Developing a Team Approach to Workplace Learning

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Developing a Team Approach to Workplace Learning
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About THH

• An acute hospital employing approx 2600 staff
  serving Heathrow Airport and major motorways
• Committed to learning and development for support
  staff e.g. Skills Pledge accredited NVQ Centre,
  active PDR process
• Close partnership working with UNISON with the
  development of ULRs other initiatives

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Background

• Part of an ongoing UNISON partnership programme
  to improve learning opportunities
• Offer a career framework that facilitates
  progression towards professional qualification
• Respond to service redesign and developments and
  look at specific competencies that would improve
  patient care in those with long term conditions
• Prepare for an increase in vacancy/retirement
  levels
• and to retain staff

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Initial Stages of the Project

• Identified clinical areas providing care to
  patients with long term conditions (London Stroke
  Strategy and DarziHigh Quality for All)
• Set up a Steering Group with key Stakeholders
• Identified gaps in career development and
  progression opportunities for bands 3
• Consulted with staff and patients
• Recognised an opportunity for Band 4 role
  development

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The next stage

• Steering Group developed criteria for a work
  based learning programme to fit with
  qualifications as per A for C Band 4
• Invited several HEIs to present how they could
  design a programme to meet the criteria
• Full consensus for choice of provider (this
  included potential students)
• Further dialogue with the HEI to ensure that
  Skills for Health Learning Design Principles
  would be applied and that the qualification would
  be transferable

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Cont.

• Curriculum sub committee to monitor the student
  experience and continue work to ensure design of
  2nd year is fit for purpose
• Programme is competency based and meets the
  Skills for Health Learning Design Principles
• Following a partnership selection process 8
  support staff started on a Foundation Degree in
  Health Social Care Assistant Practitioner in
  Long Term Conditions

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Funding

• Full funding of fees and backfill support from
  NHS London
• Additional funding has been sought to develop
  mentoring guidelines for the work based element
  of the programme

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Here and Now!

• Mentor and line manager induction and support
• Maintain essential partnership working
• Staff involvement
• Development of union Learning Reps
• Communication, communication communication

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Taking Forward Development of Band 4 Roles

• Job descriptions developed and in process of
  being matched
• Identify barriers and solutions to progress to
  implementation phase

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Future Steps

• Fully evaluate the project and disseminate
  findings
• Adoption of Pilot by other areas in the Trust
• Ensure learning and development opportunities
  exist for the whole team to enable career
  progression up to and beyond FD