7.4 Health literacy – FEDIP Job Profiles

7.4 Health literacy | Level 6 – Set strategy, inspire and influence

I can influence national policy, education and processes to include health literacy awareness
I can encourage those devising and delivering healthcare services to consider the impact of health literacy and digital poverty upon health inequalities.
I can commission data bout local levels of health literacy to inform health service design and approaches.

7.4 Health literacy | Level 1 – Follow

I can demonstrate an awareness of health literacy principles.

7.4 Health literacy | Level 2 – Assist

I can support delivery and promotion of health literacy awareness across the organisation.
I can assist when working in partnership to raise health literacy awareness to patients and the public in my local community.

7.4 Health literacy | Level 3 – Apply

I can enable the use of health literacy and readability tools and develop skills to address low levels of health literacy.
I can initiate and contribute to work intended to improve health literacy of staff and learners.
I can use a range of tools and techniques to improve health literacy training and practice.

7.4 Health literacy | Level 4 – Enable

I can work in partnership with teams across the organisation to review patient information taking into consideration health literacy and readability levels.
I can work in partnership to provide an evidence base to underpin high quality and valid patient information.
I can initiate and contribute to partnership working to improve the health literacy of patients and the public.