Nurses and midwives taking on these roles has huge benefits for the people in their care. Their advanced knowledge and skill enable them to demonstrate advanced communication skills, make timely person-centred decisions, provide continuity of care and support people to navigate their care pathway seamlessly across different specialities, settings and professions.
Advanced nursing and midwifery practitioners enhance capacity for service transformation and delivery, help other health and social care professionals to re-prioritise and improve the overall safety and quality of service. The role provides pathways for career progression, facilitating workforce development and retention.
Some of the benefits that nurses and midwives working at an advanced level provide for the public include:
Public assurance: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level are individuals with additional, recognised post-qualification education and experience which helps to provide assurance of high-quality care/services for people.
Right person, right time: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level have additional post-qualification, often specialised, education and experience with associated knowledge and skills. This helps to ensure people have better access to care/services in a timely and equitable manner.
Continuity of care: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level can lead and manage complete episodes of care, advocating for and developing partnerships with people, which can lead to improved care.
Consistency and quality: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level integrate their expertise across clinical practice, leadership and management, research and education in their own area of practice. They consistently provide and ensure safe and effective high-quality care, and positively influence and shape future care/service delivery.
Effectiveness of person-centred care: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level work in partnership with people to lead, facilitate, and safeguard effective care, delegation and service co-ordination.
Enhancing trust and confidence: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level provide assurance of safe and effective care by tailoring it to the needs of individuals, and using an understanding of the wider socio-economic background to optimise people’s trust and confidence in their care experience.
Making contacts count: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level possess a deep understanding of the broader health and social care context in which they operate. By working in partnership with people, prioritising continuity-of-care, they are uniquely positioned to apply public health principles, guiding individuals and communities towards improved health outcomes.
Improve health outcomes: Nurses and midwives working at an advanced level identify, challenge and seek to reduce health inequalities, and positively influence health and social care by working in roles such as practitioners, researchers, educators and leaders.
Forward thinking practitioners: Nurses and midwives at an advanced level are leaders and innovators, using their expertise and broad knowledge to find modern, sustainable and technological solutions to overcome challenges and transform services.
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