National Centre for Remote and Rural Health and Care

Remote and Rural Healthcare Education Alliance (RRHEAL)

This Capability Framework and related competencies outlines the knowledge, skills and attitudes required of Rural Advanced Practitioners. The framework: • Aligns with the NHS Education for Scotland’s (NES) Nursing Midwifery & Allied Health Professionals (NMAHP) Post Registration Career Development Framework1 (Level 7) and expands upon the current NES advanced practice competencies • Applies across multidisciplinary R&R professional3 roles • Defines and shows the scope of practice and capabilities required of those working in a Rural Advanced Practitioner role • Provides suitable guidance so that modules delivered by education providers can be aligned and quality assured • Supplies an outline against which the skills set of a practitioner can be assessed in R&R practice

Published: 15/04/2021

Publisher: Remote and Rural Healthcare Education Alliance (RRHEAL)

Keywords: Rural and island; Education; ANP; Rural practitioner; Advanced nurse practitioner

Type: Document

Audience: Medicine (audience); Nursing, midwifery and allied health professions (audience)

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