This module aims to provide and equip learners with an opportunity to develop an in-depth critical knowledge of the key requirements relating to the advanced consultation and assessment skills needed to be safe and competent when undertaking an advanced clinical assessment and consultation for individuals with minor, complex, acute, chronic, and undifferentiated diagnoses in any environment. Students will be able to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the application of these skills within the unpredictable, complex, and uncertain nature of primary and community care. This module will empower and enable students to examine and evaluate their clinical practice to operate as a safe and competent clinician. As part of the module aims, the learner will be able to undertake an in-depth holistic history and have an in-depth knowledge of all the systems that may be required to be examined as part of the consultation.

Available as a standalone module: No

Aims
This module aims to enable learners:

• To gain a breadth of knowledge, understanding and exposure to a range of practice and service delivery situations.
• To develop and use strategies for autonomous practice and evidence informed service delivery in complex, unpredictable situations, and settings.
• To develop knowledge and understanding of the four pillars of advanced practice and use this approach to lead and manage care and evidence informed service delivery in line with contemporary research, policy, and legislation.
• To develop and use the skills and knowledge to enable them to lead and manage an active caseload of children and families, receiving the health visiting services with reducing levels (from direct to indirect) of supervision from the practice assessor.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:

• Appraise strategies for assessing, deciding, delivering, and evaluating person-centred care to children and families in situations that may be complex, and unpredictable.
• Critically consider the operational and strategic leadership and management priorities for contemporary specialist community public health nursing (SCPHN, health visitor) practice and evaluate the impact they have on the design, and delivery of safe, person-centred, and evidence-informed care to children, families, and communities.

Intellectual Skills:

• Appraise the theories and principles of public health practice (including health promotion, improvement, and protection) and use them to lead and manage early intervention and prevention-focused care delivery for children, families, and communities.
• Demonstrate and critically evaluate compassionate leadership when managing specialist community public health nursing (health visiting), interdisciplinary and interagency teams and supporting individual professional wellbeing, motivation, and productivity by promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Practical Skills:

• Demonstrate and critically reflect on the ability to lead and manage the SCPHN (health visiting) team, person-centred care, and clinically efficient, effective, and safe service delivery.
• Critically analyse and apply policy and legislation to safeguard and protect the health, wellbeing and safety of children and families who are vulnerable, live in complex, unpredictable situations and need others to advocate on their behalf.

Transferable Skills:

• Explain and critically reflect on the use of social interaction, partnership working and engagement strategies that promote co-production and shared decision-making with children, families, and communities receiving SCPHN (health visiting) services.
• Appraise and critically apply strategies for leading and managing priorities of care and service delivery in situations that are complex, unpredictable, and subject to change.
  

This module can contribute to the following programme(s)

6015: PgDip Specialist Practice Qualification District Nursing