East Midlands Strategic Health Authorities

Modernising Scientific CareersEarly Adopter Project

Why early adopter?

Exciting project

Good opportunity to shape implementation

Work with other early adopters and share

good practice

I like a challenge

Work so far ESR data cleanse

Accuracy of the scientific coding data is

variable.

Managers quite often did not enter the

code when recruiting to new jobs.

Sent out to each area asking to confirm

job titles.

Strategic Health Authorities

ESR Data Cleanse

Need a clear idea of the scientific workforce

In the future we will need to assimilate the

workforce onto the new structure

New coding being developed to represent the

new workforce

Work so far Workforce Planning

Changes in the training structure and the future

changes in skill mix will require good workforce

planning

Associate practitioner posts and practitioner

placements and adequate scientist training

posts

Work so far Workforce Planning

Tools are being developed for the different

workforce streams

Pathology workforce tool has already been

developed and we have been populating it with

our existing workforce, tasks that are performed

and by whom and at what costs

Workforce planning

• Local workshop to look at using occupational

standards to identify new role development or to

identify tasks involved in a process

This can identify the knowledge and skills required to

perform a role or task and allows transferability

I have found it useful in developing manual for

the associate practitioners who have different

roles www.skillsforhealth.org.uk

Apprenticeships

Have employed apprentices for last 6 months worked

quite well

They are 16-18 so did require different support

mechanism

NVQ 3 in Health with Pathology support and technical

certificate

Next apprentices will be doing the new QCF Diploma in

pathology support

Future focus of funding will be apprenticeships although

some frameworks not yet developed

Foundation Degree in Healthcare Science

Some generic modules across all the BSc streams.

Foundation degree could cover all streams

Also in most cases it is impractical for support staff to

move on to practitioner training

Mapping the first two years to the FD would allow the

development of the band 4 role and part time route for

the 3rd year would make career progression practical

Future

Develop partnerships with HEI’s to deliver the

PTP. Existing consortia help with the STP

placements ??

Placements- for both STP and PTP different

than before

Establish work base training- innovative

delivery?

Future

Assimilation of staff onto the new framework

May need to develop JD’s KSF profiles for new

Roles- link to QUIPP agenda

How to ensure that there is no detriment to

current staff and their career pathways are clear

Workshop

Education framework- Identify challenges with successful implementation. Work through some solutions to these challenges.

Placements -How to manage placements and be

beneficial to the department ensuring a good learning

experience for the student.

Delivering learning outcomes- 10 week placement for

PTP.