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Supporting Rural and Island Communities - phase 2

Multidisciplinary Rural Advanced Practice Capability Framework - Primary and Community Care

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)

Type: Document

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

CC license: Attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives Creative Commons License