Career Framework for the Health and Disability Workforce in New Zealand

A Career Framework for the Health and Disability Workforce in New Zealand
Consultation document

Date of publication: June 2007
Submissions closed: 31 July 2007

Summary

This discussion document proposes a Career Framework for the health and disability sector. Development of the Career Framework has been jointly led by District Health Boards (DHBs), as part of their Future Workforce programme, and by the Ministry of Health. The draft framework presented here is based on significant input from key sector stakeholders at three regional workshops held in November 2006, and on subsequent discussion with a range of sector groups. Sector feedback has been supportive of the Career Framework concept.

The Career Framework describes the structure of and progression within the health and disability workforce with the aim of:

supporting individuals and organisations to develop careers and career pathways
informing and improving health and disability workforce planning.

The Career Framework is one of a number of initiatives that will guide workforce planning and development in the health and disability sector. Other initiatives include the Health Workforce Information Programme (HWIP), the health careers brand, and the review of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. The Career Framework will also help to align the career pathway development objectives contained within national, regional and local health and disability workforce strategies and action plans (eg, public health and mental health workforce development plans). These, together with other initiatives, provide a comprehensive set of tools supporting health and disability workforce development.

How to have your say

Health and disability sector stakeholders need to be involved with designing the Career Framework if it is to be useful. Already some groups have been involved in developing this consultation document. We are seeking in-depth comment through the consultation held on this document, which will run from mid-June to 31 July. To facilitate this process, discussion questions have been included throughout this consultation document. These questions are also attached in a separate document which can be typed onto directly and returned. Please use the template provided to help make the submissions analysis phase manageable.

Submissions closed on 31 July 2007.

The final document will be completed by 31 October 2007 and work on further project stages as outlined in the previous section can commence.

Publication availability

This publication is available in Word and PDF format below:

A Career Framework for the Health and Disability Workforce in New Zealand - Consultation document (Word, 784 KB)
A Career Framework for the Health and Disability Workforce in New Zealand - Consultation document (PDF, 473 KB)

The submission template is available in Word format below:

A Career Framework for the Health and Disability Workforce in New Zealand - Submission template (Word, 35 KB)

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Publishing information

Date of publication: June 2007

ISBN number: Website 978-0-478-19143-1

HP number: HP4412

Citation: Ministry of Health and District Health Boards New Zealand Workforce Group. 2007. A Career Framework for the Health and Disability Workforce in New Zealand: Consultation document. Wellington: Ministry of Health and District Health Boards New Zealand.

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District Health Boards New Zealand (www.dhbnz.org.nz)