Health and care professionals working at an advanced clinical practice level will be able to evidence the underpinning competencies, skills and behaviours applicable to the specialty or health and care setting and job role they are working within. As part of the framework for advanced clinical practice, professionals must be able to evidence additional core capabilities across four pillars: clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research.
ACPs can demonstrate expertise and professional judgement to achieve these capabilities in areas such as: diagnostics and therapeutics, enhanced skills in consultation, critical thinking and clinical decision-making, and the leadership they demonstrate within their teams.
These can be demonstrated in different ways depending on the setting or role the ACP is practicing, which means that there is flexibility for employers to determine how ACPs demonstrate these capabilities, based on service, patient, team and organisational needs.