Overview of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework

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Overview of the NHS Knowledge and Skills
Framework
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NHS KSF Principles

• NHS-wide
• Partnership
• Development
• Equity

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NHS KSF - Main Purpose

• Provide an NHS-wide framework that can be used
  consistently across the service to support
• personal development in post
• career development
• service development

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NHS KSF - Development

• Developed by joint management and staff side
  group working in partnership
• Used existing competences to inform development
• Tested with different staff groups
• Working draft 6 designed to be developed during
  early implementation rollout version 7
  available Sept 04

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Purpose and Design of the NHS KSF

• Common descriptions of the knowledge and skills
  that need to be applied
• Applicable and transferable across the NHS
• Simple
• Feasible to implement

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Relationship between the NHS KSF and other
competences
NHS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY BODY COMPETENCES
National standards / comps
NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
LOCAL COMPETENCES
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Structure of the NHS KSF

• 30 dimensions
•   6 core dimensions for all posts
• 24 specific dimensions
• Each dimension has level descriptors
• Further supported by indicators
• Clear examples of application that can be applied
  to different posts
• References to national/UK quality assured
  standards, competences etc

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Core Dimensions
NHS KSF
Communication
Equality Diversity
Personal People Development
Service Improvement
Quality
Health, Safety Security
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24 Specific Dimensions
NHS KSF
Health Well-being HWB 1-10
Information Knowledge IK 1-3
CORE
Estates Facilities EF 1-3
General G 1-8
Facilities
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The KSF Personal Development - Lifelong Learning

• Commitment to annual development reviews and
  development of all individuals
• Everyone to have a personal development plan
• Everyone is expected to learn and develop within
  their job role

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The KSF and Career Development

• Building on development in post-personal
  development plans
• Main focus after second gateway
• Use the KSF to show possible development routes

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The KSF and Recruitment and Retention

• Improve job descriptions
• Focus recruitment and selection
• Agreement to two meetings in induction year
• Commitment to development and feedback for all
  staff improve interest and retention

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The NHS KSF and Service Development

• Links individual, team and organisational demands
  and development
• Facilitates improvements in patient care
• Helps individuals understand their role in the
  effective delivery of services

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Developing a KSF Outline...
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What is a KSF Post Outline?

• Identifies the KSF dimensions and levels that
  apply to a post in the NHS a broad outline
• Puts the outline in context through identifying
  the specific areas/activities to which the
  dimensions and levels are applied

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Who will Develop KSF Post Outlines?

• Partnership approach between management and staff
  side
• Facilitated approaches led by KSF leads in the
  site working with postholders and managers

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Using KSF outlines atgateway points
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Gateways

• Foundation gateway review against subset of full
  KSF outline for the post
• 2nd gateway review against full KSF post outline

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Pay Structure
Gateway
Pay Band
Incremental Pay Points
Development
Development
Gateway
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Purpose of a Foundation Gateway Subset

• To focus development in the first year on
  enabling the individual meet the essential
  demands of the post
• To check that the individual is likely to develop
  to meet the full demands of the post over a
  number of years
• To inform recruitment and selection processes