Practice Assessor Online Training

1 Practice Assessor Online TrainingTeesside University &Partner TrustsWho is this for?If you are a registered nurse or midwife with noprevious mentorship qualifications, this Online learning package will enable you to meet the NMC standards to be a Practice is intended to equate to a full day's OutcomesOn conclusion of this learning package you will: Have knowledge of the background to the development of the NMC (2018) standards of Student Supervision and Assessment. Understand the key roles in these new standards . Be able to apply tools to supervise a student. Be competent in assessing a student. Have achieved the requirements to complete the self-declaration to be a Practice background to the implementation of new standards for supporting and assessing studentsNew standards of proficiency across nursingEach box contains a link to the relevant NMC site-please take the time to exploreNew standards for supporting students are central to change across nurse & midwifery education What are the standards of proficiency ?

2 These have been structured around seven platforms: Being an accountable professional. Promoting health and preventing ill health. Assessing needs and planning care. Providing and evaluating care. Leading and managing nursing care and working in teams. Improving safety and quality of care. Coordinating AnnexeA: Communication and relationship management skills. AnnexeB: Nursing students will be assessed against these platforms-and the specific benchmarks will be in their Practice Assessment Document (PAD)-see Practice learning site for copiesThe structure of the changes These high-level standards focus on the learning culture in the placement. It should prioritise safety and values-based learning. They highlight the need to demonstrate strong educational governance and high quality education through compliance and continuous improvement in education delivery and management.

3 Student empowerment is central to these standards . Each AEI, with its placement partners, will need to demonstrate that students are fully supported and enabled to achieve their proficiencies and learning outcomes and that independent learning is facilitated. Educators and assessors must be supported, enabling them to be effective in their role. And finally, the curricula and assessment must be innovative and demonstrate effective development to meet the relevant programme standards and enable the achievement of proficiencies and learning slide is taken from the NMC (2018) SISSSA resource pack available at (accessed on 12/11/20)Click on the movie icon to watch a 1 min 30 sec video by the NMC outlining the connection between the new Future Nurse standards of proficiency and the standards for Education and TrainingThis image is taken from the NMC (2018) SISSSA resource pack available at (accessed on 12/11/20)This change to the professional proficiencies (development of the Future Nurse) has led to a change in approach to supporting students which is set out in the standards for Student Supervision and Assessment-these standards are just one part of a suite of standards relating to education and Training .

4 How do the new standards relate to previous standards for supporting students? Previous standards were: NMC (2008) standards to Support Learning and Assessment in Practice (SLAiP) These referred to mentor, sign-off mentor, Practice teacher New standards : NMC (2018) standards forStudent Supervision andAssessment (known as SSSA) These refer to skills facilitators, Practice supervisors and Practice assessorsWhen do these new standards come in?THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN as part of the response to the Covid 19 pandemic during the summer of 2020, the NMC instructed all Universities to implement these new standards immediately, using internal approval processes. There are nomentors/sign-off mentors/ Practice teachers. Student nurses, student nurse associates and student midwives must be allocated a Practice Assessor and be supported by Practice supervisors and skills courses does this apply to?

5 Pre-registration nursing and midwifery. Midwifery. Nurse associate. Specialist community public Health Nursing (SCPHN). Specialist Practice Qualification (SPQ). Prescribing. Return to Practice . Any other NMC approved post-registration point How is the future nurse approach different from our previous approach to nursing? (You may find it useful to watch this 3 min video) What are the seven platforms (and two annexes) which make up the new Future Nurse proficiencies? You may be supporting a range of students under the new SSSA standards -which courses could they come from? Have you looked at the Proficiencies for that course on the NMC website and the PAD for that course on the Practice Learning Support site?At intervals throughout this presentation you will be prompted to reflect back on the issues covered-they are called thinking key roles in the new standardsBackground to the new standards Ongoing concerns with Failure to Fail (Duffy 2003).

6 Move towards less top-down regulation by NMC. Need for greater flexibility around who can support students to facilitate placement allocations. Greater separation between the nurse who makes the assessment from the nurse who supports the student on their learning journey. No requirement for educational courses for clinicians to have NMC approval. Assessing nurse/midwife/nurse associate can have multiple students and the level of this is agreed Clinical Learning TeamNew structures: Nominated person Practice Assessor Practice supervisor Key Practice supervisor Skills facilitator Academic assessorNominated person Nominated by their own department to be a link between the students and the University. first point of contact for students and offer support and advice for students who have concerns. Ensure students have an induction to the area. been allocated off duty prior to the start of the placement and access to the learning resources available.

7 And have been allocated to a Practice Assessor and their Practice Learning Team (including Practice Supervisors and Skills Facilitators as appropriate).Who is the nominated person for your team? Practice Assessor Student will have the same Practice Assessor for the whole of each stage or PART of their learning. This is usually one full year. Responsibilities: to observe, conduct and record student assessments of summative episodes of care, including midpoint and summative final assessments. These will be informed by student reflections, feedback from Practice Supervisors and other relevant people to confirm confirmation of achievement will be made in partnership with the student s nominated Academic Assessor . Student NOT expected to spend all their time with the Practice there are special requirements to be a Practice Assessor ? Must be a registered nurse, midwife or nurse associate on same part of the NMC register as that of the student.

8 If you are supporting a prescribing or SCPHN or DN student, you must have the relevant professional qualifications. For those who are already a mentor, sign-off mentor or Practice teacher, they must undertake a three-hour workshop updating on the role of Practice Assessor (See PPF for dates or information about an Online option). For those who are not already a mentor, sign-off mentor or Practice teacher, must be identified by their manager as appropriate, can demonstrate they meet NMC criteria (use RPL process and undertake the three-hour workshop as above) or fresh to the role: undertake a full one-day workshop(see PPF for dates) or undertake this Online learning those wishing to be a Practice Assessor must appear as this on the PPF s database in order to take students. (For those in the independent Sector, this is held by Alison Robinson at Teesside University: Supervisor Student will have many Practice supervisors throughout their placement, all of these Practice supervisors will support and guide the student through their learning experience, acting as a role model and demonstrate effective and safe Practice .)

9 Practice Supervisor can be any registered professional nurse, GP, pharmacist, physiotherapist. Need to provide feedback as student progresses, both informally and using the PAD document structure. Evidence generated by the student during their time with their Practice supervisor will be shared with the Practice Assessor and will form a significant base on which an assessment is FacilitatorsThese are non-registrants with particular competence in phlebotomy, ECGs, etc. Can support student learning and provide student feedback within the PAD on the Record of Communication/Additional Feedback Assessor Key role in confirming the student s progress recording objective, evidence-based decisions on conduct, proficiency and achievement and make recommendations for progression providing assurance of student achievements and competence. Must work in partnership with Practice Assessor to agree outcome for student at assessment points.

10 Will be a lecturer/senior lecturer from Teesside University. Will strive for this to be the same person throughout the whole year of study (known as PART of the course).Student s responsibilitiesStudents must take a key role in their supervision and assessment in Practice and must be: Prepared for and have a sound understanding of the proficiencies they need to achieve. Aware of the person they should speak to in the Practice area if they have concerns. Actively encouraged to seek out Practice supervisors to support their learning and encourage feedback to be recorded in their PADs. Made aware of their nominated PA and AA from the beginning of the taken from PAN London presentation (2019) available at (accessed on 15/11/20)How do Practice Assessors, Practice Supervisors, Skills Facilitators and the Academic Assessor fit together? Each student is allocated a Practice Assessor (PA) for the whole of their year of study (PART of their course).