Strengthening organisational oversight of neonatal advanced clinical practice

This article describes the development and implementation of a set of specialty-specific competencies and new sign off process following training completion and prior to career progression for Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (ANNP) in a regional neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The drivers to providing practitioner and organisational assurance to ensure safe and effective patient care are also explored.

Michelle Scott
Senior Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner and Lead ANNP
University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
michelle.scott@uhcw.nhs.uk

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Keywords

ANNP; advanced clinical practice; neonatal; governance; competency/capability

Key points

ANNPs are non-medical practitioners working in roles historically undertaken by doctors.
There is a need to have a strong governance process in place to protect patients, supervising consultants, ANNPs and the organisation.
The previous clinical competency document in use was non-specific, difficult to measure and lacked supporting evidence.
Following discussion, the decision was made to produce new documents that can evidence ANNP competence at both tier one (8a) and tier two (8b) level.
Documents were mapped to the BAPM ANNP Capability Framework, but with a more specific and detailed clinical competency element.

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