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The ACCEND Framework lays out the essential Cancer Competencies in Practice (CiPs) and an educational structure tailored to each stage of professional development within the cancer care career path. Its goal is to facilitate the delivery of safe and efficient cancer care that aligns with the four pillars of professional practice.
The ACCEND programme aims to provide transformational reform for the career pathways and associated education, training, learning and development opportunities for the workforce providing care to people affected by cancer.
This Career Pathway, Core Cancer Capabilities in Practice (CiP) and Education Framework for the Nursing and Allied Health Professions Workforce (the ‘Framework’) has been developed as part of a UK wide programme called the Aspirant Cancer Career and Education Development programme (ACCEND).
A competency framework is a structure, which sets out and attempts to define the key knowledge, skills and behaviours required for an individual to be able to perform a particular task or job. Attending training may provide the practical knowledge for individual competencies but staff also need to show the practical application of that skill to be signed off as “competent.”
It is hoped that all professionals working in Cancer Care will adopt the ACCEND capabilities to help them to document their professional development and growth as they continue their career in cancer.
