Section 2: Intervention
Code | Title | Core Competency Statement | Core Learning Outcome |
2.1.1 | Assessment | Leads the team in decision-making about prioritising patients with complex care needs | Demonstrate expert practice in prioritising patients with complex care needs |
2.1.2 | Assessment | Provide an expert function in supervising others in care delivery | Demonstrate expertise in supervising others during care delivery |
2.2.1 | Observation and evaluation | Advise and lead in undertaking evaluations of patients with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems and inconsistent signs and symptoms | Demonstrate expert practice in evaluating patients who have undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems and inconsistent and variable signs and symptoms |
2.2.2 | Observation and evaluation | Apply expert practice supervising others and their evaluation of patients with inconsistent signs and symptoms | Demonstrate expertise in leadership and supervision of others during their evaluation of patients with inconsistent signs and symptoms |
2.2.3 | Observation and evaluation | Determine the effectiveness of the delivery of evaluations of patients with inconsistent signs and symptoms | Undertake audit and/or research and develop action plans, or an evidence base for evaluating patients with inconsistent signs and symptoms |
2.3.1 | Critical situations | Appraise different interventions for patients in critical and/or life threatening situations, and appropriately apply them | Demonstrate expert practice in determining appropriate multi-disciplinary interventions for patients in acute, critical or life-threatening situations at regional and national level |
2.4.1 | Therapeutic interventions | Determine appropriate use of interventions in a range of situations for patients presenting with complex care needs | Leads the multi-professional team in delivering appropriate interventions for patients with complex care needs |
2.5.1 | Disseminating information | Expert in evaluating the quality of information disseminated in relation to the principles of essential care | Demonstrates expertise in evaluating the quality of information from a wide variety of sources including relevant national and international sources |
2.6.1 | Pain assessment | Provides expert consultancy on managing pain in patients with complex care needs | Demonstrate expertise in pain management for patients with complex care needs |
2.6.2 | Pain relief | If applicable, be proficient at initiating pain relief, using nationally accepted independent prescribing policies and protocols | Apply the knowledge and skills underpinning independent prescribing |
2.7.1 | Psychological impact | Ensures the application of appropriate psychological assessments relevant to the condition of the patient and their family/carers and the use of appropriate interventions | Demonstrates expertise in understanding the appropriateness of the available tools for assessing the psychological condition of a patient and their family/carers. Demonstrate expertise in supervising others providing, evaluating and planning psychological care |
2.8.1 | Health promotion | Appraise health promotion strategies and integrate them into emergency care delivery | Demonstrate expertise in emergency care delivery that is underpinned by health promotion strategies |
2.8.2 | Health promotion | Lead in the development of emergency care that is underpinned by national health promotion strategies in the wider emergency care arena | Establish new emergency care practices which are underpinned by health promotion strategies in the wider arena of emergency care |
2.9.1 | Managing aggression & violence | Ensure appropriate risk management strategies are in place for managing violence and aggression and protecting patient and staff dignity | Demonstrate involvement in determining risk, evaluating the effectiveness of and developing realistic strategies for managing violent and aggressive incidents in the workplace and protecting patient and staff dignity |
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