Advanced practice toolkit

Development Opportunity

Funding applications now open

Rural Advanced Practice (RAP) MSc Programme is For Advanced SAS Practitioners working in Remote & Rural Scotland.

https://mailchi.mp/9f8ad3b56a16/stakeholder-engagement-survey-5754658

AHP Advanced Practice in Scotland webinars

NES are hosting some webinars to explore the recent joint statement from the UK’s four CAHPOs on advanced practice. For more information go to the flyer.

AHP Advanced Practice in Scotland Webinars Flyer.pdf

To register for the webinars follow this link

AHP Advanced Practice in Scotland Webinar Registration Form

New Academy of Advanced Practice Research UK (AAPR-UK).

The Academy of Advanced Practice Research has been established to provide a United Kingdom wide strategic approach to collaborative research which adds to the growing body of evidence across all health professions showing the impact of Advancing Practice. This is an independent UK wide organisation. You can find out more by reviewing this recent presentation from AAPR-UK on Shaping the Future.

SAPENConference25.pdf

The Advanced Practice Academies have agreed their first position statement on Advanced Nurse Practitioner Final Sign-off. The aim of the position statement is to support employers and practitioners with ensuring that they are adequately prepared for the role and are competent to practice.

You can access the position statement here. 

The position statement has been through a rigorous governance process that included review and agreement by the regional and national academies as well as the Scottish Executive Nurse Directors (SEND) group and the national Transforming Roles Steering group. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have also had sight.

The latest edition of the Advanced Practice Newsletter is now available here

Previous newsletters can be found in the archive pages.

Advanced Practice Week is the 12^th to 18^th Nov. Let us know what you are doing to celebrate advanced practice in your teams.

Please get in touch via our mailbox advancedpractice@nes.scot.nhs.uk

New way to submit material for the Toolkit

We have added a new section in the introduction to highlight how you can share material to add to the toolkit. It’s a very simple process all you have to do is complete the form which is a series of questions designed to assess that the content meets the governance criteria set by the Editorial Board.  

There is a new NES Pharmacy Podcast now available: The NES pharmacy podcast | NHS Education for Scotland.

The podcast aims to provide updates on developments in pharmacy education as well as linking in with pharmacy teams in Scotland. There are 5 episodes currently available.

New Publications Section coming soon to the Evidence, Research and Development Pillar. We are keen to showcase the growing body of advanced practice research that is being written in Scotland.

If you have any publications, you would like to share in relation to advance practice then please get in touch via our mailbox advancedpractice@nes.scot.nhs.uk

RCM Position Statement

RCM position statement on advanced practice rcm_position-statement_advanced-practice_3_rgb.pdf[CE1] 

NMC Advanced Practice Review

Keep up to date on the latest NMC Advanced Practice review information. 

Key decisions:

• developing standards of proficiency for advanced level practice (and associated programme standards)
• adopting a collaborative approach to develop a UK-wide advanced practice principles framework incorporating a shared position or definition of advanced level practice
• ensuring that advanced level practice requirements are included in the wider review of revalidation and the Code scheduled for 2025/26.

Advanced Practice Newsletter latest addition now available here.

We have noticed a glitch with the link on page 11 to the Special Issue: integrated care in rural, remote or island communities. When you click the link you will get the correct address but it sets it up in an email, so you just need to copy the URL into your browser.

Previous newsletters can be found in the archive pages.

Funding applications for the Multidisciplinary Rural Advanced Practice (RAP) MSc Programme 2024 are now open and close on 31 May 2024. 

Applicants should be currently employed within a rural community team/ primary care (this might include those who cover community hospitals, as well as Primary Care) practice, providing healthcare services within NHS Scotland.

The prerequisite to apply for a NES funded place is that practitioners will have already completed Clinical Assessment and Non-Medical Prescribing Modules (these may be held at either SCQF level 9 or 11, which will enable entry into year 2 of the programme. Practitioners may exit the programme after year 2 with a Diploma in RAP or may choose to continue into year 3 and complete the full MSc RAP Programme.

Please note, only if places and funding allow, we may support some learners with NMP and Clinical Assessment.

To apply for the MSc in Rural Advanced Practice, you will require to meet the University of Highland & Islands admissions criteria.

Please contact the programme lead: Dr Clare Carolan at clare.carolan@uhi.ac.uk for further information.

To apply for funding from NES please click on this link to complete the questionnaire.

https://forms.office.com/e/LAn8tRX61r

Advanced Practice Review

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have completed their review and have approved: 

• developing standards of proficiency for advanced level practice (and associated programme standards),
• adopting a collaborative approach to develop a UK-wide advanced practice principles framework incorporating a shared position or definition of advanced level practice,
• ensuring that advanced level practice requirements are included in the wider review of revalidation and the Code scheduled for 2025/26.

For more information, please go to the NMC website

New to the toolkit

We now have a navigation tool and learner pathway live on the landing page. We are also adding a range advanced practitioner case studies and recordings to the site like in the prescribing section.

Previous updates and information is available by month here 

The Scottish Advanced Practice newsletter is produced for practitioners working in Scotland in advanced practice roles and for those who aspire to become an advanced practitioner. This newsletter will provide detail of advanced practice developments across professional groups in Scotland and is published twice annually. If you would like to join the mailing list, please contact Colette Henderson c.m.j.henderson@dundee.ac.uk   

Funding applications for the Multidisciplinary Rural Advanced Practice MSc Programme now open. For more information follow this link

NES applications close 30^th June

Advanced Practice Review

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) are currently carrying out a review of advanced nursing and midwifery practice, including consideration of whether additional regulation is needed. For more information and to sign up to the community of interest to be kept up to date visit the NMC website.