UKPHR Practitioner Registration
East of England Public Health Practitioner
Registration Scheme
LAUNCH EVENT5th December 2014
Programme KEY DATES Application form for Practitioners Self Assessment form for Practitioners – Standards and
Indicators for Practitioner Registration Expression of Interest Form for Verifiers Expression of Interest Form for Assessors Practitioner Pathway from the Framework and Guidance Eligibility and career pathway Evaluation Form
What is in your packs
Origins of the standards/indicators In 2006 the 4 UK Health Departments commissioned UKPHR to scope a
regulatory framework for practitioners. Launched 2010/11
There are 4 Areas, 12 Standards: 40 Indicators, and 8 sub-indicators – all indicators have to be demonstrated once
Source document - Public Health Skills and Careers Framework (now the PH Skills and Knowledge Framework PHSKF)
NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) and National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Public Health and Health Protection
Two rounds of extensive consultation, involved experts from a range of backgrounds, and fully supported by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH), RSPH and others
Role of the UKPHR/Schemes
The UKPHR upholds the standards, and maintains a register (LIST) of individuals who have successfully demonstrated their competence against those standards – professional registration for practitioners in PH
The UKPHR is a voluntary REGULATOR for PH professionals. It regulates the workforce against the agreed standards, providing a Code of Conduct and specifying CPD requirements
The local SCHEME provides a framework of development and support for practitioners – to enable them to meet and demonstrate the practitioner standards. The SCHEME coordinates the assessment of practitioners, and the verification of these assessments – by building local capacity in the workforce of UKPHR trained assessors and verifiers, and ensuring that UKPHR processes for registration are followed
1. Apply to join the scheme with manager’s endorsement2. Sign up to the available support systems eg: Learning
Sets or Portfolio Development Groups3. Identify 3 or 4 areas of work that you will present in
your portfolio (commentaries)4. Map your work against the standards and start writing
and collecting evidence5. Apply for an assessor with 1 completed commentary6. Respond to assessment and submit further
commentaries until evidence for all standards accepted7. Submit Portfolio to the local verification panel8. Portfolio submitted to the national registration panel
Process for the practitionerSTART
Develop portfolio(up to 12 months)
Apply for assessor*
Submit within
12 months of *
To be working at level 5, 6 or 7 (the level of autonomous practice), on the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework. You will need sufficient experience to provide evidence for a retrospective portfolio (eg: up to 2 years)
Commitment from line manager/employer sponsor
Signed commitment to submit a completed portfolio for verification within 24 months of joining the programme
Recommended to have attended, within the past 12 months, a UKPHR ‘Introductory Day to Practitioner Registration’
Who is eligible to register as a practitioner?
Eligibility for Assessors and Verifiers (unpaid) ASSESSOR (assessment of evidence): Sufficiently experienced to be able to assess the evidence (eg: advanced
practitioner/specialist/Phase 3-ST5 trainee). Registration not required.
VERIFIERS (independent scrutiny): A registered PH specialist with the GMC, GDC or UKPHR, in good
standing, in a consultant or senior specialist post for at least 3 years
BOTH:To have attended the mandatory trainingTo be thoroughly conversant with the standardsTo be able to maintain impartiality in the roleTo be able and willing to give the necessary TIMETo provide appropriate references and evidence of CPD
Time Commitments
Practitioners – 4/5 training days per year, one week per commentary (highly variable)
Assessors - two portfolios a year. Usually 2 – 4 hours to assess a commentary. 1.5 days initial training, 2x half day workshops per year
Verifiers – half day initial training, 2-3 verification panels per year, 1-2 half day workshops per year
Serendipitous Benefits of devolved schemes
Engaging with workers from other boroughs and organisations across the region/scheme area
Discussing public health practice and reflecting on activity with these other workers – sometimes with ideas for service improvement or useful contacts
Better understanding of practitioner competencies across the PH workforce and within departments
Embedded in local workforce development networks and programmes leading to other opportunities
Robust framework for peer review and appraisal
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