Is KSF still used in NHS?

Is KSF still used in NHS?

The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) applies to all staff who are employed under NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) Terms and Conditions.

What is the KSF framework?

The NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) is designed to provide a consistent and comprehensive framework of NHS-wide knowledge and skills on which to base the development planning and review of all staff. Not all of it needs to be used.

What are the KSF core dimensions?

There are six dimensions core to the working of every NHS job, these are: “Communication, Personal and people development, Health, safety and security, Service development, Quality, and equality, Diversity and rights” (2005 RCN).

What are gateways and KSF?

Gateways are the way that you to move up the pay band in which you are placed. They work alongside the Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) – the development tool for career progression and personal development plans.

What is the KSF and why is it important?

The basis of the development review process is the NHS KSF as it provides a clear and explicit framework as to how knowledge and skills need to be applied within the NHS.

Which KSF dimensions are supported by agenda?

AGENDA FOR CHANGE: THE NHS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FRAMEWORK Links to other KSF dimensions This dimension is supported by: – Core 1 Communication – Core 2 Personal and people development – Core 3 Health, safety and security – Core 4 Service improvement – Core 5 Quality – G1 Learning and development – G7 Capacity and capability.

Can I use a KSF post outline at the foundation gateway?

The subset of a NHS KSF post outline to be used at the foundation gateway, and the full NHS KSF post outline, will be made available to new recruits to the post. As for full NHS KSF post outlines, the focus of the foundation gateway is the post and not a person who is in that post at that point in time.