Key Steps - Assessing Skills and Competencies
What skills and competencies do PCTs need to carry out Whole System Commissioning ?
How do they know whether they have them ?
How can they fill the gaps ?
This page points you to resources that can help you answer these questions, beginning with a highly relevant resource that is as yet little known and used within the NHS, from the Office of Government E Commerce.
Successful Skills for Delivery
The Successful Skills for Delivery Programme sets out a benchmark set of skills for those involved in the delivery of major, novel or complex projects. It has a number of components that combine to provide staff in central civil government departments, agencies and other public bodies with an opportunity to widen and improve their skills in a more organised manner than has previously been available.
The Skills Framework – the fundamental building block of the programme, detailing the skills and topic areas considered essential as the minimum necessary for successful project delivery;
The Maturity Matrix – a simple, logical structure setting outa benchmark level for each skill area set against a range of common project roles
The Skills Analysis Tool – a spreadsheet package for departmentsor individual to establish their current skills levels and identify whereimprovements could be made.
Almost three quarters of the projects being reviewed showed a weakness in identifying the adequate skills and business resources for the project. The Successful Delivery Skills Programme aims to address this by providing a benchmark level for each of the common programme and project management roles against which the potential project team members can be assessed before the start of the project.
Successful Delivery Skills Programme is an initiative of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), an independent Office of the Treasury reporting to the Chief Secretary, responsible for a wide-ranging programme which focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of central civil Government procurement.In addition, OGC has an important role in developing and promoting private sector involvement across the public sector.
From 2003-04, OGC will also assume a key role in assisting departments set up project and programme management centres of excellence in departments. These new units will become central points for embedding project and programme management best practice across Government.
Resources
Successful Skills for Delivery
PCT Competency Framework
Readers may already be familiar with the NatPaCT PCT Competency Framework, a self assessment tool developed in wide collaboration with PCTs . The strength of the Framework is in its comprehensive range, and in its drill-down from the corporate overview to operational detail.
Of particular relevance:
1. Organisational Maturity
4. Commissioning: Initial Competencies
7. Community, Patient and Public Involvement
8. Clinical Quality
PCT Improvement Programme: Development Needs Self Assessment
Designed to help PCTs undertake a self diagnosis to inform their PCT Improvement Plan, as set out in Raising Standards:Improving Performance in the NHS. It has 4 main sections:
Section A: performance improvement
Section B:governance issues
Section C: readiness for System Reform
Section D: assess the capacity and capability of the organisation as a whole.
Click here to download the tool (zip file with self-installing software: extract and click on setup.exe)
Other major assessment processes:
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Audit Commission reviews e.g. Planning and Priorities Framework Implementation
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Clinical Governance Support Team & NatPaCT Clinical Governance Strategic Leadership Pilot
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Risk Management Register and Action Plan
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Controls Assurance Standards and Statement on Internal Control
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CHI Commission for Health Improvement Clinical Governance Review.
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