Specialist and Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice
As part of our efforts to develop new roles and new ways of working, we are continuing to promote Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) roles that will strengthen our capacity and capability to provide more preventative care. Ultimately this approach will support the delivery of more advanced care in the community. These specially trained nurses and midwives will have greater autonomy to assess and treat patients and their efforts will help shift some of the burden of demand from our busy hospitals.
The Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) program was introduced and while we have some CNS working effectively in specific areas such as stroke, ICU, wound care and pain control, the main success to date has been in cancer care, where they have considerably improved the patient pathway and communication.
Our aim is to ensure that the Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualifications available locally are in line with international professional education standards and meet the complex needs of our high functioning system. Our goal is to establish these highly skilled roles and for them to be recognized as important professional practitioners in multidisciplinary team working independently yet collaboratively alongside physicians and other clinicians. The expansion of these roles will be linked to a more effective internship program and supported by a new governance model.
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Advance Nurse Specialist
