Nursing career pathway and competency framework toolkit

• Works under the direction and supervision of a professionally qualified practitioner.
• Undertakes defined clinical and non-clinical tasks. 
• Reports patient condition to qualified staff.

• Good communication skills.
• Provides safe, patient focused care.
• Ability to take direction and work under supervision.
• Follows a plan of care.
• Maintains and works to set standards of care.

The main area of practice is 
clinical care.​​​​​​

CSW Higher:
Contributes to service 
development, undertakes self-development and development of 
others

• Care Certificate.
• Literacy and numeracy.
• Effective oral and written communication.

CSW Higher:

• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher)

• Undertakes defined and supervised clinical and non-clinical tasks.
• Provides high quality personal care to patients.
• Patient hygiene.
• Assisting with eating and drinking.
• Performing, recording and reporting baseline observations.
• Assisting the patient with toileting.
• Phlebotomy.
• Cannulation.
• ECG.
• Prepare patients for consultation and chaperone patients

• Assist with moving and transferring patients.
• Obtain and label specimens (e.g. body fluids, wound swabs) from patients. 
• Dressings.
• Line care.
• Follows policy.
• Records information.

CSW Higher:

• Contributes to service and self –development.
• Wider scope of delegated clinical practice and responsibility.
• Supervised as required.

• Care Certificate.
• Literacy and numeracy.
• Effective oral and written communication.

CSW Higher:

• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

• Care Certificate.
• Nature of cancer course.
• Refer to programme specific training entry requirements eg TNA
• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

Examples within own practice area:

• Participate in the induction and orientation of new staff.
• Mentoring new clinical support staff.
• Develops physical skills in practice eg bathing patient/use of hoists.

CSW Higher:

• Contributes to self and service development.
• Contributes to development of others.
• Highly developed and expanded physical skills in practice.
• Educated and trained to undertake wider scope of clinical care.

• Care Certificate.
• Literacy and numeracy.
• Effective oral and written communication.

CSW Higher:

• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

• Care Certificate.
• Nature of cancer course.
• Refer to programme specific training entry requirements eg TNA
• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).
  
  Courses/Modules available at CCC:
• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

Examples within own practice area:

• Work as part of a team
• Liaise with colleagues and other members of the MD

CSW Higher:

• Plans own delegated work activities.
• Contributes to service and self-development 
• Wider scope of delegated clinical practice and responsibility.
• Supervised as required.

• Care Certificate.
• Literacy and numeracy.
• Effective oral and written communication.

CSW Higher:

• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

• Care Certificate.
• Nature of cancer course.
• Refer to programme specific training entry requirements eg TNA
• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

Examples within own practice 
area:

• Participate in audit and support internal monitoring.

• Care Certificate.
• Literacy and numeracy.
• Effective oral and written communication.

CSW Higher:

• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

• Care Certificate.
• Nature of cancer course.
• Refer to programme specific training entry requirements eg TNA
• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

• Works under the direction and supervision of a professionally qualified practitioner.
• Undertakes defined elements of clinical work that have previously only been within the remit of registered professionals 

• Good communication skills.
• Provides safe, patient focused care.
• Ability to take direction and work under supervision.
• Follows a plan of care
• Maintains and works to set standards of care 

• Under the leadership and direction of registered nurses, will work within all aspects of the nursing process

The main area of practice is 
clinical. 

Assistant: 

• Trained to defined professional core standards and / or qualifications e.g. training to diploma level or equivalent
• Accredited with profession specific voluntary registers or registered with professional body 

Nurse Associate: 

• Registered (NMC)

• Undertakes defined clinical and non-clinical tasks and procedures.
• Provides high quality care.
• Patient hygiene.
• Assisting with eating and drinking.
• Performing, recording and reporting baseline observations.
• Assisting the patient with toileting.
• Phlebotomy.
• Cannulation.
• ECG.
• Prepare patients for consultation and chaperone patients

• Assist with moving and transferring patients.
• Obtain and label specimens (e.g. body fluids, wound swabs) from patients. 
• Dressings.
• Line care.

Associate:

• Medicines management.
• Administers injections.
• Support the registered nurse in the assessment, planning and evaluation of care.

Assistant:

• Trained to defined professional core standards and / or qualifications e.g. additional training to diploma level or equivalent.
• Accredited with profession specific voluntary registers or registered with professional body.

Nurse Associate: 

• Registered (NMC).

• Refer to specific training entry 
  requirements or university requirements for 
  Registered Nursing Qualification.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

Examples within own practice area:

• Participate in the induction and orientation of new staff.
• Mentoring, supervising and  undertaking assessments of new clinical support staff.

Assistant:

• Trained to defined professional core standards and / or qualifications e.g. additional training to diploma level or equivalent.
• Accredited with profession specific voluntary registers or registered with professional body.

Nurse Associate: 

• Registered (NMC).

• Refer to specific training entry 
  requirements or university requirements for 
  Registered Nursing Qualification.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

Examples within own practice area:

• Work as part of a team.
• Liaise with colleagues and other members of MDT.
• Demonstrates own duties to less experienced staff.
• Performs workplace assessments for less experienced staff.

Assistant:

• Trained to defined professional core standards and / or qualifications e.g. additional training to diploma level or equivalent.
• Accredited with profession specific voluntary registers or registered with professional body.

Nurse Associate: 

• Registered (NMC).

• Refer to specific training entry 
  requirements or university requirements for 
  Registered Nursing Qualification.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

Examples within own practice area:

• Participate in audit and support internal monitoring.
• May participate in research and development, clinical trials.

Assistant:

• Trained to defined professional core standards and / or qualifications e.g. additional training to diploma level or equivalent.
• Accredited with profession specific voluntary registers or registered with professional body.

Nurse Associate: 

• Registered (NMC).

• Refer to specific training entry 
  requirements or university requirements for 
  Registered Nursing Qualification.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

• A registered professional with NMC.
• Functions at a competent level of expertise through to highly proficient where the individual holistically assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patient care and escalates ‘early warning signals’.

• As a minimum has factual and theoretical knowledge through training. 
• Experience in the role ensures awareness of the need to plan, prioritise, problem-solve and set goals.

• The roles main focus will be between clinical and education and learning. 
• The prime focus of the role is to provide clinical care. 
• The practitioner is responsible for assessing, planning, and evaluating care. 
• The role may deliver direct care and will provide clinical supervision to other staff and students

• Professional registration equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree or diploma

• Work within a delegated area of practice.
• Manage a case load of patients.
• Provide direct clinical care. 
• Plan, assess, deliver and evaluate care. 
• Understand and evaluate the holistic needs of the patient.
• Able to assess risk.
• Involve patients in shared decision making.

• Document care accurately.
• Demonstrate care, compassion and commitment.
• Communicate effectively.
• Work within policies, procedures and standard operating procedures.
• Understand risk management, escalation of complaints and clinical governance.
• Develop effective working relationships.
• Provide patient and family-centred care

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to profession.
• Additional professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Intermediate Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course.

Accredited Modules:

Degree level 6:

• Fundamentals in Cancer Care
• Fundamentals in SACT Administration and Care
• Fundamentals of Palliative and End of Life

Masters level 7:

• Developing Practice in Cancer Care
• Developing Practice in SACT Administration and Care
• Developing Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
• Developing Practice Supporting Those Living with the Consequences of Cancer and Cancer Treatment

Examples within own practice area:

• Provide clinical supervision to other staff and students.
• Provide mentorship.
• Contribute to a positive learning environment.
• Keep own knowledge and skills up to date.
• Provide education to patients, families and carers.
• Preceptorship.

• Provide advice to enable patients to make positive lifestyle choices.
• Use structure feedback and reflective practice to continually make improvements.
• Undertake assessment of learners.
• Facilitate learning using a range of skills.
• Participate in educational audits.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Mentorship / Student Assessment skills training (within 18 months of qualifying

• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to profession.
• Additional professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Intermediate Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course.

Accredited Modules:

Degree level 6:

• Fundamentals in Cancer Care
• Fundamentals in SACT Administration and Care
• Fundamentals of Palliative and End of Life

Masters level 7:

• Developing Practice in Cancer Care
• Developing Practice in SACT Administration and Care
• Developing Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
• Developing Practice Supporting Those Living with the Consequences of Cancer and Cancer Treatment

Examples within own practice area:

• Responsible for the management of a case load of patients within a delegated area of practice.
• Manage own time effectively and that of supervisees.
• Allocates, checks work of other staff on ward.
• Challenge poor or unsafe practice.
• Work independently or as part of a team.
• Be a positive role model.
• Accountable for own practice.
• Be aware of organisational, team and individual goals

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to profession.
• Additional professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Intermediate Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course.

Accredited Modules:

Degree level 6:

• Fundamentals in Cancer Care
• Fundamentals in SACT Administration and Care
• Fundamentals of Palliative and End of Life

Masters level 7:

• Developing Practice in Cancer Care
• Developing Practice in SACT Administration and Care
• Developing Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
• Developing Practice Supporting Those Living with the Consequences of Cancer and Cancer Treatment

Examples within own practice 
area:

• Ensure care is evidence based.
• Participate in clinical 
• audits, support patients on clinical trials.
• Contribute to data collection activities.
• Able to undertake literature searches.
• Undertake research as part of formal education programmes and apply learning into practice.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to profession.
• Additional professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Intermediate Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course.

Accredited Modules:

Degree level 6:

• Fundamentals in Cancer Care
• Fundamentals in SACT Administration and Care
• Fundamentals of Palliative and End of Life

Masters level 7:

• Developing Practice in Cancer Care
• Developing Practice in SACT Administration and Care
• Developing Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
• Developing Practice Supporting Those Living with the Consequences of Cancer and Cancer Treatment

At CCC additional research competency requirements are:

• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training.
   

• Works under the direction and supervision of a professionally qualified practitioner.
• Undertakes defined clinical and non-clinical tasks. 
• Reports patient condition to qualified staff.

• Detailed theoretical and practical knowledge.
• Able to use experience to discriminate and prioritize. 
• Views situations as ‘a whole’ rather than as separate aspects. 
• Demonstrates initiative and able to develop creative solutions.
• Has developed specialist knowledge in clinical care, leadership, management or education.

• The balance between the areas of practice will vary according to the role but all roles will have an element of each.
• Most senior practitioner roles will have a significant leadership and management are of practice involving leading teams or specific areas of service delivery. 

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree

Examples within own practice area:

• Applies proficient, advanced specialist  knowledge and skills.
• Provides, interprets and communicates complex information.
• Monitors quality of care.
• Able to make informed judgements using critical thinking and complex analysis.

• Continually develops skills and competence within area of practice.
• Contributes to the development of policies, procedures and standard operating procedures.
• Reports incidents and near misses.
• Complaints management.
• Risk management.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to profession eg Patient Group Directions training.
• Additional professional qualification at Masters level relevant to the role eg clinical examination, diagnostics, 
• Non-medical prescribing.
• Registered health professional.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Advanced Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course.

Accredited Modules:

Degree level 6:

• Fundamentals in Cancer Care
• Fundamentals in SACT Administration and Care
• Fundamentals of Palliative and End of Life

Masters level 7:

• Developing Practice in Cancer Care
• Developing Practice in SACT Administration and Care
• Developing Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
• Developing Practice Supporting Those Living with the Consequences of Cancer and Cancer Treatment.

Examples within own practice area:

• Contribute to the development of the learning environment using learner evaluation to continually improve.
• Ensure the team provides appropriate learning, mentoring and supervision.
• Facilitate reflective practice in others.
• Use critical enquiry.
• Lead educational audits.

• High level facilitation of learning and skills development in others.
• Undertake learning / training needs analysis.
• Ensures induction and orientation for team members.
• Assesses clinical skills.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

• Coaching.
• Post graduate teaching qualification.
• Experience of work based education.
• Accredited learning or mentoring certificate.
• Coaching competence

Examples within own practice area:

• Has clinical, managerial and leadership responsibilities.
• Responsible for own and team performance.
• Deputises for manager as appropriate.
• Manages one or more service areas.
• Carries responsibility and accountability for those areas.
• Undertakes service development.
• Acts as leadership role model.
• Develops team working.

• Use workload assessment tools (e.g. acuity).
• Ensure safe and effective rotas.
• Lead change.
• Ensure continuous quality improvement.
• Recognise and act on poor performance.
• Manages difficult conversations.
• Manages sickness absence.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

• Leadership and management qualification.
• Change management skills.

Examples within own practice 
area:

• Initiatives/expansion of practice is underpinned by individual research and theory.
• Participate in research and clinical audit.
• Awareness of research governance.
• Develop and use information to apply evidence.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.

• MSc modules.
• Research methodology modules.
• Good Clinical Practice GCP.

At CCC additional research competency requirements are:

• To have localised knowledge of research options available to patients at CCC.

• Make high level autonomous decisions based on extensive clinical experience and an advanced level of skill and theoretical knowledge. 
• Will manage their own case load.

• Expert in their field.
• Critical thinking.
• Innovative.
• Responsible for developing and leading change in practice.
• Able to work in a complex environment.
• Contributes to MDT decisions.
• Effective team member.
• Leadership qualities.

• The balance between the areas of practice will vary according to the role but all roles will have an element of each.
• Advanced Practitioner will have significant leadership and management. 
• Provides specialist education and training to staff.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Working towards or in possession of Masters level education relevant to the role.

• Practice autonomously and as part of a team.
• Advanced clinical competence.
• Critical thinking and problem solving.
• Advanced clinical decision making.
• Operational accountability.
• Develop and manage complex information.
• Contribute to organisational strategy and delivery of organisational objectives.
• Lead on clinical governance.

• Assess, diagnose, plan and implement care and interventions.
• Apply advanced clinical skills.
• Able to work within a complex environment.
• Lead the development of policies and protocols reflecting national policy and legislation.
• Develop outcomes frameworks.
• Ensure appropriate systems in place for patient engagement.
• Continual quality improvement.

• Masters level education relevant to the role eg such as clinical examination, diagnostics.
• Non-medical prescribing.
• Registered health professional.

• Masters degree.
• RCN Credentialing 
• Relevant publications.
• Extensive clinical expertise.
• Additional professional qualification at Masters level relevant to the role eg clinical examination, diagnostics. 
• Non-medical prescribing.
• Registered health professional.

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Advanced Communications Skills.

Accredited Modules:

Degree level 6:

• Fundamentals in Cancer Care
• Fundamentals in SACT Administration and Care
• Fundamentals of Palliative and End of Life 

Masters level 7:

• Developing Practice in Cancer Care
• Developing Practice in SACT Administration and Care
• Developing Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
• Developing Practice Supporting Those Living with the Consequences of Cancer and Cancer Treatment.

Examples within own practice area:

• Assess learning and development needs within own practice area.
• Design and develop educational materials.
• Contribute to curriculum design and delivery with Clinical Education and relevant HEIs.
• Ensure high quality learning, mentoring, supervision and support is provided within own practice area.

• Be a role model.
• Provide mentoring, supervision and coaching both within own practice area and to others outside.
• Create a positive learning environment.
• Act on educational audits and feedback from learners

• Experience of work based education.
• Accredited learning or mentoring certificate.
• Coaching competence.

• Experience of presenting to national and international conferences. 
• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctorate level research experience.
• Relevant publications.
• Formal education links with a Higher Education Institute.
• RCN Credentialing

Examples within own practice area:

• Provide strong and effective clinical and managerial leadership.
• Empower and support team and colleagues.
• Apply critical analysis to self and team performance, and act on findings.
• Participate in local and national policy and strategy.
• Apply advanced written and oral communication skills.
• Utilise high level operational management skills to manage effectively.

• Contribute to the Trust’s business planning and delivery of strategy.
• Ensure delivery of the Trust’s strategy is reflected in the teams personal objectives.
• Effectively lead and manage change.
• Contribute to organisational development.
• Ensure partnership working.
• Develop teams competence in ensuring a person centred approach to care.
• Holds delegated budget.

• Leadership and management qualification.
• Change management skills.

• RCN Credentialing.
• Proven ability in motivating and inspiring others.
• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctoral level research experience.
• Formal education links.
• Coaching qualification

Examples within own practice 
area:

• Promote a positive research and development culture.
• Ensure practice is evidence based.
• Ensure awareness of new evidence and apply to practice.
• Write for publication and present at national and international conferences.
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• Develop and lead comprehensive audits programmes for area of practice and act on findings.
• Lead on any local peer review processes.
• Develop areas of research through the research application and governance processes.

• MSc modules.

• RCN Credentialing.
• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctoral level research experience.
• Relevant publications.
• Formal education links with a Higher Education Institute

• Highly specialised knowledge at the forefront of their area of practice.
• High levels of strategic thinking.
• Exercises advanced levels of clinical judgement, knowledge and experience. 
• Improve patient pathways and service delivery through influence and innovation at strategic level. 
• Participate in, and influence, practice and service decision-making.

• Transformational leadership.
• Practice-based research and evaluation.
• Providing consultancy at all levels.
• Highly specialist support and advice.
• Managing a complex case load.
• Providing clinical expertise, leadership and developing practice standards. 
• Influence policy regarding all aspects of care, within CCC, nationally and internationally.

• The consultant role is structured around all 4 areas of practice with high / expert levels across all areas. 
• Direct patient contact fulfils 50% of the role with other responsibilities covering R&D, evaluation of nursing practices and expert advice, education and formal teaching.
• The Consultant Practitioner is at the pinnacle of the clinical career ladder.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctoral level research experience.
• Relevant publications.
• Specialist-specific professional qualifications commensurate with role.
• Extensive clinical expertise.
• Formal education links with a Higher Education Institute

• Patient-centred care is designed around the needs, concerns, experiences of patients/users.
• Managing a complex case load.
• Providing clinical expertise, leadership and developing practice.
• Patient care activity matches organisational strategy.

• Evidence used to inform decision-making is drawn from policy (local and national), knowledge and theory and patient’s own knowledge.
• Senior source of advice.
• Improves patient pathways and service delivery through influence and innovation at strategic level.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Relevant publications.
• Specialist-specific professional qualifications commensurate with role.
• Extensive clinical expertise.
• Masters degree.
• RCN Credentialing.

• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to profession.
• Proven and significant clinical leadership experience.
• Current professional registration.
• Educated to masters level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area.
• Significant management experience at senior level.
• Proven trust wide level experience of leading and delivering complex change and strategy development.
• Significant experience and delivery of proven quality improvement programmes focused on improving patient care.
• Experience and/or understanding of the health economy.
• Experience of successfully operating in and delivering priorities in partnership.

• Developing critical intent of individuals and groups.
• Facilitating individual, collective and organisational learning.
• Provides learning in HEI and other health care settings.

• Facilitating change, practice and service development.
• Support others in achieving their potential by acting as coach, mentor and role model.
• Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and take responsibility  for meeting their own development needs.

• Experience of presenting to national and international conferences. 
• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctoral level research experience.
• Relevant publications.
• Formal education links with a Higher Education Institute.
• RCN Credentialing.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctoral level research experience.
• Relevant publications.
• Specialist-specific professional qualifications commensurate with role.
• Extensive clinical expertise.
• Formal education links with a Higher Education Institute.
• Extensive experience of delivering presentations to large groups of stakeholders in often pressured and politically sensitive environments.
• Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to profession.

Examples within own practice area:

• Transformational leadership
• Developing a shared vision.
• Inspiring and communicating.
• Valuing others.
• Challenging and stimulating.
• Developing trust. 
• Enabling.
• Contribute to national, as well as local, developments in their recognised area of expertise.

• Strategic thinker.
• Management, leadership and strategic.
• Vision.
• Vision for their area of practice.
• Strategist and demonstrating political leadership.
• Challenge organisational and professional barriers that limit or inhibit effective service delivery.
• Influences own and other professions.

• Proven ability in motivating and inspiring others.
• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctoral level studies.
• Formal education links.
• Coaching qualification.
• RCN Credentialing.

• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning with highly developed political skills.
• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly.
• Experience of managing and prioritising a large budget.
• Experience of project and programme management techniques and tools eg Prince 2.
• Experience of quality improvement techniques and tools.
• Significant experience and understanding of proven implementation of project management methodologies.
• Experience leading a major change initiative.
• Experience of motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective.
• Ability to delegate effectively.
• Ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities.
• Strong external communications skills and experience in handling media.

Examples within own practice 
area:

• Generate evidence from practice through systematic and rigorous approaches at individual and collective levels.
• Identifying gaps in the evidence base and communicating their findings.
• Developing a research culture.
• Original thinking.
• Strategic service development.

• Effectively process complex, sensitive or contentious information in contributing to the development of strategic planning at local and national levels.
• Initiating, facilitating or undertaking appropriate high-quality research.
• Collaborating with appropriate research partners.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Pursuing Doctoral level research experience.
• Relevant publications.
• Formal education links with a Higher Education Institute.
• RCN Credentialing.

• Pursuing Doctoral level research experience.
• Relevant publications.
• Research active

• Senior roles will vary according to the area of service delivery. 
• Senior roles require a clinical professional registration. 
• Roles include General Managers and Associate DIrectors. 

• Transformational leadership.
• Providing consultancy at all levels.
• Highly specialist support and advice.
• Strong and effective management. 
• Providing senior leadership. 
• Influence policy regarding all aspects of care, within CCC, nationally and internationally. 

• The balance between the areas of practice will vary according to the role.
• The main focus will be on leadership and management. 

• First Level NMC Registered Nurse.
• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Relevant publications.
• Management and leadership qualifications at Masters level.
• Extensive management and leadership expertise.

Examples within own 
practice area:

• Ensure the development of the learning environment using learner evaluation to continually improve.
• Ensure the team provides appropriate learning, mentoring and supervision.
• Facilitate reflective practice in others.
• Use critical enquiry.
• Ensure educational audits are in place.

• Ensures learning / training needs analysis.
• Ensures induction and orientation for team members.
• Develops management and leadership skills in others.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Relevant publications.
• Management and leadership qualifications commensurate with role.
• Management and leadership expertise.

• Post graduate qualification in leadership or management.
• Board Level experience.
• Understanding of the regional and local healthcare landscape.
• Clinical Experience in cancer.
• Knowledge of the NHS planning system, including the means by which resources are allocated and services are commissioned.
• Understanding of the corporate and social responsibility agenda and its applicability to NHS organisations

Examples within own practice area:

• Participate in the induction and orientation of new staff.
• Mentoring new clinical support staff.
• Develops physical skills in practice eg bathing patient/use of hoists.

CSW Higher:

• Contributes to self and service development.
• Contributes to development of others.
• Highly developed and expanded physical skills in practice.
• Educated and trained to undertake wider scope of clinical care.

• Care Certificate.
• Literacy and numeracy.
• Effective oral and written communication.

CSW Higher:

• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

• Care Certificate.
• Nature of cancer course.
• Refer to programme specific training entry requirements eg TNA
• Apprenticeships eg Trainee Nursing Associate (CSW Higher).

Courses/Modules available at CCC:

• Fundamental Communications Skills.
• Nature of Cancer Course.
• Nature of Cancer Plus Course

Examples within own practice area:

• Manages and leads a defined area of service delivery eg a directorate.
• Able to work in a matrix leading and developing service across the Trust.
• Leads service improvement.
• Ensures the provision of a high quality service.

• Leads and supports innovation.
• Proactively uses service user engagement to develop services.
• Provides senior leadership.
• Demonstrates initiative and able to develop creative solutions.
• Represents the Trust on external forums.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Relevant publications.
• Management and leadership qualifications commensurate with role.
• Management and leadership expertise.

• Provide professional leadership to nursing workforce, holding others to account to ensure performance and targets delivery.
• Evidence of financial/staff management.
• Evidence of clear decision making ability and escalation of risk to Board.
• Evidence of active role in corporate strategy and business planning.
• Leadership, vision, strategic thinking and planning, highly developed political skills.
• Ability to plan over short, medium, long-term timeframes, and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly. 
• Experience leading a major change initiative. 
• Experience of motivating and inspiring staff to work together to achieve a common objective.
• Ability to delegate effectively.
• Ability to work effectively at strategic level with demonstrable experience of building and maintaining successful partnerships across organisations.
• Strong communications and negotiating skills and experience in handling media.

• Applies proficient generalist or specialist knowledge and skills.
• Provides, interprets and communicates complex information.
• Able to make informed judgements using critical thinking and complex analysis.
• Ensures the development of 
  policies, procedures and standard operating procedures.

• Professional qualification equivalent to an ordinary or honours degree.
• Masters degree.
• Relevant publications.
• Management and leadership qualifications commensurate with role.
• Management and leadership expertise.

• Evidence of ensuring engagement of staff in clinical audit and research activity. 
• Relevant publications.
• Research active