Allied Health Professions Role Development

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Allied Health Professions - Role Development

• Robert Jones and Fiona Jenkins
  
• November 2008

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Overview

• AHP Service Changes
• New Roles
• Impact

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Health Reforms
Transactional reforms money following the patient
Demand Reforms patient choice
Supply Reforms more diverse suppliers
Better care, value and
patient experience
System management reforms regulation, value for
money
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Allied Health ProfessionsUK
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Agenda for Change

• 9 pay bands for non medical workforce
• AHPs band 5-9
• Support staff bands 1-4
• From 12,517- 93,098

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Service Changes

• Patient Orientated
• Changing Policy
• New pay system
• Need to control costs
• Service Improvement
• New and Expanded Roles
• Flexible working arrangements
• Demographic changes

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Workforce changes

• Ageing workforce
• More expensive workforce
• Changing individual's needs
• Changing educational opportunities
• Need to retain staff
• Need to develop staff
• Need to work differently
• Need to contain costs

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Be Business Minded

• Review your strategy
• Costs
• Service needs into the future
• Staff requirements now and future
• Get business planning and ready to make changes
  (where needed!)

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Drivers for new ways of working

• Care Pathways
• 7 day Working
• New roles
• Demand management
• Supply control
• Cost containment

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Competence Competent ??

• Modernising AHP Careers
• 23 July 2008
• The joint DH/Skills for Health project
  Modernising AHP careers was launched by Health
  Minister Ann Keen on 16th July 2008. Modernising
  AHP careers encourages a move towards a
  competence-based model for AHP careers that
  focuses on the skills required for
  patient-centred services, rather than the
  professions themselves. This will allow AHPs to
  develop the skills they need to take on new and
  extended roles in their profession

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Applications of Change Framework - New Roles

• Horizon Scanning
• Consultant
• Extended Scope Practitioners
• Advanced Practitioners
• Clinical Specialists
• Assistant practitioners
• Assistant roles

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Clinical Specialists

• Working at a highly specialised level within the
  boundary of the profession

Core Professional Practice
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Examples

• Pain management
• Womens health
• Intermediate care
• Respiratory
• Musculoskeletal
• Paediatrics
• Obesity management
• Rheumatology
• Diabetes care

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Extended Scope Practitioners

• Working at specialist level within and beyond the
  boundary of their profession

Extended Practice
Core Professional Practice
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Examples

• Respiratory care
• Rheumatology
• Hand, knee, spinal
• Vestibular
• Womens health

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The Consultant AHP Role
Expert Clinical Practice
Clinical Leadership
Research Evaluation
Education Professional Development
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Consultant Posts

• Provide better patient outcomes
• Clinical Expertise
• Strengthen Professional Leadership
• Research and Development
• Education and Training
• New career opportunity

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Examples

• Musculoskeletal-
• Upper limb
• Spinal
• Stroke
• Other examples
• Radiology
• Podiatric surgery

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Dont forget your support staff!

• Assistant practitioners
• Exercise therapists
• Dietetic assistants
• Rehab support workers

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Impact

• Clinical Governance
• Quality
• Effectiveness
• Efficiency
• Clinical Leadership
• Quantity / Activity
• Information Management
• Resources
• Regulation

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Learning Points

• Change management tools and techniques
• Business management
• Options appraisals
• Data and Information analysis
• Interpersonal Skills
• Negotiation skills
• Evaluation
• Learn from others

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And finally.

• Be creative
• Explore boundaries and traditions
• Challenge assumptions

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