key outcomes, future prospects tim bryson project manager
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London Mental Health NursePre-registration Education
Project ‘Caring, compassionate and competent’
Key outcomes, future prospects
Tim BrysonProject Manager
To improve the quality and competence of London mental health nurses of the future through an agreed consistent approach to recruitment and selection
Project aim
Willis Report and Compassion in Practice: recruit for values, attitudes and behaviours as well as competence
London NHS Trusts experience Too many applicants failing basic tests and
not employable Widespread ‘legacy’ problem Acute nursing education retender MH trusts agreed partnership approach
Why did we undertake the project ?
‘Foster a common culture shared by all in the service of putting the patient first;’
‘Enhance the recruitment, education, training and support of all the key contributors to the provision of healthcare, but in particular those in nursing and leadership positions, to integrate the essential shared values of the common culture into everything they do;’
Concerns about nursing values and competence
Recommended nursing aptitude test for compassion and caring (188)
And recruitment for values and commitment (191)
Recommendations of Mid Staffs Public Inquiry Report 2013
Students are vital and the life blood of services
About recruitment and selection, but also about support, valuing, coaching and
mentoring
‘Nursing the Nation’ by Molly Case
Most of us were students once….
Work stream 1: Agree common standards and process for pre-registration mental health nurse undergraduate selection
Work stream 2: Agree common standards and process for post-registration recruitment and selection of newly qualified mental health nurses
Work stream 3: To agree development needs for practice education in mental health NHS trusts and make recommendations for future developments.
Make recommendations for future projects
Project Objectives
What progress have we achieved ?
Foothills Mountains
Positive partner engagement and involvement
All work streams have been collaborative Signs of improvement in quality of recruits,
but: Continuing concerns from Trusts about calibre
of NQNs Continuing concerns from HEIs on calibre of
pre-reg applicants Shared concern about quality of learner
experience in clinical placements
Partnership working
Quality standards for recruiting pre-registration students
Developed together with partners
Drew on policy, evidence base and current good practice
Challenging but achievable
Recommend use jointly as a framework for review and improvement
No ‘silver bullet’ ! Mendas: values based screening tool –
validation work continues Cambridge Assessment: SPSQ commercially
available from autumn 2013 Structured interview process – Multiple Mini
Interview method Service user involvement
Values assessment
Identified SNAP as a useful tool Propose SNAP used pan-London and
minimum standard approach to numeracy and literacy
SNAP being implemented at City, KCL, LSBU and West London NHS
Exploratory discussions about potential for online literacy tool
Literacy and numeracy testing
Clinical Numeracy Level 2
A patient is complaining of chest pain and is commenced on a Glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) infusion starting at 10microgram/minute. If you use a ready constituted vial containing 50mg GTN in 50mL, what is the initial infusion rate in mL/hour?
Assessment centre approach for NQNs
Developing a common assessment centre methodology for all Trusts
Building on Trust experience and processes
Common role description of core attributes
Draft design for the assessment centre specification
Draft of exercises and activities
Fairness and rigor Increased quality assurance Centralised and services involvement Assesses values and behaviours Potential for support across trusts, e.g.
shared assessor training
Key benefits of assessment centre approach for NQNs
Practice education framework
Developed practice education framework and outcomes
Explored NELFT practice teacher roles and panel model
Working to establish MH practice education network
Recommend Trusts and HEIs review current arrangements
Conference write up Report distribution Numeracy: continuing implementation of
SNAP and proposal to HEE on literacy software tool
Complete and publish work on assessment centre approach for NQNs
Establish mental health practice education network
Project close
Work to complete by end September
LETB implementation plans ? UK clinical nursing aptitude test ? Creating a more positive image of mental
health nursing Work to improve calibre of applicants for
pre-registration nursing Common approach to practice assessment ? Review of curriculum – integrated care ?
Future issues identified
Thank you for listening and being involved !
Tim Bryson, Project Manager [email protected]
Lis Jones, Project Sponsor [email protected]
Gen Algie, Project Support [email protected]
Charlotte Copley, Project Administration [email protected]
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