BACKGROUND this document This document details the requirements to be followed in the process of credentialing and defining clinical privileges for senior medical practitioners and dentists employed or appointed by NSW Public Health Organisations. Following the provisions contained in this policy will ensure the alignment of competencies of a medical or dental practitioner with the needs of a health care facility, and ensure that the right clinicians are providing the right services in the right facilities. Key definitions Appointment the process of appointing a preferred applicant to a position. – ACSQHC Standard - the 2004 publication by the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care (now Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in HealthCare) Standard for Credentialing and Defining the Scope of Clinical Practice: National – Standard for credentialing and defining the scope of clinical practice of medical practitioners, for use in public and private hospitals. AHPRA Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency responsible for the –the administration of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. is a medical practitioner Clinical Academic – holding general or conditional specialist registration who is employed as a member of staff of a NSW university’s school of medicine; and who accepts an offer of employment under the arrangements set out in the NSW Health policy on clinical academics (PD2010_036). Clinical privileges the kind of clinical work (subject to any restrictions) that the PHO – determines a practitioner is to be allowed to perform at a given health facility. This definition is synonymous with the way the term of clinical practice” is used in the “scope ACSQHC standard. See paragraph 3.4.1 for more detail regarding the meaning of clinical privileges in NSW. Credentialing the process of assessing and verifying a practitioner’s credentials. – Credentials documented evidence of a person’s formal qualifications, training, – experience and clinical competence. Credentials (Clinical Privileges) Subcommittee - a subcommittee of the Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee which is responsible for advising on the delineation of a practitioner’s clinical privileges. eCredential A state-wide, web-based system that allows Local Health Districts and – Networks (LHDNs) to support the administrative and managerial aspects of credentialing and clinical privileging and to provide an electronic record to authorised individuals of the clinical privileges of senior medical practitioners and dentists within NSW Health.
BACKGROUND this document This document details the requirements to be followed in the process of credentialing and defining clinical privileges for senior medical practitioners and dentists employed or appointed by NSW Public Health Organisations. Following the provisions contained in this policy will ensure the alignment of competencies of a medical or dental practitioner with the needs of a health care facility, and ensure that the right clinicians are providing the right services in the right facilities. Key definitions Appointment – the process of appointing a preferred applicant to a position. ACSQHC Standard - the 2004 publication by the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care (now Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in HealthCare) – Standard for Credentialing and Defining the Scope of Clinical Practice: National Standard for credentialing and defining the scope of clinical practice of medical practitioners, for use in public and private hospitals. AHPRA –the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency responsible for the administration of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. Clinical Academic – is a medical practitioner holding general or conditional specialist registration who is employed as a member of staff of a NSW university’s school of medicine; and who accepts an offer of employment under the arrangements set out in the NSW Health policy on clinical academics (PD2010_036). Clinical privileges – the kind of clinical work (subject to any restrictions) that the PHO determines a practitioner is to be allowed to perform at a given health facility. This definition is synonymous with the way the term “scope of clinical practice” is used in the ACSQHC standard. See paragraph 3.4.1 for more detail regarding the meaning of clinical privileges in NSW. Credentialing – the process of assessing and verifying a practitioner’s credentials. Credentials – documented evidence of a person’s formal qualifications, training, experience and clinical competence. Credentials (Clinical Privileges) Subcommittee - a subcommittee of the Medical and Dental Appointments Advisory Committee which is responsible for advising on the delineation of a practitioner’s clinical privileges. eCredential – A state-wide, web-based system that allows Local Health Districts and Networks (LHDNs) to support the administrative and managerial aspects of credentialing and clinical privileging and to provide an electronic record to authorised individuals of the clinical privileges of senior medical practitioners and dentists within NSW Health.
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