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… those involved partly or wholly in reducing waiting times. The survey produced ‘live examples’ of roles comprising job descriptions and, for some, their learning and development packages. There were clear similarities among the variety of posts.
From the examples, four categories of roles with national transferability features were identified:

advanced practitioner
assistant practitioner
administrator/clerical
cross-cutting roles

Core competences and the learning and development needs for each group were then developed as templates. These ‘clusters’ of competences can be replicated anywhere in the UK. Each role is made up of Career Framework level descriptors, with core and specialist national …

Associate Practitioner role creates meaningful career progression by upskilling the existing healthcare assistant workforce
Northwest London Hospitals NHS Trust (now London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust) used Skills for Health competences to develop the Associate Practitioner role, as they realised freeing up nursing and professional groups, and developing the skills of existing healthcare assistants, would allow for greater workforce flexibility. A patient-focused approach is central when creating workforce development strategies, so a competence-based approach to role design was entirely appropriate.
Managers decided to develop a training programme to show how Healthcare Assistants can upskill to the Associate …