National Critical Care Outreach Practitioner Competency Framework

The Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) are a team of experienced practitioners who are highly skilled in supporting staff and caring for deteriorating and recovering critically ill patients and their families/carers. CCOT's are a valuable service supporting patients across the whole hospital setting.

Critical Care Outreach Practitioners (CCOPs) have a set of skills built upon existing professional competency and experience, to develop a rapid and responsive, often multi-professional service that requires leadership and authority to act in the best interests of patients.

The National Critical Care Outreach Practitioner Copmpetency Framework is a competency-based document which facilitate the structured development and career progression of post registration Health Care Professionals (HCPs) working in critical care outreach or equivalent service, and introduces a system of credentialing recognised by Critical Care Outreach Practitioners, hospital managers, clinical and educational commissioners, HEIs, national regulators and the public. 

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For further information and to  access the critical care outreach framework documents – please follow the link.