Wood Lisa, Williams Claire, Luxon Leah, Kumary Ajvir, Roth Anthony
Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Goodmayes Hospital, Essex, UK.
University College London, London, UK.
Psychol Psychother. 2025 Sep;98(3):553-569. doi: 10.1111/papt.12575. Epub 2025 Feb 14.
Acute mental health inpatient settings care for those with acute and complex mental health needs. This study aimed to develop a psychosocial competency framework for use by multidisciplinary professional practitioners working in adult and older adult acute mental health inpatient settings.
The competence framework was developed through an iterative developmental process. Initially, the relevant literature was reviewed to draft the framework. A multidisciplinary Expert Reference Group provided their expertise to refine and develop the framework and provide professional advice on areas with a weaker evidence base.
A competency framework was produced and nine key areas of competency were developed; 'Basic knowledge of issues related to acute mental health inpatient care', 'Communication skills', 'Professional competences for all healthcare workers', 'Generic relationship competences', 'Assessment, formulation and planning', 'Structured care and intervention', 'Psychosocial interventions', 'Meta-competences', and 'Professional competences for organisations'.
This competency framework will enable stakeholders to understand which competences are needed for high-quality acute mental health inpatient care provision. It can be used to underpin training packages in this field. Our framework has been recommended as a best-practice resource in the NHS England Acute Inpatient Mental Health Care guidance for adults and older adults.
急性精神卫生住院环境为有急性和复杂精神卫生需求的患者提供护理。本研究旨在制定一个社会心理能力框架,供在成人及老年急性精神卫生住院环境中工作的多学科专业从业者使用。
能力框架通过迭代发展过程制定。最初,查阅相关文献以起草框架。一个多学科专家参考小组提供专业知识,以完善和发展框架,并就证据基础较弱的领域提供专业建议。
制定了一个能力框架,并确定了九个关键能力领域;“急性精神卫生住院护理相关问题的基础知识”、“沟通技巧”、“所有医护人员的专业能力”、“一般关系能力”、“评估、制定和规划”、“结构化护理和干预”、“社会心理干预”、“元能力”以及“组织的专业能力”。
该能力框架将使利益相关者了解提供高质量急性精神卫生住院护理所需的能力。它可用于支撑该领域的培训包。我们的框架已被推荐为英格兰国民保健制度成人及老年急性住院精神卫生护理指南中的最佳实践资源。