Katie EnockNational Workforce Programme Lead

Steve HajioffLead for work stream: Development of Training Resources

National Public Health Information and Intelligence

StrategyOverall Aims

• To develop progressive and sustainable improvements, continuing for the next ten years, in the availability and use of Public Health Information and Intelligence.

• To provide the required vision, leadership and plans for delivering the national Public Health Information and Intelligence System.

• Develop a framework to harmonise, coordinate and direct the work of different agencies in order to build such a system.

Overall Objectives

• To provide operational support to the Choosing Health delivery plan by making information and knowledge available to local communities to inform their decisions.

• To meet the information and intelligence needs of key Department of Health and wider health-related Government policy objectives such as reducing inequalities in health, monitoring the public health function, achieving health literacy and tracking relevant Public Service Agreement targets locally and nationally

Career Progression

• Retrospective portfolio assessment framework developed and UKPHVR opened– Some resources available to support

those on the Defined Specialist Support Programme

• No existing prospective training for defined specialists (yet)

• No prospective training for I&I career development (yet)

New Initiatives

• Practitioner regulation – scoping work

– A common shows how/ knows how/ training & qualification framework developing

• FPH - Part A examination

• I&I Career framework (not a straight jacket)

Public Health Information & Intelligence Workforce

Workstream

Aims

To improve public health information and intelligence skills and capacity throughout England for the three levels of the public health workforce as defined by the “Report of the Chief Medical Officer’s Project to Strengthen the Public Health Function” published in 2001

Objective 1: Career Pathways

To improve recruitment and retention of high quality specialist public health I&I staff by:

-developing career pathways and peer support networks

- identifying training required at each level

- preparing a library of nationally approved job descriptions and person specifications for each level

Objective 2: Training Strategy

• To support the personal and professional development of public health I&I workforce.

• To support the personal and professional development of the public health workforce

• To support the provision of public health skills in undergraduate and post graduate curricula and the wider public health practitioners.

Objective 3: On-line Training Resources

To increase access to training resources for:

• public health information, intelligence

• general public health knowledge and skills

Resources readily available in a central on-line repository.

The Structure of the Framework – The Public Health Career

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KnowledgeKnowledge

Training & qualificationsTraining & qualifications

RegistrationRegistration

Example of ApplicationExample of Application

Sample Job DescriptionsSample Job Descriptions

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LEVEL 4ASST/ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONERS

LEVEL 3SNR HEALTHCARE ASSTS/TECHNICIANS

LEVEL 2SUPPORT WORKERS

LEVEL 1INITIAL ENTRY LEVEL JOBS

LEVEL 6SENIOR/SPECIALIST PRACTITIONERS

LEVEL 9 MORE SENIOR STAFF

LEVEL 8CONSULTANT PRACTITIONERS

LEVEL 7ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS

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Core or Defined Competency?

• Core competencies are those required for all disciplines. They may be at different levels for different disciplines but they are fundamental for effective public health.

• Defined (non-core) competencies include competencies which are considered essential for I&I staff at different levels.

• Competencies which might be seen as “desirable” on a job description are also defined competencies.

Training (qualifications)?

Career Framework

Level

Training you need to work at this level

Qualification(s) you need to work at the level

What are the gaps?

Level 9

Level 8

Level 7

Level 6

Level 5

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Levels 1-3

Group work this morning• Look at what has been done before

– Does it make sense?– Are there things missing?

• Things to think about– This is work in progress – capture the essence– The cube is a model only – it is not the end point– Health surveillance is also in the core– Do not get ‘hung up’ about AfC

• Important to think about what we need to know as well as what we need to be able to do.

Workshop Groups

Review the competence and knowledge base for levels:Group 1 Levels 4, 5, 6Group 2 Level 5, 6, 7Group 3 Level 6, 7, 8Group 4 Levels 7, 8, 9

Review the training for each levelGroup 5