An EU Leonardo funded project

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An EU Leonardo funded project Intergenerational
Portfolio Management
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• The Project Aims are to
• Review attitudes and practices regarding older
  nurses
• Support workforce planning
• Develop a more flexible and adaptable workforce
• Support ongoing professional development of
  nurses and health care assistants

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• Benefits for the Medway NHS Trust
• An enthusiastic, motivated and committed
  workforce
• Younger and older employees working effectively
  together
• Improved patient care
• Increased patient satisfaction, health and
  wellbeing
• An age diverse strategy on recruitment,
  development and retention of workers
• A more cohesive and focused professional
  development plan

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• Benefits to HR and Managers
• A more cohesive workforce
• Improved team working and sharing of skills
• Identification of the training needs of nurses
• Strategies in workforce planning and retention
• Strategies in supporting older nurses in working
  to longer

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• Benefits for Nurses
• Increased job satisfaction
• Greater skill sharing in the work environment
• Individual skills recognised and valued
• More harmonious working environment
• Opportunity to identify training needs
• Career planning adapted for longer working lives

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• Pilot Project
• Timing March July 2007
• Overall IPM Process
• Consultation with HR and Head of Dept
• Establish nurse partnerships
• Workshop for nurses on portfolio development and
  mentoring
• Nurse partnership meetings (six)
• Workshop Portfolio development
• Workshop Evaluation and review

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Detailed Pilot Process

• Introductory Workshop for nurses on IPM Pilot and
  mentoring
• Nurse partnership meetings (2) introductory, job
  satisfactions/dissatisfactions
• Nurse partnership meetings (2) job evaluation
  -strengths and weaknesses, professional
  development and training attended, current
  work-life balance
• Workshop on Portfolio development
• Nurse partnership meetings (2) training and
  development needs for the future
• Workshop on Evaluation and review

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• The IPM
• Involves older and younger nurses working
  together - co mentoring
• Identifying formal and informal learning skills
  and competencies
• Identifying needs
• Mutual learning
• Complements existing appraisal and training
  systems

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PORTFOLIO development

• A portfolio is a summary of achievements,
  formal and informal, inside and outside the work
  environment. It is also the reflection on
  personal development and future training-needs.

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• The overview of the portfolio can include
• Curriculum Vitae
• Education and training degree, certificate or
  diploma
• Competences developed
• Job-related skills
• Prior learning and skill-development
• Skills developed outside the work environment

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Mentoring

• creating a positive discussion situation
• conducting a learning and supportive conversation
• developing skills in communication through
  questioning, listening, giving feedback and
  managing conflict
• identifying competencies and skills
• collecting materials and evidence for the
  portfolio
• constructing an e-portfolio
• identifying learning and development needs