Transcript Using and Doing Steering Group Meeting: Progress to date

NIPEC Education Seminar
20th February 2008
Paddie Blaney
Chief Executive
• In event of an emergency
• Housekeeping
changes?
Education-side changes
• Appointment of Owen Barr as Head of Nursing
School at University of Ulster
Service-side changes
• Moira Davren, Co-director of Education & Learning,
Belfast H&SC Trust
• Elizabeth Graham, Head of Nursing Education &
Development, Northern H&SC Trust
• Bob Brown, Assistant Director of Nursing, Learning &
Development, South Eastern H&SC Trust
• Caroline Goldthorpe, Assistant Director of Nursing,
Workforce, Development and Training, Southern H&SC
Trust
• Brendan McGrath, Assistant Director of Nursing,
Workforce, Planning & Modernisation, Western H&SC
Trust
NIPEC –side changes
• This seminar last year we were transferring
NIPEC’s functions into the HSC Authority
• October 2007 there was unlikely to be any
substantive change until April 2009
• February 2008 consultation on retaining NIPEC
programme?
Brief
2.00 pm
Welcome
Introduction of the new HSC Trusts
2.30 pm
Summary of Outcomes of Monitoring Activities
2.50 pm
NMC Standards for Learning & Assessment in Practice
3.20 pm
Learning Needs Analysis
3.40 pm
Simulated Learning
-Overview NMC requirements
-Simulated Learning in Practice
4.15 pm
Open discussion
My apologies!
Brief
Education Seminar
20th February 2008
Summary of
Monitoring Activity
L Barrowman
Quality Assurance of DHSSPS Commissioned
Development and Education (Non-NMC Registered or
Recorded
NIPEC is responsible for Quality Assuring a
sample of the above activity agreed annually
with DHSSPS
The activity is taken forward as specified
within the Quality Assurance Framework
agreed with the DHSSPS
Quality Assurance of DHSSPS Commissioned
Development and Education (Non-NMC Registered or
Recorded
A set of ten underpinning principles have been
identified within the QA Framework against
which activities are assessed and involve :
– Transparency of the provider’s intentions
– Making best use of partnership working
– Demonstrating links with improving patient
and client care
– Providing value for money
Quality Assurance of DHSSPS Commissioned
Development and Education (Non-NMC Registered or
Recorded
All providers were monitored in relation to the
funded development, which involved :
– Reviewing documentation
– Meeting with the senior staff who coordinated the activity
– Meeting with a sample of staff who
participated in the activity and their
managers
– Writing a report
Monitoring activities 2006-2007
– Family Planning & Reproductive Sexual
Health Short Course – Queen’s University,
Belfast
– Preparation of Supervisor of Midwives –
Queen’s University, Belfast
– Rheumatology Multi Disciplinary Short
Course – University of Ulster
– Eating Disorders Multi Disciplinary Short
Course– University of Ulster
Monitoring activities 2006-2007
– Mediation Advanced Course – Royal College
of Nursing
– Paediatric Leadership Programme – Royal
Group of Hospitals Trust
– Principles for Adult Intensive Care Nursing
Short Course: – Beeches Management
Centre
– Theatre Nursing Short Course – Educare
Summary of outcomes
All providers demonstrated an open and
transparent manner
Overall activities demonstrated that
participants were satisfied
A number of issues were identified for
individual provider’s attention
A number of recommendations were made to
the DHSSPS for consideration
Recommendations and considerations
To demonstrate links between the activity and
improved patient/client care it was
recommended that:
– all activities should include an assessment
of practice outcome
– follow-up questionnaires should be issued
to managers and participants 6 months
following the activity
Recommendations and considerations
It was recommended that partnership working
should be strengthened
It was also noted that more attention should be
given to providing clear documentation to
evidence planning, delivery and evaluation of
development of practice activities
Monitoring for 2007-2008
Short Courses
UU – Short Course in Diabetic Care
BHSCT – Musgrave Park Hospital Casting
Course
Stand Alone Modules
BHSCT– Intensive Care Nursing accredited
by QUB
BMC – Professional Issues in Nursing
Educare – Infection Control in Clinical
Practice
Monitoring for 2007-2008
Other Courses
International Association of Infant Massage
– Baby Massage
RCN – Fostering a culture of effectiveness
through practice development
Monitoring for 2007-2008
Development of Practice
WHSCT - Altnagelvin Hospital Legacy Trust
Band 5 nurses developing competencies for
the role of ward sister or ward manager
WHSCT - Foyle Legacy Trust leadership
programmes for band 6/7 and band 5 nurses
SHSCT leadership programme for ward
managers and team leaders
Monitoring for 2007-2008
Development of Practice
BHSCT - N&W legacy Trust district nurses
strategic development in integrated
multidisciplinary team working.
BHSCT - RGH legacy Trust ENT Practice
Development programme
BHSCT - RGH legacy Trust RHSC Leadership
programme
Education Seminar
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NIPEC Project
NMC Standards
to Support Learning and Assessment
in Practice
L Barrowman
N Walker
NIPEC Project
DHSSPS requested that NIPEC project
manage the work required to implement the
NMC Standards in Northern Ireland.
It was agreed to use a regional approach to
the implementation
NIPEC Project
• A Steering Group was set up to oversee the
work chaired by Eleanor Hayes
• A Project Group was set up to take forward
the work in the stakeholder organisations,
chaired by L Barrowman
• Both groups has representation from
Independent and Health and Social Care
Service and Education Providers
• A project plan was agreed
• Project Officers were funded by the DHSSPS
Communication Strategy
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NIPEC web-site www.nipec.n-i.nhs.uk
Bulletins
Face to face meetings
Email
Phone
Key work areas
Three key areas were taken forward through
the project;
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Mapping current mentors and practice
teachers against NMC Standards
Setting up local registers of mentors and
practice teachers
Developing mentor programmes
We will be providing an update of the
current position
Mapping mentors and practice teachers
• Mapping tools were developed to facilitate
this
• Phase 1 ending September 2007
• Phase 2 ending February 2008
• Current position
• HSC Trusts
• Independent Sector
• Scoping exercise early March 2008
Local Registers – ‘setting up’
• HRMS used as the platform
• Current position
• Service providers
• Education providers
Mentor and Practice Teacher Preparation
• Underpinning principles www.nipec.n-i.nhs.uk
• Regional mentor programme developed which has
been approved by HLSP on behalf of NMC
• Practice Teacher programme being taken forward by
ECG in collaboration with University of Ulster
• Mentors and practice teachers who successfully
complete the programme will be entered on the local
Register of mentors and practice teachers
Ongoing Implementation and Management
• The Project managed the implementation of
the NMC Standards
• Service and education programme providers
will be responsible for the on-going
implementation and establishing quality
assurance systems to monitor compliance
• Responsibilities paper
• Handbook for ward managers
• Final Report and Evaluation
Infrastructure to support learning in practice
• NIPEC Practice Placement Project (NIPEC,
2003) recommended the development of an
infrastructure in Trusts to support learning in
practice
• DHSSPS Report of the Working Group
convened to Review an Infrastructure to
Support Learning in Practice (DHSSPS, 2007)
made further recommendations
Infrastructure to support learning in practice
DHSSPS has now agreed to provide funding
for an infrastructure in the Trusts
Funding will be available from August 2008
One million pounds year 1 (August 07 to
April 08) and two million pounds recurring
thereafter
An implementation group is being
established to take this forward
Education Seminar
20th February 2007
Learning Needs Analysis
Brendan McGrath
Lesley Barrowman
Work-force competence
• Trusts are in the business of delivering high
quality care to their patients and clients
• To do this requires nurses and midwives who
are knowledgeable and competent
• Learning and development requirements of
individuals and groups of staff should be
based on accurate identification of need.
Learning and Development Needs
Processes for identification of learning and
development needs are at varying stages of
sophistication across the HSC Trusts and may
involve:
– a quick and dirty approach often as a
response to the annual ECG commissioning
activity
– a systematic process related to service
development
– many variations between.
Learning Needs Analysis – What is it?
Learning and development needs can be
better identified using a structured process.
LNA is a systematic process of gathering
information to see if there are any gaps in the
existing skills, knowledge and attitude of
nurses and midwives to equip them to deliver
care to the standard required to meet service
objectives.
Learning Needs Analysis – What is it?
LNA involves gathering information about the
current capabilities of nurses and midwives in
specific clinical locations, determining the
current requirements and analysis of the
implications of new and changed roles.
Learning Needs Analysis
LNA needs to be considered within a short,
medium and long-term strategic framework
informed by
– the overall strategic developments in the
HSCNI
– the service objectives of the organisation
and how each part of the organisation
contributes to this
– the competencies and skill sets required
to meet Trust and departmental outputs
Learning Needs Analysis
The staff profile of each clinical facility will drive
the process in relation to
– The roles and capabilities required to meet
service objectives (person specifications/ job
profiles)
– Capabilities of staff in post
– Gaps between capabilities and requirements
– Identification of learning needs and how they
may be met (PDP)
Learning Needs Analysis
NIPEC has been considering how it may help
Trusts in relation to this very difficult area of
activity, underpinned by an approach to
learning that values all types of learning.
A meeting of education leads is being
proposed later in the year to take this forward.
Learning Needs Analysis
NIPEC has already undertaken some work with
the NI Hospice and the WHSCT.
This has involved activities with key staff to
inform them about LNA and facilitating a
workshop at WHSCT with Brendan McGrath.
A summary of the LNA activities in the Western
Trust is being presented by Brendan McGrath.
Education seminar 20th February 2008
Simulated learning: overview of NMC
requirements
L Barrowman
NMC Simulated Learning Practice Project
A Project was carried out by NMC to develop
standards for the use of simulated learning.
A Pilot Study was carried out between
October 2006 to January 2007 across 13 pilot
sites
NMC Simulated Learning Practice Project
Providers were permitted to use up to 7
days (or equivalent) of practice time for
simulated learning whilst adhering to
predetermined principles
The project outcomes were evaluated
using a common data set developed
from NMC standards
NMC Simulated Learning Practice Project
The findings were overwhelmingly positive and
supported the following:
– Helps students achieve learning outcomes
– Provides students with learning
opportunities which are not possible in the
clinical setting
– Help increase student confidence in
approaching clinical situations
NMC Simulated Learning Practice Project
The full report published in December 2007 is
available to download from the NMC web-site
www.nmc-uk.org
The NMC has now published a circular
(36/2007) - Supporting direct care through
simulated practice learning in pre-registration
nursing education
NMC Circular 36/2007
The circular sets out the arrangements for
using simulated practice learning and permits
programme providers to use a maximum of
300 hours of the 2300 practice hours to
provide clinical training within a simulated
practice environment …..
NMC Circular 36/2007
The practice learning environment requires to
be audited using a set of 5 principles set out
in the circular
Providers will require an amendment to their
programmes to introduce this type of learning
Local providers already use simulated
learning within the theory element to enhance
learning
Presentations
This presentation will be
available for download at
http://www.nipec.n-i.nhs.uk/presentations