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THE TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS FRAMEWORK
Chrystalla Ferrier
St. Mary’s s Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

DOES THE POSSESSION OF
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS MAKE A
BETTER BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST?

TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS
KEY SKILLS

14+ KEY SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS
Main Key Skills
Communication
Application of Number
Information and Communication Technology
Wider Key Skills
Working with others
Improving own learning and performance
Problem solving

HEALTH CARE PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
DEGREE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR
HIGHER EDUCATION (QAA) BENCHMARKS
Degree Course
Audiology ,Arts Therapy,
Clinical Psychology,
Clinical sciences, Dental
Care Professions,
Dietetics, Health visiting,
Midwifery, Nursing,
Occupational Therapy,
Operating Department
Practice, Orthoptics,
Paramedic Science,
Physiotherapy, Podiatry
Prosthetics and Orthotics,
Radiography, Speech and
Language Therapy
Skills common to all
Information gathering
Problem solving
Communication
Numeracy
Information Technology

COMMON TO ALL NHS AGENDA
FOR CHANGE EMPLOYEES

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
Defining the expectations of each post within a
number of predefined Core and Specific
Dimensions
Level of complexity and specification of areas of
application
Achievement/evidence of knowledge and skills
eventually on e-KSF and therefore electronic
staff records
Links with Learning Management Systems

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
Record transferable to any NHS employer
Linked to Annual Performance Review
?Flexibility for the creation of new roles
?Flexibility for transfer to different NHS roles

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
Core Dimensions
1 Communication
2 Personal and people development
3 Health, safety and security
4 Service improvement
5 Quality
6 Equality and diversity

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
FRAMEWORK
24 Specific Dimensions many of which will apply to
a wide range of professions e.g.
Information and Knowledge - IK1, IK2 and IK3
Learning and Development - G1
People Management - G6
Products to meet health and wellbeing needs -
HWB10

FOR BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS

Mapping Teaching/Training to KSF
and Portfolio Standards
KSF and Version 3 IBMS CoC Portfolio Mapping for 2008 Tutorials
TUTORIAL
The IBMS Certificate of Competence
Registration Portfolio
The HPC and IBMS
Storage and Archiving of Pathology Records
and Specimens/The Human Tissue Act
Clinical Pathology Accreditation
Data Protection and Caldicott
Equal Opportunities
Departmental Structures
Limits of Practice and Referral
Workload Management/European Working
Time Directive
Waste Disposal
Health and Safety 1
Health and Safety 2
Continuing Professional Development/KSF
Customer Service on the Telephone
Laboratory Links
Pathology IT Systems
KSF Dimension
Core 2
Core 1 - 6
Core 2, 3
Core 2, 5
Core 1 – 3, 5, 6,
IK1, 2
Core 2, 6
Core 2
Core 1, 2
Core 2, 3, 5
Core 2, 3
Core 2, 3
Core 2, 3
Core 2
Core 1, 2, 6
Core 1, 2
Core 1, 2, IK1, 2
Registration Portfolio
Standards
1a.1a, 1a.5a
1a.1b, 1a.4a – c
1a.1c
1a.1b, 1a.3a – b, 1b.3f
1a.2 a – b
1a.6d
1a.6a – f
1a.7a – d, 2b.3a
1a.1b, 1a.1d, 3a.3g
1a.8a – d, 3a.3a – i
1a.8a – d, 3a.3a – i
1a.8d, 2b.1g
1b.3a – f, 1b.4a
1b.1a – c, 1b.2a – c
2b.2c, 2b.5a - g
Assignment Details
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HPC CPD REQUIREMENTS
First audit of Biomedical Scientists November
2009
Record of continuous CPD activity
Mixture of activities that aim to improve
the quality of the service and benefit the
service user
Link to KSF Evidence

ONE PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO

IBMS ACCREDITED
BSC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
QAA benchmark statement for BSc Biomedical
Science
Key transferable skills including :
communication
information technology
numeracy (including the preparation, processing,
interpretation and presentation of data)
data analysis
negotiating skills

IBMS ACCREDITED
BSC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Discipline and subject-specific skills associated
with laboratory practice including :
safe handling of specimens
sample preparations
aseptic techniques,
liquid handling
use of relevant instrumentation taking into
account such factors as accuracy, calibration,
precision and replicability, accurate
interpretation of patient data and problem
solving

IBMS ACCREDITED
BSC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
Research skills including:
ethics
governance
audit
experimental design
statistical analysis
literature searching
critical appraisal of literature
scientific communication

IBMS CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE
REGISTRATION PORTFOLIO
Generic
Interpretation of HPC Standards of Proficiency
for Biomedical Scientists
Evidence from single or multiple pathology
disciplines
Mapping of degree modules and expected
workplace outcomes for HPC approved degrees
and IBMS accredited co terminus/integrated
degrees
A new generation of biomedical scientists with
broad underpinning knowledge

IBMS SPECIALIST DIPLOMAS
Reinforcement of generic knowledge and skills in
section 6:
6.1 Professional Roles and Relationships
6.2 Health and Safety
6.3 Receipt and Processing of Samples
6.4 Laboratory Computer System
6.5 Laboratory Equipment
6.6 Quality Assurance

PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES
TODAY – What has changed?
Workload
Regulation
More Automation
More Cross- Discipline Platform Technology
More Information Technology
More External Audit
More Staff Training and Development

Technology
Increased automation (Levels 1 to 4)
Cross discipline skills automation skills
Cross discipline platform technology –
immunoassay, PCR
Expertise and transferable skills in immunoassay
and PCR
Does technology based expertise impact on ability
to interpret patient results?

Laboratory Accreditation
Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA)
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory
Agency (MHRA)
Good Laboratory Practice/Good Clinical
Practice/Good Manufacturing Practice
(GLP/GCP/GMP)
Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
European Federation of Immunological Societies
(EFIS)

Training
CPA Training Standards/periodic competency
assessment post initial training
IBMS Training Status Approval for laboratories
Evidence-based requirement for pre and post
registration IBMS qualifications
Authentication of evidence
Ideal input from lots of staff members

Information Technology
Increased requirements to match increased
automation
Electronic communication with more users
NHS Connecting for Health, Care Records
Service
Electronic Staff Records

Post Registration Qualifications for
Biomedical Scientist Staff
MSc courses
Discipline specific
Generic aspects
Combination of both
Requirements for transferable knowledge and
skills
At expense of discipline specific scientific and
clinical knowledge
Choice of modules
How much choice?

Over to you?

REFERENCES
www.direct.gov.uk/en/EducationAndLearning/QualificationsExplained/
DG_10039028
www.keyskills4u.com/tests
www.qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/benchmark/statements/Biomed
icalscience07.asp
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Publications
PolicyAndGuidance/DH_4090843
www.mhra.gov.uk
www.cpa-uk.co.uk
www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk
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