Understanding the Public Health Skills and Career Framework

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Understanding thePublic Health Skills and Career
Framework

• Cindy Carlson, Public Health Resource Unit,
  Oxford
• Cindy.Carlson_at_phru.nhs.uk
• www.phru.nhs.uk

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Context why a Public Health and Skills and
Career Framework needed developing

• Key Drivers
• Widening health inequalities major public health
  issues
• Public confidence in competent, regulated public
  health workforce effort on specialists, patchy
  practitioner development, confusion over career
  progression
• Need for collective, strong response from the
  whole workforce changing the mindset!

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Who is the PHSCF For?
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WHO is the PHSCF For?
Political and Global Leaders, Scientists,
Business Leaders, Civil Servants
Waste management professionals,Farmers,
Gardeners, LandscapeDesigners
Architects, Environmental health Traffic
engineers,Spatial planners, Plumbers, Builders
Restaurant owners,Caterers, Transport planners,
Teachers, Business owners / Employers, Airline
workers / Pilots, Engineers, Scientists
Employers, Businessmen,Bankers
Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Carers, Social
Workers
Religious leaders, Local leaders, School teachers
The Health Map. Barton Grant 2006 Based on a
public health concept by Whitehead Dahlgren.
The Lancet 1991
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What is the framework?

• What it looks like
• How it has been developed
• Next stages in development

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Public Health Skills and Career Framework
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How has it been developed

• Started with England. Endorsed by all four UK
  Departments of Health
• Used existing frameworks to inform discussion,
  including public health specialist trainingm CIEH
  and NMC curricula, NHS National Occupational
  Standards and NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework
  
• Bottom-up development
• Principles- clarity, accessible, useful,
  applicable focus on essence, used existing
  work
• Consultation on competences
• Piloting eg health trainers, smoking cessation
  in pregnancy

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What it has achieved to date!

• Unifying force for public health UK countries,
  professional public health groups (specialist,
  practitioner and wider workforce)
• People are beginning to understand what to expect
  across the wider public health community

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Using the framework

• Understanding what competences are needed in
  different roles
• Understanding complementarity across roles and
  responsibilities

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Example of defined areaFront line health
improvement practitioner

• Level 5 Health Improvement Area
• Listen to and involve the public and communities
  in improving health and well being and reducing
  inequalities
• Plan, implement and review specific aspects of
  health improvement projects
• Provide information and advice on specific
  measures and approaches to improve health and
  well being

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How you might use it to help change the mindset!

• Key Theme Public Health is not just the
  responsibility of the NHS!!!
• Networks, PCT and Local Authorities PHSCF helps
  inform pilot project work on the mix of
  competences needed to achieve public health
  priorities
• Universities and Training Institutions PHSCF
  provides the basis for learning outcomes
• Third Sector linking to induction and
  development for staff

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Over to you

• Questions?
• Where you can view the whole framework
  www.phru.nhs.uk
• Contact Cindy Carlson
• cindy.carlson_at_phru.nhs.uk
• 01865 334735
• Ros Dunkley
• ros.dunkley_at_phru.nhs.uk
• 01865 334744