NHS Knowledge

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NHS Knowledge Skills Framework an overview
June ChandlerNational Officer, UNISON
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What is the Knowledge Skills Framework?

• NHS-wide system to describe the knowledge and
  skills staff need to do their job. Three key
  strands in Agenda for Change
• 1 the KSF
• 2 job evaluation
• 3 terms and conditions

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Whats the purpose of the KSF?

• To promote lifelong learning
• employ principles of good appraisal and people
  management
• To develop a skilled workforce that is fit for
  purpose
• To improve patient care

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What does it mean?

• Every NHS staff member should have
• A KSF post outline for their job
• A development review meeting with their manager
  at least once a year
• A personal development plan
• A contractual right to learning and
• development

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KSF Core Dimensions
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KSF Outline
Domestic Assistant
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Development Review Process
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The KSF should enable the NHS to..

• Put patients at the heart of everything it does
• Unite staff behind a clear direction
• Develop teams around a common goal

• Focus learning resources - giving staff the tools
  to do the job
• Developing personal responsibility
• Monitor staff progress

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NHS Constitution

• Pledge 1 To provide all staff with clear roles
  and responsibilities and rewarding jobs for teams
  and individuals that make a difference to
  patients, their families and carers, and to
  communities.
• Pledge 2 To provide all staff with personal
  development plans, access to appropriate training
  for their jobs and the support of line management
  to succeed.

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Challenges to realising the benefits of KSF

• Staff Survey - 64 had an appraisal or KSF review
  (61 in 2007)
• Some Trusts arent using the KSF at all
• Managers report that it is complex to use
• Independent Review under way

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Make the most of the KSF

• Take a full part in the KSF process
• Prepare in advance for your development review
  meeting with your manager
• Get help and support from your workplace Union
  Learning Rep or steward
• Make it a positive experience!

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Noooo!!! not my KSF review!
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Wow! My KSF review was great! Now Im really
clear about what I want to do next.