Arts Therapy,
Clinical Psychology,
Clinical sciences, Dental
Care Professions,
Dietetics, Health visiting,
Midwifery, Nursing,
Occupational Therapy,
Operating Department
Practice, Orthoptics,
Paramedic Science,
Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Prosthetics and Orthotics,
Radiography, Speech and
Language Therapy
Skills common to all
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Information gathering
Problem solving
Communication
Numeracy
Information Technology
COMMON TO ALL NHS AGENDA
FOR CHANGE EMPLOYEES
Job
Evaluation
Terms and
Conditions
Agenda
for
Change
Knowledge
and Skills
Framework
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
Defining the expectations of each post within a
number of predefined Core and Specific
Dimensions
 Level of complexity and specification of areas of
application
 Achievement/evidence of knowledge and skills
eventually on e-KSF and therefore electronic
staff records
 Links with Learning Management Systems
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KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
Record transferable to any NHS employer
 Linked to Annual Performance Review
 ?Flexibility for the creation of new roles
 ?Flexibility for transfer to different NHS roles
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KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
Core Dimensions
1 Communication
 2 Personal and people development
 3 Health, safety and security
 4 Service improvement
 5 Quality
 6 Equality and diversity
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KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
24 Specific Dimensions many of which will apply to
a wide range of professions e.g.
 Information and Knowledge - IK1, IK2 and IK3
 Learning and Development - G1
 People Management - G6
 Products to meet health and wellbeing needs HWB10
FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS
KSF
HPC STANDARDS
OF CONDUCT,
PERFORMANCE
AND ETHICS
HPC STANDARDS
OF PROFICIENCY
IBMS CERTIFICATE OF
COMPETENCE REGISTRATION
PORTFOLIO AND SPECIALIST
DIPLOMAS
Mapping Teaching/Training to KSF
and Portfolio Standards
KSF and Version 3 IBMS CoC Portfolio Mapping for 2008 Tutorials
KSF Dimension
TUTORIAL
The IBMS Certificate of Competence
Registration Portfolio
Registration Portfolio
Standards
Assignment Details
1a.1a, 1a.5a
Quiz
Core 2
The HPC and IBMS
Core 1 - 6
Storage and Archiving of Pathology Records
and Specimens/The Human Tissue Act
Core 2, 3
Clinical Pathology Accreditation
Core 2, 5
1a.1c
Core 1 – 3, 5, 6,
IK1, 2
1a.1b, 1a.3a – b, 1b.3f
Core 2, 6
1a.2 a – b
Quiz
Core 2
1a.6d
Quiz
Core 1, 2
1a.6a – f
Quiz
1a.7a – d, 2b.3a
Quiz
Data Protection and Caldicott
Equal Opportunities
Departmental Structures
Limits of Practice and Referral
Workload Management/European Working
Time Directive
Core 2, 3, 5
1a.1b, 1a.4a – c
Quiz and short
assignment
Quiz
MCQ
Waste Disposal
Core 2, 3
1a.1b, 1a.1d, 3a.3g
Quiz
Health and Safety 1
Core 2, 3
1a.8a – d, 3a.3a – i
Quiz
Health and Safety 2
Core 2, 3
1a.8a – d, 3a.3a – i
Quiz
Core 2
1a.8d, 2b.1g
Quiz
Core 1, 2, 6
1b.3a – f, 1b.4a
MCQ
Core 1, 2
1b.1a – c, 1b.2a – c
Quiz
Core 1, 2, IK1, 2
2b.2c, 2b.5a - g
Quiz
Continuing Professional Development/KSF
Customer Service on the Telephone
Laboratory Links
Pathology IT Systems
HPC CPD REQUIREMENTS
First audit of Biomedical Scientists November
2009
 Record of continuous CPD activity
 Mixture of activities that aim to improve
the quality of the service and benefit the
service user
 Link to KSF Evidence
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ONE PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO
Meeting job requirements
KSF Evidence
Benefit to the quality of service
Benefit to service users (department)
HPC CPD Evidence
IBMS ACCREDITED
BSC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
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QAA benchmark statement for BSc Biomedical
Science
Key transferable skills including :
 communication
 information technology
 numeracy (including the preparation, processing,
interpretation and presentation of data)
 data analysis
 negotiating skills
IBMS ACCREDITED
BSC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Discipline and subject-specific skills associated
with laboratory practice including :
 safe handling of specimens
 sample preparations
 aseptic techniques,
 liquid handling
 use of relevant instrumentation taking into
account such factors as accuracy, calibration,
precision and replicability, accurate
interpretation of patient data and problem
solving
IBMS ACCREDITED
BSC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Research skills including:
 ethics
 governance
 audit
 experimental design
 statistical analysis
 literature searching
 critical appraisal of literature
 scientific communication
IBMS CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE
REGISTRATION PORTFOLIO
Generic
 Interpretation of HPC Standards of Proficiency
for Biomedical Scientists
 Evidence from single or multiple pathology
disciplines
 Mapping of degree modules and expected
workplace outcomes for HPC approved degrees
and IBMS accredited co terminus/integrated
degrees
 A new generation of biomedical scientists with
broad underpinning knowledge
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IBMS SPECIALIST DIPLOMAS
Reinforcement of generic knowledge and skills in
section 6:
6.1 Professional Roles and Relationships
 6.2 Health and Safety
 6.3 Receipt and Processing of Samples
 6.4 Laboratory Computer System
 6.5 Laboratory Equipment
 6.6 Quality Assurance
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PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES
TODAY – What has changed?
Workload
Regulation
More Automation
 More Cross- Discipline Platform Technology
 More Information Technology
 More External Audit
 More Staff Training and Development
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Technology
Increased automation (Levels 1 to 4)
 Cross discipline skills automation skills
 Cross discipline platform technology –
immunoassay, PCR
 Expertise and transferable skills in immunoassay
and PCR
 Does technology based expertise impact on ability
to interpret patient results?
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Laboratory Accreditation
Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA)
 Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory
Agency (MHRA)
 Good Laboratory Practice/Good Clinical
Practice/Good Manufacturing Practice
(GLP/GCP/GMP)
 Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
 European Federation of Immunological Societies
(EFIS)
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Training
CPA Training Standards/periodic competency
assessment post initial training
 IBMS Training Status Approval for laboratories
 Evidence-based requirement for pre and post
registration IBMS qualifications
 Authentication of evidence
 Ideal input from lots of staff members
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Information Technology
Increased requirements to match increased
automation
 Electronic communication with more users
 NHS Connecting for Health, Care Records
Service
 Electronic Staff Records
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Post Registration Qualifications for
Biomedical Scientist Staff
MSc courses
 Discipline specific
 Generic aspects
 Combination of both
 Requirements for transferable knowledge and
skills
 At expense of discipline specific scientific and
clinical knowledge
 Choice of modules
 How much choice?
Over to you?
REFERENCES
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www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/QualificationsExplained/
DG_10039028
www.keyskills4u.com/tests
www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/statements/Biomed
icalscience07.asp
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Publications
PolicyAndGuidance/DH_4090843
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www.mhra.gov.uk
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www.cpa-uk.co.uk
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www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk
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Automated Immunoassay Analysers. Wheeler, M. Annals of Clinical
Biochemistry; May 2001;38;page 217