Corporate induction

The corporate induction programme runs twice a month.

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Knowledge and skills framework (KSF)

Agenda for Change introduced a single, common pay spine and equal terms and conditions into the NHS. It also includes the KSF, which will help identify your training and development needs.

The KSF has been designed to identify the knowledge and skills needed for an individual to apply and undertake within their role. This framework will help you to develop your own personal development plan through the process of annual reviews, rather than describing the exact knowledge and skills that you need to develop.

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Personal development courses

Homerton's personal development courses cover a range of topics intended to help you achieve your personal and professional objectives.

These workshop style courses will enable you to hone your skills and to be more effective in your work role. The courses will focus on the needs of the group and will give you the opportunity to exchange ideas with other participants; as well as putting into practice the concepts covered in the sessions. As with all learning and development courses that we offer, they will cover KSF dimensions that relate to your own KSF outline.

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Leadership and management courses

Learning and development is committed to building the leadership and management capability at Homerton. It aims to ensure that our managers/leaders are competent to lead, manage and coach their staff to enable them ultimately to contribute positively to the achievement of departmental, service and organisational objectives.

Learning opportunities aim to be in line with their current and future development and to provide them with relevant knowledge and skills within a supportive, challenging and developmental environment that promotes greater self -awareness, creativity and flexibility.

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Information technology

There are many examples of Information Technology in use around the hospital that affects our working lives. There is the Electronic Patient Record System (EPR), the Electronic Staff Record (ESR), there are Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) and all the laptops and computers.  

It is possible to feel that computers control our lives, but they are here to work for you.  

The IT courses at Homerton are designed to give you the skills you need to make the most of the computers.  You can learn about writing letters or reports with Microsoft Word or do sums and creating charts with Microsoft Excel. 

You can create databases in Microsoft Access to manage large amounts of data and use Microsoft PowerPoint  for presentations for team meetings or teaching sessions.  You can make the most of the e-mail system with Microsoft Outlook and gather information about the hospital with the Homerton Life intranet.

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Apprenticeships

Learning is no longer confined to the classroom. We live in a competitive world where individuals need to raise and maintain their skills to enhance employability, and businesses need to invest in learning and training to improve productivity and competitiveness.

Lifelong learning is the key - people need to get into the habit of not just acquiring a good basic education but continuing to learn and develop throughout their working life. A vital element is good quality qualifications that are recognised and valued by individuals and employers.  

Apprenticeships are nationally-designed programmes, tailored for full-time employees.  They aim to give employees the opportunity to:

• gain vocational, work-based qualifications (Technical Certificate and Functional Skills including numeracy and literacy)
• learn and enhance practical job skills and knowledge, related to specific work roles
• progress within specific careers and educational pathways

Apprenticeships normally last from 12 months - 4 years, depending on the type of programme. 

Apprenticeships we offer

• Health and Social Care
• Business and Administration
• Support Services in Healthcare
• Estates Maintenance

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Functional skills qualifications

Functional skills are the skills most commonly needed to succeed at work and in everyday life. In developing Functional skills, people improve the quality of their learning as well as their performance in the world of work.

It can be assessed and achieved as a stand-alone qualification although the delivery may more commonly form part of a broader learning programme, involving achievement of other qualifications.

All staff in Bands 1-4 have the opportunity to achieve the Functional Skills qualification in ICT (information, communication and technology), literacy and numeracy.

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