{"id":481,"date":"2017-10-26T23:08:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T03:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrctcenter.org\/clinical-trial-competency\/?p=481"},"modified":"2017-10-26T23:08:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T03:08:44","slug":"the-uk-integrated-workforce-framework-nihr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrctcenter.org\/clinical-trial-competency\/the-uk-integrated-workforce-framework-nihr\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK Integrated Workforce Framework: NIHR"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”893″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

The UK\u00a0National Institute for Health Research<\/a>(NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) has used the JTF Framework in a clinical research workforce development initiative called the\u00a0Integrated Workforce Framework (IWF<\/a>).\u00a0 This is part of a national project that included input from a selection of stakeholders and endorsed by a project board from the UK Department of Health.\u00a0 This was built upon existing resources that were tried and tested, including the Royal College of Nursing Framework for Clinical Research Nurses (2011) and the Joint Task Force Clinical Research Core Competency Framework (Sonstein et al, 2014<\/a>). Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

The IWF provides a way of describing the clinical research workforce and enables individuals to identify their current role focus and opportunities for further development.\u00a0 There are three key components of framework: (1) Clinical Research (featuring JTF domains), (2) Clinical Context and (3) Leadership (Figure 1).<\/p>\n

The IWF can be used to build a personalized visual profile chart to describe a clinical research professional\u2019s (CRP) current role.\u00a0 This works well to document knowledge and experience and also enables conversations and individual reflections about a CRP\u2019s role (Figure 2).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Figure 2.\u00a0 Using the IWF during a clinical research workforce workshop.<\/p>\n

(Note: Illustration from the IWF website)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

The initial launch of this initiative was during Spring, 2017 with an engagement and evaluation period between May \u2013 September, 2017.\u00a0 The published data will be shared in Autumn, 2017 and plans are underway to automate the IWF through IT support.<\/p>\n

As illustrated on the\u00a0IWF website<\/a>\u00a0it is important to understand the intention of the framework, what it can be used for, and what it is not intended for.<\/p>\n

The IWF aims to be comprehensive in its coverage as an overarching framework, which provides a shared language and methodology of describing roles.<\/p>\n

It can be used by any CRP, regardless of level:<\/p>\n