Migration by Portfolio to Part 3 of the NMC Register – why
bother?
Mel OttewillBrighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
SSHA Conference 2008
We will cover…• Background
• About the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing part of the NMC Register
• Migration by portfolio
• Demonstrating evidence
• Frequently asked questions…is it worth it?!
Background• Sexual Health Advisers – a professional group? • Reports highlighting need for registration of practitioners • Need to develop & deliver contemporary sexual health
services…individual & population level; service user voice
• How should the workforce develop?• Consultation by SSHA with DoH & NMC (& UKVPHR) Led to agreement to offer education leading to registration to future Sexual Health Advisers via the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Programme
Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
• Future preparation of SHAs (theory & practice) can be via the Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Programme
• Based on 10 key principles of public health• From 2008 Universities may offer a pathway in
Sexual Health Advising alongside those preparing Health Visitors, School Nurses & Occupational Health Nurses
Migration by Portfolio• Opportunity to migrate by portfolio from Oct
2007-Dec 2009 if meet criteria• Application pack (4) & proforma from
www.nmc-uk.org• A number of HEIs have agreed to verify
portfolios (NMC website, annexe 8 of the SCPHN section)
• Registration entitles applicant to call themselves a specialist community public health nurse
• No academic award without undertaking the nursing programme (AP(E) L)
10 principles of public health: - Surveillance & assessment of the population’s health & wellbeing - Collaborative working for health & wellbeing - Working with, & for, communities to improve health & wellbeing - Developing health programmes & services & reducing inequalities - Policy & strategy development & implementation to improve health & wellbeing - Research & development to improve health & wellbeing - Promoting & protecting the population’s health & wellbeing - Developing quality & risk management within an evaluative culture - Strategic leadership for health & wellbeing - Ethically managing self, people & resources to improve health & wellbeing
Migration by portfolio - cont
• Each principle is sub-divided into a number of different factors eg. Collaborative working for health & wellbeing has 2 sub-divisions:
- Raise awareness about health & social wellbeing & related factors, services & resources
- Develop, sustain & evaluate collaborative work
Demonstrating evidence• You need to provide 3 pieces of ‘Knows-how’ &
3 pieces of ‘Shows-how’ evidence for each element of each of the 10 Principles
• You can use the same pieces of evidence multiple times!
• There are some key texts…• Groups of 2-4, for next 10mins pick one principle
& brain-storm what know-how & shows-how evidence you could use for each of the elements
• Feedback…Questions…?
Some key texts• Craig PM & Lindsay GM (Eds) (2000) Nursing
for Public Health. Population-based care• Burley S, Mitchell EE, Melling K, et al.(1997)
Contemporary Community Nursing• Mitcheson et al (2008) Public Health
Approaches to Practice. • Department of Health (2001) The national
strategy for sexual health and HIV• Medical Foundation for AIDS & Sexual Health
(2005) Recommended Standards for Sexual Health
Frequently asked questions• Do I have to do this? - No!• What power does Anne McNall’s document have? - It is a guidance document (English DoH)…reflecting the focus on public
health to tackle inequalities in sexual health. Considers developments in workforce to best meet future need. A vision document
• Why bother? - Advantages are…. - Disadvantages are…• In future, will everyone wanting to be a Sexual Health Adviser have to
do this course? - Depends on SHA adoption of the guidance & if development of the
workforce in this way is seen to best meet LDPs/respond to sexual health needs
• Who will fund me? - various possibilities…
Sources of support
• University SCPHN pathway lead/lecturer• Sexual Health Adviser’s who have
migrated by portfolio• Key texts• Professionals who have undertaken the
SCPHN programme• [modules/master classes to upskill in
deficit areas]