Supporting AHP Career and Role Development across the Career
Framework for Health
Dr Valerie BlairProgramme Director (AHP Careers)
Modernising AHP Careers
What are some of the challenges and opportunities facing the AHP workforce?
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Positives and negatives?
•Ever changing working environment•Changing priorities – national and local•Financial Envelopes•New ways of working•Extending roles•New technologies
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Challenges and opportunities
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What do staff need to overcome the challenges and benefit from opportunities ?
Possible replies
• Good support
• Good manager
• Support from colleagues
• Opportunities to learn
• Opportunities to develop
• Opportunities to expand role
Possible replies
•Your Board/ Employer (formal and informal)• Higher Education• NHS Education for Scotland• SIGs• Professional Bodies• Voluntary sector• Independent providers
Think about
How do you find a development opportunity for you or your staff?
Consider: • Role• Level on the Career Framework for Health• Pillar of Practice• Area of Practice
Development at different levels
Pillars
• Clinical
• Facilitating Learning
• Leadership
• Research
Leadership
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Clinical Pillar National Priorities
For example:
•Dementia•Children and Young People•AHP Advanced Practice Education and Development Framework (MSK)•Effective Practitioner – professionalism, food fluid and nutrition , e-health etc
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Facilitating Learning Pillar
•AHP PEL Development Volumes•Practice Placement Agreements•Quality Standards for Practice Placements•Mentorship and Supervision study NES wide
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Leadership Pillar For example:
•Senior AHP Education and development Framework•SKILLS MAXIMISATION TOOLKIT•Ready4work
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Research and Evaluation Pillar For example:
•Clinical Academic Research Careers•Flying Start NHS•Effective Practitioner•Advanced Practice Education and Development Framework
Guidance Across all pillars and all levels
NES Post Registration Career Development Framework for NMAHPs in Scotland
Modernising Careers
Supporting AHP Career and Role Development across the Framework for Health
NES AHP Educational Strategy
•Supporting the changing needs of the AHP workforce
•Supporting AHPs to use learning resources in the work place
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