A useful starting point for this work was the NHS Employers' 'national job profile' for a 'Nurse - Advanced' ( national job profile) (See Nursing Services). While strongly focused towards 'acute clinical' posts, this provided an initial sense check of the kind of post profiles being developed across the UK and also those posts above (nurse consultant) and below (nurse specialist/senior nurse) the advanced nurse practitioner.

There is strong synergy here. In line with the already-identified core themes, the NHS Employers' national profile identifies 'clinical expertise, leadership, education and training and research' as core parts of the job statement, and the 'knowledge, training and experience' factor acknowledges the post-registration educational development to 'Master's-level' equivalent.