Introduction to Nationally Transferable Roles

1. Introduction to Nationally Transferable Roles November 2010

2. AIMS OF THIS SESSION • Brief introduction to Nationally Transferable Roles • Examples of roles • Impact of roles – early indications

3. What is a Nationally Transferable Role? Definition A nationally transferable role (NTR) is a named cluster of competences and related activities, levelled to the Career Framework that is applicable, relevant and replicable across different geographical locations in the UK.

4. Definition, cont… A NTR may be either a subset of a job at more than one level of the Career Framework, e.g. supplementary prescribing, or a whole job at one level of the career framework e.g. advanced practitioner in cancer rehabilitation

5. COMPETENCES AND NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS (NOS) National Occupational Standards (NOS): Competences thathave UK wide approval by regulators for use in qualifications Descriptors of the performance criteria, knowledge and understanding required to perform a specific task. Linked to Health Functional Map Recently updated and rationalised

6. BENEFITS OF A COMPETENCE BASED APPROACH • Common vocabulary • Workforce flexibility • Transferability and consistency of practice • Governance benefits from transparency • Building blocks for organisational development, education and learning focussed on patient and service needs

7. Provides guidance for employers on the implementation of the flexible career and skills escalator concept, enabling an individual member of staff with transferable competence based skills to progress in a direction which meets service and individual need 9 More Senior Staff 8 Consultant Practitioners 7 Advanced Practitioners 6 Senior Practitioners 5 Practitioners 4 Assistant Practitioners 3 Senior Assistants/Technicians 2 Support Workers 1 Initial Entry Level Jobs CAREER FRAMEWORK

8. Nationally Transferable Roles • All levels of the career framework • NOS based • Incorporate learning and development • Bring consistency to role development and learning • Allows for local variations

9. Progress to date • Phase 1 the first 30 roles • Assistant Practitioner roles ( CF level 4) • Advanced Practitioner roles ( CF level 7) • Cross-cutting roles (part of a job at different CF levels) • Phase 2 the second 30 roles • Levels 2 – 8 of the career framework • Hybrid roles

10. Nationally Transferable Roles Template • Level descriptors • Core NOS • Specific NOS • Local NOS • Indicative learning and development

12. Complex Roles • Scoping statements for each facet • Speciality specific NOS • Baskets of NOS for each facet • Task NOS • Knowledge NOS

13. Core NOS for Career Framework LEVEL Core NOS for SPECIALTY CLUSTER 1 NOS CLUSTER 2 NOS CLUSTER 3 NOS CLUSTER 4 NOS NOS BASED LEARNING PACKAGE(S)

14. Some examples • Theatres support worker • Dementia advisor • Identification and brief advice • MSK - arthroplasty practitioner • Work based learning and assessment

15. Evidence of Impact • Cost savings • Increased access to services • Streamlined services • Improved diagnostics • Decreased duplication • Decreased demand for secondary care services • Shared learning and assessment