e-KSF is funded centrally by the four UK Government Health Departments and supports the use of the KSF by:
- enabling organisations to monitor departmental and organisational performance in applying the KSF
- supporting organisations to take action to address any governance, safety or quality issues
- helping managers to effectively manage the KSF development review process for their staff
- helping staff to keep a record of their achievements, learning and development.
e-KSF can exchange data with the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) providing a more efficient and complete solution for developing people within NHS organisations in England and Wales. The Department of Health, the Welsh Assembly Government, the ESR and KSF teams all advise that the KSF should be managed through the e-KSF and ESR as joint systems.
Workforce graphs
e-KSF helps with the collection and submission of monitoring information, including, workforce information graphs, which help managers answer questions such as:
- How many of members of staff have had a KSF review and PDP?
- Does the knowledge and skill mix of our workforce reflect our organisational strategy?
- What are our biggest competence strengths and gaps and how are we planning to fill the gaps?
A quick guide is available with More information about the workforce information graphs.
National library of post outlines
e-KSF also holds the National Library of post outlines, which is a database of real examples of outlines that can be downloaded and adapted by users to reflect their own posts.
Further information on e-KSF
For further information on e-KSF: