UKPHR Practitioner Registration

East of England Public Health Practitioner

Registration Scheme

LAUNCH EVENT5th December 2014

Programme KEY DATES Application form for Practitioners Self Assessment form for Practitioners – Standards and

Indicators for Practitioner Registration Expression of Interest Form for Verifiers Expression of Interest Form for Assessors Practitioner Pathway from the Framework and Guidance Eligibility and career pathway Evaluation Form

What is in your packs

Origins of the standards/indicators In 2006 the 4 UK Health Departments commissioned UKPHR to scope a

regulatory framework for practitioners. Launched 2010/11

There are 4 Areas, 12 Standards: 40 Indicators, and 8 sub-indicators – all indicators have to be demonstrated once

Source document - Public Health Skills and Careers Framework (now the PH Skills and Knowledge Framework PHSKF)

NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) and National Occupational Standards (NOS) for Public Health and Health Protection

Two rounds of extensive consultation, involved experts from a range of backgrounds, and fully supported by the Faculty of Public Health (FPH), RSPH and others

Role of the UKPHR/Schemes

The UKPHR upholds the standards, and maintains a register (LIST) of individuals who have successfully demonstrated their competence against those standards – professional registration for practitioners in PH

The UKPHR is a voluntary REGULATOR for PH professionals. It regulates the workforce against the agreed standards, providing a Code of Conduct and specifying CPD requirements

The local SCHEME provides a framework of development and support for practitioners – to enable them to meet and demonstrate the practitioner standards. The SCHEME coordinates the assessment of practitioners, and the verification of these assessments – by building local capacity in the workforce of UKPHR trained assessors and verifiers, and ensuring that UKPHR processes for registration are followed

1. Apply to join the scheme with manager’s endorsement2. Sign up to the available support systems eg: Learning

Sets or Portfolio Development Groups3. Identify 3 or 4 areas of work that you will present in

your portfolio (commentaries)4. Map your work against the standards and start writing

and collecting evidence5. Apply for an assessor with 1 completed commentary6. Respond to assessment and submit further

commentaries until evidence for all standards accepted7. Submit Portfolio to the local verification panel8. Portfolio submitted to the national registration panel

Process for the practitionerSTART

Develop portfolio(up to 12 months)

Apply for assessor*

Submit within

12 months of *

To be working at level 5, 6 or 7 (the level of autonomous practice), on the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework. You will need sufficient experience to provide evidence for a retrospective portfolio (eg: up to 2 years)

Commitment from line manager/employer sponsor

Signed commitment to submit a completed portfolio for verification within 24 months of joining the programme

Recommended to have attended, within the past 12 months, a UKPHR ‘Introductory Day to Practitioner Registration’

Who is eligible to register as a practitioner?

Eligibility for Assessors and Verifiers (unpaid) ASSESSOR (assessment of evidence): Sufficiently experienced to be able to assess the evidence (eg: advanced

practitioner/specialist/Phase 3-ST5 trainee). Registration not required.

VERIFIERS (independent scrutiny): A registered PH specialist with the GMC, GDC or UKPHR, in good

standing, in a consultant or senior specialist post for at least 3 years

BOTH:To have attended the mandatory trainingTo be thoroughly conversant with the standardsTo be able to maintain impartiality in the roleTo be able and willing to give the necessary TIMETo provide appropriate references and evidence of CPD

Time Commitments

Practitioners – 4/5 training days per year, one week per commentary (highly variable)

Assessors - two portfolios a year. Usually 2 – 4 hours to assess a commentary. 1.5 days initial training, 2x half day workshops per year

Verifiers – half day initial training, 2-3 verification panels per year, 1-2 half day workshops per year

Serendipitous Benefits of devolved schemes

Engaging with workers from other boroughs and organisations across the region/scheme area

Discussing public health practice and reflecting on activity with these other workers – sometimes with ideas for service improvement or useful contacts

Better understanding of practitioner competencies across the PH workforce and within departments

Embedded in local workforce development networks and programmes leading to other opportunities

Robust framework for peer review and appraisal