Focus on technicians

Your KSF development review — how to collect evidence

By Tess Fenn, BA, RegPharmTech

Evidence to show that an individual is meeting the KSF outline for his or her post needs to be presented at his or her annual development review. This article describes the types of evidence that might be used and provides tips on how it can be collected

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Tess Fenn is pharmacy NVQ and technical staff development manager at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London

SUMMARY

During their annual development review all pharmacy staff working in the NHS need to show that they are meeting the knowledge and skills framework (KSF) outline for their post. In order to do this, they will need to have collected evidence of their achievements, roles and responsibilities throughout the year.

The aim of this article is to provide guidance to pharmacy staff on the collection of work-related evidence to use at their annual development review, the formal forum where much of the development review process takes place. Although the article is written mainly with technicians in mind, many of the general principles will also be of relevance to pharmacists.

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