Rehabilitation service delivery: audit tool for best practice

7. Professional development, education, and training

This is one of eight audit templates that form the Rehabilitation service delivery: audit tool for best practice.

This tool enables rehabilitation services to plan and review their practice to identify areas that will improve service delivery and patient outcomes. It can also be useful for teams involved in planning and establishing new rehabilitation services.

The responsibilities of the organisation and the service need to be rated. Some of the core elements are solely organisational responsibilities. Others are rehabilitation service responsibilities or dual responsibilities.

The template is for the local health district, specialty health network, affiliated health organisation and/or the private health provider of rehabilitation services. The organisation or rehabilitation service should complete the areas in the template that have been left unshaded. The people or team may vary depending on the service model and setting. For the best result, involve a range of staff in the discussions.

Core element rating scale

N/A	0	1	2	3	4
Not applicable	Not achieved	Rarely achieved	Sometimes achieved	Often achieved	Always achieved

Instructions

After discussing each core element with members of the working group, agree on the rating, and note the evidence to support this rating.

Use the action plans to note areas for improvement, key actions and who is responsible.

For more information about the audit tool, visit: https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/rehabilitation/resources/audit-tool

7. Professional development, education, and training

Organisation/health service: Date:

Team/s:

No.	Core elements	Organisational rating N/A 0 1 2 3 4	Service rating N/A 0 1 2 3 4	Supporting evidence
7.1	At any organisational level, there is a documented process for: professional development performance review monitoring registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Note: Rate each sub-question separately.
7.2	The professional development of rehabilitation health professionals is supported in the form of access to study leave and educational opportunities.
7.3	Rehabilitation staff are provided with opportunities for career progression.
7.4	Staff are provided with regular in-services, including training in the use of new equipment and technology.
7.5	The rehabilitation service provides opportunities for coaching and mentoring for staff.
7.6	The organisation supports rehabilitation staff to be involved in statewide networks (e.g. the Agency for Clinical Innovation, the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses Association) to facilitate evidence-based care delivery.
7.7	The rehabilitation service is staffed to include clinicians with a broad range of skills and training, in addition to discipline-specific knowledge. Examples include training in a variety of relevant approaches such as resilience, change, motivation therapy, grief and loss.
7.8	The rehabilitation service identifies gaps in skill mix and supports staff to undertake education and training to meet these gaps.

Professional development, education, and training action plan

Date:

Core element #	Area for improvement	Action/s	Person responsible	Due date

Published November 2023. Next review 2028. ACI/D23/3804 SHPN (ACI) 230798-7 [ACI_4923] © State of NSW (Agency for Clinical Innovation) CC-ND-BY