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Advancing practice

Advanced levels of practice including Advanced Practice and Consultant levels (linked to Career Levels 7 and 8 in the Career Framework respectively). These two levels of practice can be enacted within a number of roles, in different settings and with different job titles.

A flexible and adaptable workforce is critical to improving service delivery, with roles and careers shaped to reflect future needs and priorities. Nationally recognised capabilities ensure occupational therapists and other allied health professionals can articulate their level of experience and skills to embrace new professional development opportunities.

Resources for across the UK

  • RCOT Career Development Framework (especially Career Levels 7-9)
  • Association of Advanced Practice Educators
  • HCPC Advanced Practice Final Independent Research Report

England

  • First Contact Practitioners & Advanced Practitioners - Occupational Therapy
  • Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Practice
  • Centre for Advancing Practice
  • Regional Faculties for Advancing Practice
  • HEE AP credentials 
  • HEE Workplace Supervision for Advanced Clinical Practice
  • HEE Consultant level capabilities

Northern Ireland

  • Advanced AHP Practice Framework

Scotland

  • Post Registration Career Development Framework for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs

Wales

  • Framework for Advanced Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Practice in Wales 

Get involved

For members working at advancing levels of practice who would like to receive updates from RCOT around advancing practice, we have a number of email networks. These include the Social care strategic leads, and Advancing clinical practice (including consultants) networks. You will also gain access to the Network Hub. If you are interested in joining any of these networks, please fill in this form.

If you have any questions, please contact practice.admin@rcot.co.uk.

  • Terms of reference - Advancing clinical practice (incl. consultants) (PDF, 89.74KB)
  • Terms of reference - Social care network (PDF, 89.62KB)

RCOT resources

Principal occupational therapists in adult social care services in England: Roles and responsibilities

Occupational therapy in primary care

Medicines topics 

Leadership topics

Challenge a job advert: A reflective scenario to help you consider applying for an advanced practice NHS role when the Person Specifications state registration with the Royal College of Nursing is essential.

Medicines Management: A reflective scenario to support non-prescribing AHPS, including Occupational Therapists, into multi-professional advanced roles as an AHP Professional Lead.

Both resources can be found in the Deep Dive Learning section on our CPD@RCOT webpages


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