Learning resources : Enhanced and Expert levels

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The Enhanced and Expert level resources cover all 4 Domains of the Knowledge and Skills Framework for Health and Care Staffing in Scotland.

It is recognised that, depending on their role and responsibility, staff may require to have knowledge and skills which spans both enhanced and expert. As such, these resources are aimed at health and social care staff who are required to have, or are working towards, an enhanced to expert level of knowledge and skills, supporting staff in leadership roles to have the depth of knowledge to:

Fully understand the guiding principles and duties within the Act
Lead on supporting implementation amongst their professional groups and within their organisation
Lead on the implementation, review and reporting of relevant systems, processes and improvement initiatives
Critically discuss and influence organisational decisions relating to staffing
Understand the complexities influencing workload and workforce
Direct the application of workload and workforce methodology within your organisation
Utilise all available data from the triangulation process to inform operational and strategic plans.
Direct the implementation, review and reporting of relevant organisational and national strategies, systems, processes and improvement initiatives
Direct support for colleagues in relation to the Act

You can access a variety of resources including presentations, a toolkit, videos and signposting to relevant further learning. These links are provided and themed based on a scoping exercise carried out with health and social care leaders across Scotland.

The information and detail within this section will continue to be enhanced and updated. These updates will be informed by:

Shared learning and best practice across health and social care
Emerging needs in service

Completion and evidence of learning

This is intended to be an informative resource, and as such there is no formal assessment.

To complete and evidence your learning at Enhanced and Expert Level please fill out this reflective form

This form can be used:

as a record of your learning
in discussions with line managers regarding training and professional development
as evidence for maintaining your professional registration (where applicable)

Resources Overview

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Resources

The Act

Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 Sway presentation
- The SWAY contains a variety of written information, short videos and links to other resources and websites.
- You can access the SWAY as often as you need, navigating easily to specific sections.
Statutory guidance: Quick Guide Series
HCSA webinar series:
Health and Care Staffing Act: How NHS boards have been preparing for the new legislation | The Healthcare Improvement Podcast (podbean.com)
- This episode focusses on the Act, how NHS boards have been preparing for it and what it means for patients and healthcare professionals working on the ground. We hear from:
  - Caroline Craig Associate Director for Healthcare Staffing and Care Assurance at HIS
  - Dr. Susan Ross, a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at NHS Lanarkshire
  - Natalie Buchanan, an Advanced Speech and Language Therapist at NHS Fife
  - Kate Patience-Quate who is NHS Highland’s Deputy Nurse Director.

Expert Experiences:

Interviews with

Leaders from across NHS Scotland, representing a variety of professions and health boards
Leaders from a variety of social care services (to follow)

These experts give their views on:

What the Act means to them in their current roll
What the Act means for their profession / service area
The work that has/ is being done within their organisation around preparation for commencement of the Act