NW Core Skills ProgrammeCore Skills Leads Action MeetingJune 2013

Agenda:09:30 - Welcome

- Purpose for sub region group

- Review of the Content Mapping

- Implementing the Core Skills Phases

- Core Skills Register

- Sn@p

- Open Forum

12:30 - Lunch

- 1:1 support available post lunch

Welcome

Tim GrocottMandatory Training Passport Project ManagerGreater Manchester Core Skills Implementation Lead

CSF

Core Skills Programme

FW MTP SP

Learning &Development

PEF & HIEs Medical Education

Range of staff groups

CSF

Core Skills Programme

FW MTP SP

Learning &Development

PEF & HIEs Medical Education

Range of staff groups

CSF

FW

MTP

Core Skills Programme

CSR

Junior Doctors

Students

All staff

CSF

FW

MTPSP

Purpose for Sub Region Group

Seán BradburyNW Core Skills Programme ManagerNorth West Workforce Delivery Unit

Opportunity for Core Skills Leads to meet

Share best practice

Work collaboratively

Make the Core Skills work locally

More hands on, practical sessions

Alternates with Regional Events

Purpose for Sub Region Group

Point of contact between the organisation and the NWCSP Team.

Links with internal stakeholders, ie Executive Sponsor, SMEs, IG.

Authority to work across L&D, Med Ed and Pract Ed.

Maintain the organisation’s Core Skills Programme Action Plan.

Plan, coordinate and collect requested Core Skills information.

Share intelligence with the NWCSP team on wider developments.

Escalate the need for additional support if not progressing within time frames.

Responsibilities of a Core Skills Lead

What do you see the sub region groups achieving?

What is the 1 Core Skills Lead responsibility you feel you will need support for? (See CS Lead Document)

What is the 1 area relating to the Core Skills that your organisation can support others?

What is the 1 area relating to the Core Skills that your organisation needs further assistance?

Discussion 1

Review of the Content Mapping

Seán BradburyNW Core Skills Programme ManagerNorth West Workforce Delivery Unit

Momentum behind Core Skills and resources developed have allowed proactive organisations to run with it

Need a level of assurance and central view pointfor wider system benefits:

- Reduced Duplication- Greater portability- Collaboration between organisations- ‘Preferred Supplier List’ of delivery options

Opportunity to align with the National Framework

The reasons for the tool

See handout

UK FrameworkOutcomes Outstanding…

How do we achieve full alignment to the UK Framework?

How long will it take your organisation to achieve full alignment?

And is there anything we can do to speed this up?

What is the 1 area relating to the Core Skills that your organisation can support others?

What is the best way to address the common gaps?

Discussion 2

Implementing the Core Skills Phases

Seán BradburyNW Core Skills Programme ManagerNorth West Workforce Delivery Unit

Their training is Core Skills aligned

They share Core Skills data with partner organisations

They recognise Core Skills training delivered externally

They don’t repeat needless training

Their training delivery is flexible and efficient

Their training has a recognisable quality and standard

A Core Skills Organisation looks like…

Engagement

Alignment

Share Data

Realisation

Phased Approach

Readiness Implementation

1

Phase 1 - Engagement

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1

Phase 2 - Alignment

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1

Phase 3 - Share Data

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1

Phase 4 - Recognition

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Phase 5 - Realisation

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Organisation Dashboard:Lancashire Care NHS FT

See handout

Core Skills PhasesGM Dashboard

Phase 1:Core Skills Programme Action Plan

Phase 2:Complete Alignment / Organisation Signoff

Phase 3:Getting Ready to share data

Phase 4:Recognise external training

Phases: Next Steps

Is the Phase Document and Action Plan useful?

What are the gaps in the phases and stepsbetween what you have put and what we have?

What is the 1 step you feel will be the most difficult to achieve?

Are their any further resources you require from the team?

Discussion 3

Sharing Core Skill Learning RecordsCore Skills Register

Phase 3: Core Skills Register

• CSR interim solution

• Doctors in Training

• Students

• Add to existing understanding

• Opportunity for clarity and questions

• Data alignment: specific focus

Minimum Dataset: JD

Delivery MethodsDelivery MethodsDelivery MethodsDelivery Methods

E-LearningE-Learning Face to Face

Face to Face

DVDDVD WorkbookWorkbook

Data CapturedData Captured

First NameFirst Name Last NameLast Name

EmailEmail System IDSystem ID

Your Systems & Processes

Core Skills RegisterCore Skills Register

Data CapturedData Captured

First NameFirst Name Last NameLast Name

EmailEmail System IDSystem ID

First NameFirst Name

Last NameLast Name

EmailEmail

DOBDOB

GMC Number

GMC Number

How does your data compare?

• Amend data fields?• New additions?• Process modification?

Data Gathering & Upload Prep

SPREADSHEETS REGISTERS OLM/REPORTS

CSR TEMPLATE

First NameLast NameGMC NumberEmailDOBOrganisationCourse NameCompletion Date

Skill Codes

FS011NA2: Fire Safety

•Course Name

•Level

•Version Number

•Assessed/Non-Assessed

•Refresher period

Log In

Navigate to the Learners Page

Search: David Featherstone

View

Navigate to the Organisations Page

Select: Core Skills NHS

Enter Search Parameters:

View Results & Report:

Core Skills Register

Phase 3 lists steps: -

• Information Sharing Protocol Agreement

• Minimum dataset alignment

• Data quality guidance

• Testing Procedure

• Upload Template

• Administrator training

• User guides

• Online captivate videos

Kieran KellySNAP Services Project Manager

SNAP

Introduction

What is SNAP

Purpose

Benefit

Nest Steps

Standardised

Numeracy Assessment Process (SNAP

Services) Northwest CSF Event

24/06/2013

Background / Drivers

• NMC concerns

• Medication errors and incidents throughout UK

• Increasing service provider organisation assessment of new and experienced staff entering their employment

Wasteful and possibly invalid assessments

Significant numbers of staff fail assessments

• Several HEI and provider organisations turned to costly independent provider solutions

• Primary target group were HEI’s however interest grew from NHS organisations

Project Proposal

To form a region wide, cross sector collaboration of key organisations to plan, design and produce a Standardised Numeracy Assessment Process (SNAP).

Including:Colleges of FEHigher Education InstitutesNHS Service providers

Initial Support and Links

• Council of Deans of Health (Northwest)

• NHS Northwest Strategic Health Authority

• Skills for Health

• Wirral Health Informatics Service(WHIS)

Outcomes/Benefits:

Free resource open to customer Organisations for independent learning and formal assessment

Designed as an engaging interactive, virtual world learning experience

Valid and trusted as an assessment process to prepare for and confirm numerical competence across sectors

Standardized in level and approach

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Ultimate Outcome: SNAP

Current Collaboration

Collaboration Recruitment129 organisations throughout England registered including, HEI’s, Colleges of FE and Service Providers

Average Monthly Usage:Peak Season: 3500 – 4000 between Nov-Apr / Aug - Oct

Low Season: 1000 – 2000 between May – July

Flying Start for England preceptorship project link

Northwest HEI’s involvedOur registered HEI’s are currenlty utilising SNAP as part of the recruitment and selection process, programme module assessment and independent learning and development. Northwest HEI’s include:

•University of Manchester – Recruitment/Programme Modules•University of Chester - Recruitment/Programme Modules•University of Cumbria – Programme Module Assessment •University of Central Lancashire – Recruitment/Programme Modules•Manchester Met University – Programme Module Assessment•Edge Hill University – Recruitment / Programme Module •Liverpool John Moores University – Independent Learning

The SNAP tool

The SNAP tool – Registration.........

Registration – Data security

ADMINISTRATOR

Registering as a Snap Administrator allows you to:

•Approve registration requests from colleagues/students within your organisation

•Manage SNAP Accounts within your organisation

•Create / View assessments

•Assign formal assessments to other users i.e. Students or Staff

•Generate reports to display results of assessments taken

•Add Cohorts / Directorates and Departments to the site

Logging on……

Administrators Homepage

Student Homepage

General Numeracy Level 2

A patient weighs 10½ st. Given that 14 lbs equals one stone, and one lb is approximately equal to 450g convert the patients weight to kilograms.

The scale of the drawing of your new office is 1cm:2m. If the length of the office on the scale drawing is 3.5cm, what is the actual length of your new office in metres?

Clinical Numeracy Level 1 A palliative care patient is

prescribed 50 mg of diamorphine to be infused over a 24 hour period. The diamorphine ampoules are available in 10mg/ml. Sodium Chloride 0.9% should be added as the dilutent. How many ampoules of diamorphine are required?

Clinical Numeracy Level 2

A patient with pneumonia is prescribed meropenem 1gram three times/day. The prepared volume is 100mL sodium chloride 0.9%. If it should be infused over 15-30 minutes, what is the minimum and maximum rates of infusion in mL/hour?

Syringe Question

A 76 year old male patient was admitted with a heart attack is prescribed Morphine 5mg intravenously for the pain. Ampoules of Morphine contain 10mg in 1mL. How much morphine needs drawing up to give this dose?

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?

Reviewing a Staff / Student’s Assessment

SNAP Learning Resources

•S4H Literacy and Numeracy Tool

•Maths for Medicine

•Moving on Website

•BBC Bitesize and Mathswise sites

•British National Formulary (BNF)•Children's BNF

•HEI Open source (OS) learning materials

•Other 3rd party OS materials

HR Implications

Summary/Future Direction

• On-going evaluation and promotion

• Provide SNAP training workshops

• Keen to share and discuss developments

• SNAP Education

• On-going recruitment of questions for SNAP site

Access SNAP freely at:

www.snap.nhs.uk

Contact: Management: Kieran Kellyk.kelly@chester.ac.uk / kkelly@snap-services.org

Customer Support/Administration: Kerry Gibbons k.gibbons@chester.ac.uk / kgibbons@snap-services.org

Any Questions

Open Forum

Seán BradburyNW Core Skills Programme ManagerNorth West Workforce Delivery Unit

Further Queries

The Programme Team are available to support

and provide assistance

Contact Seán Bradbury, the Programme Manager:

sean.bradbury@nhs.net

Contact Zafi Bisti, the Programme Office Manager:

coreskills.programme@nhs.net

The Core Skills resources and tools

are available freely on the CM tPCT website:

www.cmtpct.nhs.uk/core-skills