KSBs

Knowledge

K1: Relevant legal, regulatory and governance requirements, policies, and professional and ethical frameworks, differentiating where appropriate between the devolved legislatures of the United Kingdom. Back to Duty

K2: How decisions, actions and omissions are made when working with complexity, risk, unpredictability and when all of the information required might not be available. Back to Duty

K3: The characteristics of care provision that is person-centred, anti-discriminatory, culturally competent and inclusive. Back to Duty

K4: Stigma and the potential for bias in practice. Back to Duty

K5: The need for reasonable adjustments for people, groups and communities and how to influence health policy and promoting best practice. Back to Duty

K6: The principles of courage, transparency and the professional duty of candour and how to take responsibility to address poor practice wherever it is encountered. Back to Duty

K7: How personal values and beliefs might impact on behaviour and practice. Back to Duty

K8: The opportunities, risk and demands of specialist community nursing practice, and how to take action to maintain own mental and physical health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

K9: The numeracy, literacy, digital and technological skills required to deliver safe and effective specialist practice that meets the needs of people, their families and carers. Back to Duty

K10: What is required to be effective ambassador and role model, and a positive influence on the profession. Back to Duty

K11: Epidemiology, demography and the social determinants of health and illness, and how to influence policy, service design and delivery. Back to Duty

K12: The factors that may lead to inequalities in health outcomes, and their associated ethical dilemmas. Back to Duty

K13: The effects of social influences, health literacy, individual circumstances, behaviours and choices on people’s current and future mental and physical health. Back to Duty

K14: How to assess health needs in partnership with people, families, communities and populations, to support them to take decisions and actions that improve their own mental, physical, and behavioural health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

K15: Opportunities for people, families, communities and populations to use their personal strengths and assets to make informed choices about their own health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

K16: How to conduct, interpret and evaluate health and social care assessments, screening and profiling activity for people and communities, and take appropriate action to improve health outcomes. Back to Duty

K17: Social prescribing to support individual and community health outcomes. Back to Duty

K18: The characteristics of communities, their assets and any areas for development in order to build networks and alliances that can enhance health outcomes for people and families. Back to Duty

K19: How people, communities and populations connect effectively with local initiatives, support networks, programmes and third sector organisations that support their health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

K20: The impact of networks and how they enhance and support the mental and physical needs of people, families and communities, and any potential deficiencies in support. Back to Duty

K21: The role and application of genomics and epigenetics and how to inform and advise people about the implications for personalised health care. Back to Duty

K22: The range of advanced communication skills needed to develop public health information that is accessible and enables people to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

K23: How to share information regarding communicable diseases and the approaches necessary for communicable disease surveillance, infection prevention and control, including immunisation and vaccination programmes. Back to Duty

K24: How to mitigate risks of environmental factors and other pollutants that have the potential to affect the health and wellbeing of people now and in the future. Back to Duty

K25: Person-centred approaches to care, including working in partnership to support shared decision making within the assessment and care planning processes when working with people, their families or carers, and communities. Back to Duty

K26: Advanced communication strategies and relationship management skills when interacting with people, including families and carers, who may have a range of mental, physical, cognitive, behavioural and social health challenges. Back to Duty

K27: The principle of the presumption of capacity, and the requirement to seek informed consent throughout the assessment and planning process. Back to Duty

K28: How to make reasonable adjustments to maximise opportunities for people to understand the outcome of their abilities and needs assessment, and the implications for their treatment and care. Back to Duty

K29: How to make professional judgements, within the required legislative framework, about a person’s lack of capacity to make a decision or give consent at that time. Back to Duty

K30: The required level of support needed to ensure that vulnerable people receive the maximum levels of independence throughout the continuum of care. Back to Duty

K31: How to escalate, report, plan and coordinate immediate and continuing care for people in need of safeguarding. Back to Duty

K32: How to proactively obtain and distil information from formal and informal sources to inform individual assessments, involving others as required. Back to Duty

K33: How to critically analyse complex assessment information and data, distinguishing between normal and abnormal findings, recognising when prompt action is required, including requesting additional investigations, and involving others when appropriate. Back to Duty

K34: New and emerging science and technology, including genomics, and how it can be used to inform assessment and treatment options, when agreeing personalised care plans with people and their families, carers or nominated persons. Back to Duty

K35: Problem solving, influencing and negotiation skills needed to maximise opportunities for shared decision making when co-producing care plans. Back to Duty

K36: How to assess individual abilities and needs when co-producing plans of care, and agree opportunities for supported self-care and treatment interventions. Back to Duty

K37: The impact and influence of people’s preferences, close relationships, support systems, home environment, social, environmental, and spiritual factors when agreeing the plan of care. Back to Duty

K38: The opportunities for people, and where needed their families, carers or nominated person, to remain independent and to facilitate self-care. Back to Duty

K39: How to effectively communicate the benefits and risks of different care and treatment options, and how the person and their family or carers will be supported in the choices they make. Back to Duty

K40: The impact that unexpected events and changes may have on the plan of care. Back to Duty

K41: The management and evaluation of complex episodes of care from referral to service and admission, to discharge from caseload, or referral to other appropriate services or agencies. Back to Duty

K42: How to assess and manage transition of people to other services or agencies, and collaborate with colleagues of other disciplines and agencies to find solutions to mitigate any risks. Back to Duty

K43: The implications of delegation of any aspect of the individual’s care to an alternative person. Back to Duty

K44: What factors may lead to reduced concordance, changes in motivation or dissatisfaction with the care and treatment plan. Back to Duty

K45: How to proactively engage with, and effectively advocate for, people using services provided by other professionals or agencies to identify and find solutions where there is inconsistency, disagreement or conflict. Back to Duty

K46: Evidence-based care and treatment, including care, therapeutic interventions and social prescribing, that may be supportive, curative, symptom relieving or palliative. Back to Duty

K47: Complex medicines administration, optimisation and medicines reconciliation, and how to continually evaluate to ensure optimum effectiveness. Back to Duty

K48: How to ensure adequate safeguards for people when they are vulnerable. Back to Duty

K49: How to maintain therapeutic relationships with people, their families and/or carers throughout the episode of care and treatment. Back to Duty

K50: Techniques to educate people, their families, carers or nominated persons about their condition, treatment and care, to promote independence and confidence in supported self-care and self-management. Back to Duty

K51: The importance of including people and their families or carers in making decisions about their care and how to mitigate any risks as a result of changes in a person’s mental and physical health, their living environment, or social arrangements. Back to Duty

K52: The preferences, beliefs, cultural requirements and wishes of the deceased and people who are bereaved. Back to Duty

K53: Why it’s important to clearly explain and accurately record the rationale for decisions, actions taken and resulting outcomes either in writing, or using digital technology, which can be shared with the person, their family, carers, nominated person and interdisciplinary and interagency teams. Back to Duty

K54: The role of leadership in applying human rights, equality, diversity and inclusion, to improve the health and wellbeing of people, families and communities. Back to Duty

K55: The importance of compassionate leadership. Back to Duty

K56: How to influence and improve the care of communities through partnership working. Back to Duty

K57: The range of available local community assets and how to engage them. Back to Duty

K58: Indicators used to determine the skill mix and appropriate characteristics of the workforce required to meet the needs of specific caseloads. Back to Duty

K59: How to effectively communicate complex information to justify decisions about resource allocation. Back to Duty

K60: How to delegate responsibility for the management of budget, people and other resources to team members, while retaining overall accountability. Back to Duty

K61: Personal workload requirements and that of the wider team and how to lead and prioritise activities in order to manage demand and capacity. Back to Duty

K62: How to safely and effectively delegate responsibilities to team members based on an assessment of their level of knowledge, skill and confidence. Back to Duty

K63: How digital technology can maximise the use of resources across interdisciplinary and interagency teams. Back to Duty

K64: Procurement policies, value for money considerations and health and safety requirements. Back to Duty

K65: The need to continually reflect on own leadership approach and adapt own leadership style to different situations, including but not limited to when working with diverse teams who may be geographically dispersed. Back to Duty

K66: How to effectively use systems to measure the impact, quality, productivity and cost efficacy of interdisciplinary and interagency teams to allow effective leadership and performance management. Back to Duty

K67: How and when to conduct conversations with team members to provide opportunities for positive reinforcement and challenge. Back to Duty

K68: The importance of developing a positive learning culture for interdisciplinary and interagency teams. Back to Duty

K69: The approaches and resources available to educate, support and motivate people, manage talent and succession plan. Back to Duty

K70: Leadership strategies that are effective in supporting positive team development and cohesion across disciplines and agencies. Back to Duty

K71: Strategies which are appropriate to the composition of the team, to enable supervision, reflection and peer review. Back to Duty

K72: The importance of understanding the individual’s abilities and learning needs when applying the standards of education and training for pre- and post-registration nursing, midwifery and nursing associate students, in order to educate, supervise and assess effectively. Back to Duty

K73: How health and safety legislation and regulations inform policy and guidance to support staff working across the range of home and community environments. Back to Duty

K74: The importance of evaluating the outputs and recommendations of internal and external risk reporting to enable prioritisation, decision making and the development of action plans to mitigate risk. Back to Duty

K75: The judgements required to balance competing risks and priorities. Back to Duty

K76: The use of innovative and emerging technology to collect and store data which allows analysis and forecasting to inform service improvement and safety plans. Back to Duty

K77: The importance of systematically and effectively capturing and evaluating people’s lived experiences of care to lead improvements in the quality of service delivery. Back to Duty

K78: Different research designs and methodologies used to generate evidence for service improvement. Back to Duty

K79: How to implement improvement methodologies. Back to Duty

K80: How service evaluation, research findings, data and audit can inform service improvement. Back to Duty

K81: How to present relevant research, quality and audit findings and proposals for care improvement to a range of audiences. Back to Duty

K82: How political and economic policies and drivers that may have an impact on the health, care and wellbeing of local communities. Back to Duty

K83: The economic principles that drive health and social care, and their impact on resource allocation in integrated primary and community care services. Back to Duty

K84: The impact and influence of epidemiological, demographic, social, political and economic trends on current and prospective community nursing services. Back to Duty

K85: How to build relationships between teams within different systems in health and care, appreciating the value of different approaches, skill sets and expertise. Back to Duty

K86: How different services within the system can collaborate and co-design to ensure that services work seamlessly together to meet the needs of people and communities. Back to Duty

K87: Methodologies that drive continuous service improvement within the variety of different organisations and agencies that deliver services. Back to Duty

K88: How the creation and development of effective system networks enhance communication and decision making across organisations and agencies. Back to Duty

K89: The importance of cultural competence and leadership when challenging discriminatory, oppressive cultures and behaviours at a system level. Back to Duty

K90: How to influence the health and social care strategies and policies at a local, regional and national level. Back to Duty

K91: How effective partnership working can promote and influence change and improve health outcomes for the people and communities served. Back to Duty

Skills

S1: Practise autonomously, proactively and innovatively, demonstrating self-awareness, emotional intelligence and openness. Back to Duty

S2: Lead and manage a service, with the ability to effectively admit, discharge and refer people to other professionals, services and agencies as appropriate. Back to Duty

S3: Deliver specialist person-centred care in complex, challenging and unpredictable circumstances. Back to Duty

S4: Account for their decisions, actions and omissions when working with complexity, risk, unpredictability and when all of the information required might not be available. Back to Duty

S5: Apply relevant legal, regulatory and governance requirements, policies, and professional and ethical frameworks, differentiating where appropriate between the devolved legislatures of the United Kingdom. Back to Duty

S6: Lead and promote care provision that is person-centred, anti-discriminatory, culturally competent and inclusive. Back to Duty

S7: Demonstrate critical awareness of stigma and the potential for bias, taking action to resolve any inequity arising from either, and educate others where necessary. Back to Duty

S8: Recognise the need for, and lead on action to provide, reasonable adjustments for people, groups and communities, influencing health policy and promoting best practice. Back to Duty

S9: Demonstrate the principles of courage, transparency and the professional duty of candour, taking responsibility to address poor practice wherever it is encountered. Back to Duty

S10: Critically reflect and recognise when own personal values and beliefs might impact on own behaviour and practice. Back to Duty

S11: Assess the opportunities, risk and demands of specialist community nursing practice, and take action to maintain own mental and physical health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

S12: Apply the numeracy, literacy, digital and technological skills required to deliver safe and effective specialist practice that meets the needs of people, their families and carers. Back to Duty

S13: Be an effective ambassador and role model, and a positive influence on the profession. Back to Duty

S14: Apply specialist knowledge of epidemiology, demography and the social determinants of health and illness, taking action to influence policy, service design and delivery. Back to Duty

S15: Critically analyse the factors that may lead to inequalities in health outcomes, and their associated ethical dilemmas, to plan care in partnership with people, families and communities to improve them. Back to Duty

S16: Recognise health as a fundamental human right and evaluate the effects of social influences, health literacy, individual circumstances, behaviours and choices on people’s current and future mental and physical health. Back to Duty

S17: Critically assess health needs in partnership with people, families, communities and populations, to support them to take decisions and actions that improve their own mental, physical, and behavioural health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

S18: Maximise opportunities for people, families, communities and populations to use their personal strengths and assets to make informed choices about their own health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

S19: Conduct, interpret and evaluate health and social care assessments, screening and profiling activity for people and communities, to take appropriate action to improve health outcomes. Back to Duty

S20: Apply specialist knowledge of social prescribing to support individual and community health outcomes. Back to Duty

S21: Critically analyse and assess the characteristics of communities, their assets and any areas for development in order to build networks and alliances that can enhance health outcomes for people and families. Back to Duty

S22: Promote and support people, communities and populations to connect effectively with local initiatives, support networks, programmes and third sector organisations that support their health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

S23: Utilise and evaluate the impact of networks to enhance and support the mental and physical needs of people, families and communities, and identify and address any deficiencies in support. Back to Duty

S24: Inform and advise people about the implications of genomics and epigenetics for personalised health care. Back to Duty

S25: Apply a range of advanced communication skills to develop public health information that is accessible and enables people to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing. Back to Duty

S26: Share information regarding communicable diseases and approaches necessary for communicable disease surveillance, infection prevention and control, including immunisation and vaccination programmes. Back to Duty

S27: Mitigate risks of environmental factors and other pollutants that have the potential to affect the health and wellbeing of people now and in the future. Back to Duty

S28: Create and apply a person-centred approach to care, working in partnership to support shared decision making within the assessment and care planning process when working with people, their families or carers, and communities. Back to Duty

S29: Use advanced communication strategies and relationship management skills when interacting with people, including families and carers, who may have a range of mental, physical, cognitive, behavioural and social health challenges. Back to Duty

S30: Recognise and apply the principle of the presumption of capacity, and the requirement to seek informed consent throughout the assessment and planning process. Back to Duty

S31: Make reasonable adjustments to maximise opportunities for people to understand the outcome of their abilities and needs assessment, and the implications for their treatment and care. Back to Duty

S32: Make best interests decisions within the required legislative framework if, after seeking informed consent and making reasonable adjustments, their professional judgement is that a person lacks capacity to make a decision or give consent at that time. Back to Duty

S33: Assess and plan the care of people when they are vulnerable, agreeing on the required level of support needed to ensure maximum levels of independence throughout the continuum of care. Back to Duty

S34: Escalate, report, plan and coordinate immediate and continuing care for people in need of safeguarding. Back to Duty

S35: Proactively obtain and distil information from formal and informal sources to inform individual assessments, involving others as required. Back to Duty

S36: Critically analyse complex assessment information and data, distinguishing between normal and abnormal findings, recognising when prompt action is required, including requesting additional investigations, and involving others when appropriate. Back to Duty

S37: Critically apply clinical reasoning to decision making, taking into account differential diagnosis and the potential for diagnostic overshadowing. Back to Duty

S38: Maximise the potential use of technology and informatics to assist with assessment and diagnosis. Back to Duty

S39: Apply knowledge and understanding of new and emerging science and technology, including genomics, to inform assessment and treatment options, when agreeing personalised care plans with people and their families, carers or nominated persons. Back to Duty

S40: Apply a range of problem solving, influencing and negotiation skills to maximise opportunities for shared decision making when co-producing care plans. Back to Duty

S41: Assess individual abilities and needs when co-producing plans of care, agreeing opportunities for supported self-care and treatment interventions. Back to Duty

S42: Take into account the impact of people’s preferences, their close relationships and support systems, their home environment, and the influence of social, environmental and spiritual factors when agreeing the plan of care. Back to Duty

S43: Create and maximise opportunities for people, and where needed their families, carers or nominated person, to remain independent and to facilitate self-care. Back to Duty

S44: Effectively communicate the benefits and risks of different care and treatment options, explaining how the person and their family or carers will be supported in the choices they make. Back to Duty

S45: Anticipate and explain the impact that unexpected events and changes may have on the plan of care. Back to Duty

S46: Autonomously manage and evaluate complex episodes of care from referral to service and admission, to discharge from caseload, or referral to other appropriate services or agencies. Back to Duty

S47: Assess and manage transition of people to other services or agencies, proactively collaborating with colleagues of other disciplines and agencies to find solutions to mitigate any risks. Back to Duty

S48: Agree and negotiate with the person and where necessary their family, carer or nominated person, the implications of delegation of any aspect of their care to an alternative person. Back to Duty

S49: Recognise reduced concordance, changes in motivation or dissatisfaction with the care and treatment plan, and work in partnership with people to influence and negotiate any revisions to the plan. Back to Duty

S50: Proactively engage with, and effectively advocate for, people using services provided by other professionals or agencies to identify and find solutions where there is inconsistency, disagreement or conflict. Back to Duty

S51: Initiate a range of evidence-based care and treatment, including care, therapeutic interventions and social prescribing, that may be supportive, curative, symptom relieving or palliative. Back to Duty

S52: Safely and effectively manage complex medicines administration, optimisation and medicines reconciliation, and continually evaluate to ensure optimum effectiveness. Back to Duty

S53: Evaluate and adjust plans to ensure adequate safeguards for people when they are vulnerable. Back to Duty

S54: Maintain therapeutic relationships with people, their families and/or carers throughout the episode of care and treatment, and actively address any differing views. Back to Duty

S55: Apply a range of techniques to educate people, their families, carers or nominated persons about their condition, treatment and care, to promote independence and confidence in supported self-care and self-management. Back to Duty

S56: Work in partnership with people, their families, carers and other members of the team to continuously monitor and evaluate the care and treatment provided. Back to Duty

S57: Include people and their families or carers in making decisions about their care and mitigate any risks as a result of changes in a person’s mental and physical health, their living environment, or social arrangements. Back to Duty

S58: Make autonomous decisions in challenging and unpredictable situations, and be able to take appropriate action to assess and manage risk. Back to Duty

S59: Work with people and where appropriate their families, carers or nominated person to agree and provide evidence-based person-centred nursing care for those who are dying or near to the end of life. Back to Duty

S60: Sensitively accommodate the preferences, beliefs, cultural requirements and wishes of the deceased and people who are bereaved. Back to Duty

S61: Clearly explain and accurately record the rationale for decisions, actions taken and resulting outcomes either in writing, or using digital technology, which can be shared with the person, their family, carers, nominated person and interdisciplinary and interagency teams. Back to Duty

S62: Demonstrate leadership in applying human rights, equality, diversity and inclusion, to improve the health and wellbeing of people, families and communities. Back to Duty

S63: Demonstrate compassionate leadership when managing community nursing, interdisciplinary and interagency teams, to promote equality, diversity and inclusion, support individual professionals’ wellbeing, motivate, and encourage team cohesion and productivity. Back to Duty

S64: Lead, promote and influence the nursing profession in wider health and social care contexts. Back to Duty

S65: Identify available local community assets and engage with a range of providers, including third sector and faith-based support organisations and networks, to enhance the support and care of people. Back to Duty

S66: Evaluate a range of indicators to determine the skill mix and appropriate characteristics of the workforce required to meet the needs of specific caseloads. Back to Duty

S67: Review, lead and manage the people, financial and other resources required to safely meet caseload requirements, making professional risk-based decisions when necessary to resolve resource issues. Back to Duty

S68: Construct cogent arguments and effectively communicate complex information to justify decisions about resource allocation. Back to Duty

S69: Delegate responsibility for the management of budget, people and other resources to team members, while retaining overall accountability. Back to Duty

S70: Critically analyse own personal workload requirements and that of the wider team to lead and prioritise activities in order to manage demand and capacity. Back to Duty

S71: Safely and effectively delegate responsibilities to team members based on an assessment of their level of knowledge, skill and confidence. Back to Duty

S72: Use digital technology to maximise the use of resources across interdisciplinary and interagency teams. Back to Duty

S73: Procure equipment and other items in line with relevant procurement policies, value for money considerations and health and safety requirements. Back to Duty

S74: Articulate a clear and evidence-based rationale for complex decision making and professional judgement when leading teams in challenging situations. Back to Duty

S75: Continually reflect on own leadership approach and take action to adapt own leadership style to different situations, including but not limited to when working with diverse teams who may be geographically dispersed. Back to Duty

S76: Effectively use systems to measure the impact, quality, productivity and cost efficacy of interdisciplinary and interagency teams to allow effective leadership and performance management. Back to Duty

S77: Conduct conversations with team members to provide opportunities for positive reinforcement and challenge, and agree any development plans or remedial actions in line with appraisal processes. Back to Duty

S78: Lead the development of a positive learning culture for interdisciplinary and interagency teams. Back to Duty

S79: Use a range of approaches and resources available to educate, support and motivate people, manage talent and succession plan. Back to Duty

S80: Apply a range of leadership strategies that are effective in supporting positive team development and cohesion across disciplines and agencies. Back to Duty

S81: Select, implement and evaluate strategies which are appropriate to the composition of the team, to enable supervision, reflection and peer review. Back to Duty

S82: Recognise individual abilities and learning needs when applying the standards of education and training for pre- and post-registration nursing, midwifery and nursing associate students, in order to educate, supervise and assess effectively. Back to Duty

S83: Interpret health and safety legislation and regulations in order to develop local policy and guidance to support staff working across the range of home and community environments. Back to Duty

S84: Evaluate the outputs and recommendations of internal and external risk reporting to enable prioritisation, decision making and the development of action plans to mitigate risk. Back to Duty

S85: Exercise the knowledge, skills and professional judgement required to balance competing risks and priorities, undertaking quality impact assessments that reflect the balance between safety, quality and least restrictive practices. Back to Duty

S86: Co-produce strategies and plans for service design with people, families and communities to improve care outcomes. Back to Duty

S87: Use innovative and emerging technology effectively to ensure collection and storage of data to allow analysis and forecasting to inform service improvement and safety plans. Back to Duty

S88: Devise methods of systematically and effectively capturing and evaluating people’s lived experiences of care to lead improvements in the quality of service delivery. Back to Duty

S89: Evaluate different research designs and methodologies and their application to develop and address research questions and generate evidence for service improvement. Back to Duty

S90: Initiate and lead a continuous quality improvement programme, selecting an appropriate improvement methodology, collating and presenting results and proposing improvement actions. Back to Duty

S91: Critically appraise published results of service evaluation, research findings, improvement data and audit, and distil relevant learning that can be applied in practice to bring about service improvement. Back to Duty

S92: Present relevant research, quality and audit findings and proposals for care improvement to a range of audiences. Back to Duty

S93: Critically analyse political and economic policies and drivers that may have an impact on the health, care and wellbeing of local communities. Back to Duty

S94: Synthesise epidemiological, demographic, social, political and economic trends to forecast their impact and influence on current and prospective community nursing services. Back to Duty

S95: Build relationships between teams within different systems in health and care, appreciating the value of different approaches, skill sets and expertise. Back to Duty

S96: Maximise the effectiveness of different services within the system through collaboration and co-design, ensuring that services work seamlessly together to meet the needs of people and communities. Back to Duty

S97: Apply a range of methodologies to drive continuous service improvement within the variety of different organisations and agencies that deliver services. Back to Duty

S98: Proactively lead on the creation and development of effective system networks that enhance communication and decision making across organisations and agencies. Back to Duty

S99: Demonstrate cultural competence and leadership when challenging discriminatory, oppressive cultures and behaviours at a system level. Back to Duty

S100: Influence health and social care strategies and policies at a local, regional and national level. Back to Duty

S101: Effectively work in partnership with peers at a strategic level to promote and influence change and improve health outcomes for the people and communities served. Back to Duty

Behaviours

B1: Treat people with dignity at all times. Back to Duty

B2: Respect people’s diversity, beliefs, culture and individual needs. Back to Duty

B3: Show respect and empathy for individuals, their families and carer’s and those you work with at all times. Back to Duty

B4: Be adaptable, reliable and consistent and have the courage to challenge areas of concern. Back to Duty

B5: Show leadership, flexibility, self-awareness and emotional intelligence when dealing with individuals, carers, colleagues, other teams and self. Back to Duty

B6: Act as a positive role model for all those you work with, including wider teams and students. Back to Duty

Qualifications

English and Maths

Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment. For those with an education, health and care plan or a legacy statement, the apprenticeship’s English and maths minimum requirement is Entry Level 3. A British Sign Language (BSL) qualification is an alternative to the English qualification for those whose primary language is BSL.

Other mandatory qualifications

Level 7 qualification approved by the NMC as a Community Nursing Specialist Practice Qualification

Level: 7 (non-degree qualification)

Additional details

Regulated standard

This is a regulated occupation.

Regulator body:

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Training Provider must be approved by regulator body

EPAO does not require approval by regulator body

Occupational Level:

7

Duration (months):

24

Review

This apprenticeship standard will be reviewed after three years