This page is designed to show some of the revalidation and training opportunities available to general practice nurses and advanced health practitioners in the Vale of York. If there are any further courses and topics you would like to add to this section, please get in touch.

Upcoming Training Events

Title	Date and Venue	Time	Content	Booking Details
Children and Adults Safeguarding Hot Topics Education for Primary Care	Tuesday 21 January 2020 at Leyburn Health Centre, Brentwood, Leyburn DL8 5EP For further dates please follow this link	1.30-4.00	The designated safeguarding professionals covering Vale of York are offering 14 education sessions accross the year 2019-20, with venues accross the area. The sessions are designed for all level 3 staff within primary care, topics include modern slavery, county lines, perinatal mental health pathway and mental health support.	To book please contact Claire Botterill
Carers Awareness Information Training	Monday 3 February 2020 at West Offices, Station Rise. York, YO1 6GA. Further dates available at same time and venue on:  28 April, 23 June, 28 July, 1 Sept, 26 Jan 2021 and 16 March 2021	1:30-4:00	York Carers Centre are offering further introductory sessions on Identifying and Supporting Unpaid Carers. Tea and coffee will be available at the sessions.	To book please contact sam.varo@nhs.net or call 01904 551773
Humber Coast and Vale General Practice Nursing Conference 2020.	Friday 20 March 2020 at The Double Tree Hilton, Hull. 24 Ferensway, Hull HU2 8NH	TBC	Further information on this event to follow
Hull York Medical School GP Nurses Update Course	Saturday 21 March 2020 at The Allam Medical Building, University of Hull, Cottingham Road, Hull, HU6 7RX	10.00-4.00	Presented by the ANP and GP team at HYMS, this one day course focuses on the priorities relevant to nursing in primary care. The session is designed to help nursing colleagues on top of all the changes to guidelines and the latest research, and includes a full referenced book as well as 12 months access to the digital version. Lunch is provided for attendees.	Cost: £35 To view the poster for the event and to book your place please follow this link. Alternatively, please contact Jackie Houlton on: 01482 464750 / 01904 321308 or jackie.houlton@hyms.ac.uk
Practice Nurse and HCA Research Event	Thursday 30 April 2020 at the Research and Innovation Centre, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF	1.00-4.00	Following the success of the two previous Practice Nurse and HCA Research Events, National Institute for Health Research  will be holding a follow up event in April 2020. Please note that lunch is not provided. However there are shops and a canteen in the neighbouring Gledhow Wing, and parking is available in the Bexley Wing multi storey car park as seen on the attached map. The agenda is to be confirmed , but may include 'Fitting Research in with your Practice Nurse/HCA commitments' and an 'Update of Delivering the ATTACK study from a PNs/HCA perspective'.	To secure a place please respond by email to henri.goddard@nihr.ac

• Apprenticeships
• Advanced Clinical Practitioner Courses
• Alcohol Identification and advice
• Basic and intermediate life support training
• Cancer
• Cervical cytology  
• Diabetes  
• Functional Skills
• Immunisation training
• Leadership and Management Training Programmes
• Non Medical Prescriber Courses
• Safeguarding training  
• Smoking cessation training (initial training)
• Suicide Intervention
• Supporting Physical Activity
• Training and development opportunities via e-Learning
• Revalidation
• Further Useful Resources

Apprenticeships

Skills for Health have launched a suite of infographics around apprenticeships in primary care in support of National Apprenticeship Week 2019.

 Resources are available providing detail on:

• Healthcare Apprenticeships, Grow Your Team
• Top Tips for Apprentices
• Top Tips for Employers

Advanced Clinical Practitioner Courses

• Advanced clinical practitioners come from a range of professional backgrounds such as nursing, pharmacy, paramedics and occupational therapy. They are healthcare professionals educated to Masters level in and have developed the skills and knowledge to allow them to take on expanded roles and scope of practice caring for patients. For more information on the role from Health Education England, please access their website.
• The University of Hull is now offering a September start date for their Advanced Practice MSc course. For further details and applications forms, please visit  the University web pages.
• The University of York are delivering a 3 year part time course for the Advanced Clinical Practice MSc, beginning September 2019. This course provides preparation for individuals working as Advanced Clinical Practitioners in either primary or secondary care. For more details about the course and to apply please visit this link

Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (Alcohol IBA) – Free Training

Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (Alcohol IBA) helps health professionals to identify those individuals whose drinking might impact their health, now or in the future and to deliver simple, structured advice aimed at reducing this risk. Free training is being offered to all practices in the City of York area. It can be delivered in various formats and at a location to suit you and will focus on the following:

• What is Alcohol IBA?
• Screening alcohol use/consumption
• Offering brief advice
• How and when to refer in to community alcohol services
• Opportunity to practice delivering Alcohol IBA.

 The training is based on a robust evidence-base. It is known that simple structured feedback and motivational advice lasting a few minutes is effective in reducing health risks from alcohol, including hypertension, CHD, mouth, throat and breast cancers and many other conditions. Recipients reduce their alcohol intake by an average of 15% following one session of brief advice.

This training is delivered by Public Health team at City of York Council. For further information please contact Phil Truby on 01904 553959. 

 

Basic and intermediate life support training (annual)

The Resuscitation Council recommends that clinical staff should update their skills annually. This is usually arranged on an individual practice or federation basis.

E-learning modules are shortly to be made available through the resuscitation council website and e-learning for health have a basic life support in primary care module. Go to portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Dashboard to find out more.
 

Cancer

Macmillan Learnzone is a free resource from Macmillan Cancer Support aimed at professionals, patients and carers. Anyone can create their own account and use the resources on the site. All you need to do is click on: LearnZone.org.uk

If you require further information please contact Liz Crisp, Macmillan Partnership Manager.

 

Cervical cytology (Initial training followed by three-yearly updates)

Initial training is usually supplied through a university. They will have differing entry criteria but you usually need to have been in your current role for a set time before applying. This training is currently no longer provided at York University and new providers are currently being negotiated by Health Education England.  The details of the latest training available are:

Leeds Beckett University 

Cervical Screening Training

The e-learning component of the update is available through this link 

 

Diabetes

A Diabetes Locally Enhanced Service is offered to Primary Care in York. To take advantage of this it is recommended that at least one nurse and one GP from each surgery attend one full day of diabetes education every two years as a minimum. The Community Diabetes Team in York to deliver workshops which will be offered in three-hourly sessions at regular intervals throughout the year. The content will be updated on a rolling annual basis which will run June to June. This will provide nine hours training annually – additional/alternative training can be made up through e-learning, CP supervision, multi-agency training, etc

The afternoons are free to attend and have been arranged specifically for local primary care health care professionals who have an interest in diabetic medicine. Meetings will be led by Tara Kadis, Lead Diabetes Nurse, York Hospital and specialist colleagues from the Community Diabetes Team.

For more information please find the poster through this link

 

Functional Skills Funding- Guide for NHS Staff

• The Educational Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) are offering the free delivery of English and Maths Functional skills qualifications with JM1Qualifications. The course is delivered online and delivery can therefore fit around shift patterns; offering a flexible study option. English and Maths have been a barrier to a number of NHS staff applying to the new higher and degree level apprenticeships, as they are often essential entry requirements; therefore the hope is for this course to help support progression to higher levels of study.  To express an  interest, please follow this link
• Available through this link is guidance on how to obtain replacements for damaged or defaced functional skills certificates received in or since 2001, and how to evidence qualifications if certificates have been mislaid.
• Health Education England have extended their offer of functional skills training, more information of which can be found through this link.

 

Immunisation training (annual)
 

• An initial two days of training followed by annual half day updates. This is currently provided by Public Health England at Hull University.
• Specific training on PGD’s can be found on the e-learning for Healthcare website at portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Dashboard. Search for the PGD module.
• Immunisation Training is also provided by Haxby Group and can be accessed through this link
• Questions and Green Book support about vaccinations is available online through this link.
• Immunisation and vaccination e-learning refresher Skills for Health have launched an online update course. In compliance with the National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training, you should have already completed foundation training in immunisation/vaccination prior to completing this course. Modules in the course include introduction to UK national immunisation policy, immunology for vaccinators and vaccine preventable diseases. To access the course, please follow this link.

 

Leadership and Management Training Programmes

• The Leadership Academy offers a variety of programmes to suit different levels of experience and background in nursing and other healthcare roles.
• For more information on the Mary Seacole Leadership Programme please follow this link.
• For more information on the Rosalind Franklin Leadership Programme please follow this link
• Our Primary Care Workforce Hub  offers a Leadership and Management Development Programme, which is not specific to nurses but aimed at any developing managers in general practice. Nurse team leaders and managers as well as admin team leaders and junior managers attend. For further information please contact:  Lisa Billingham, Training Manager at    Haxby Group Training or call 01482 303986. The application form is available on through this link. Alternatively more information can be found on their website

 

Non Medical Prescriber Courses

• The University of York deliver a non-medical prescribing course for independent and supplementary prescribing, following a curriculum developed by NHS England and the Nursing and Midwifery Council. For further information please visit the University website.

 

Safeguarding training     

Level 3 Safeguarding children workshops are arranged and facilitated by WPEM Limited and experienced professionals from Harrogate Foundation Trust Safeguarding Children Team.

The training is based on the competencies identified in the Intercollegiate Document Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Health Professionals (2014).

Level 3 Safeguarding Training is required for all clinicians who regularly work with families including children.

York and North Yorkshire designated professionals recommend that core clinicians should receive a minimum of 12-16 hours of training over a three year period. As safeguarding advice is constantly updated it is considered best practice to receive, where possible, annual updates of approx. four hours at session as opposed to bulk updates.

WPEM will continue to invite GPs and nursing staff to level 3 updates. The workshops will be offered in sessions of three hours at regular intervals of the year.  The content will be updated on a rolling annual basis from April to March.

E-Learning for safeguarding children and young adults can be accessed through this link

 

Smoking cessation training (initial training session)

For those of you still signed up to provide a smoking cessation service, the training requirements, booking forms and online training can be found through this link.
 

Suicide Intervention

York MIND has been commissioned to deliver six Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) two-day workshops over the next 12 months with funding from CYC Public Health and York Safeguarding Adults Board.

Places on later ASIST workshops are likely to get snapped up quickly. Those held to date have been very well received with excellent feedback, mainly from people in front line roles from a variety of roles including clinicians.  Training for around150 people in total and places will be allocated on a first come first served basis by Workforce Development Unit. If ASIST is of interest to you and you live or work in York please follow the below link to register interest and find out proposed dates and venue.

 

Supporting Physical Activity 

Public Health England in Partnership with Sport England and Burdett Nursing Trust has developed a Physical Activity Clinical Champion Programme for Health Professionals.

The Programme offers peer-to-peer training, that aims to equip allied health professionals, nurses, midwives and doctors with the knowledge and skills that they need to promote physical activity in their routine clinical contacts.

If you would like a free Physical Activity Clinical Champions training session for your team please email Katey Burnett

For further information on the project you can also contact Public Health England

 

Training and development opportunities via e-Learning

Other training and development opportunities are available via the e-learning portal

There is a vast catalogue of free e-learning materials available that covers a massive range of subject areas. For further information please follow this link.

Another site that offer a wide range of free online courses from a variety of institutions is Future Learn.

E-Learning for Health is a Health Education England programme that works in partnership with NHS professional bodies offering an entire course book on learning in primary care. 

Education for Health offers free eLearning for some respiratory and diabetes subject areas. 

Revalidation

Revalidation is the process that all nurses and midwives in the UK need to follow to maintain their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Revalidation is required every three years and your personal revalidation dates can be found on the NMC website www.nmc.org.uk

Revalidation is straightforward but it does require some pre-planning. It is advised to start gathering information pre-revalidation about six months before your revalidation date. The NMC has very user friendly information and templates to be used for revalidation. The process helps nurses to demonstrate that they practise safely and effectively. It encourages reflection on the role of the Code and demonstration that nursing staff are 'living' the standards within it.

Application for revalidation online need to be submitted before the beginning of the month that revalidation is due, so it’s very important to have an NMC Online account set up. Information and instructions to revalidate are available on the site.

Further Useful Resources

Training Provider	Information
Health Education England Funded Training Catalogue	Please follow this link to access a catalogue of all training currently commissioned and funded by Health Education England.
Hull York Medical School ACP Training	As part of an initiative to develop multi-professional learning,  Hull and York Medical Schools are welcoming trainee ACPs in years 1 and 2 of  the MSC Advanced Practice course onto relevant sessions of GP Speciality Training. This is a great opportunity for different professional groups to learn together and from each other and also supports and compliments the learning in practice component of the advanced practice MSc. Places are limited so please discuss with your supervisor the sessions which you feel will benefit you the most. In York we ask that you book into one session only. Places must be booked as follows: For York: Contact: Fatima Kuddus/Beth Taylor, GPST@nhs.york.uk
City of York Council: Workforce Development Training Unit	City of York Council’s Workforce Development Unit offer a large number of training sessions relevant to the practice nursing. To view and book on to these courses you will need to register for a MyLo account through this link For any queries please contact: wdu@york.gov.uk
Leeds Beckett University Short Courses	Leeds Beckett University is offering specialist skills post registration development (SSPRD) courses tailored to Primary Care. Details of all courses can be found here
University of York Modules and Study Days	The University offer a large number of specialist skills post registration development (SSPRD) courses which can be accessed through this link.  Also available are study days and workshops relevant for general practice. Information on any planned sessions can be found through this link
Haxby Group Training	Haxby Group offer a series of interactive courses designed for both clinicians and support staff, these include both scheduled sessions that can be booked onto and bespoke training. Further information on training available in 2019 can be found through this link and on other programmes offered through this link.
Humber, Coast and Vale Excellence Centre	The Excellence Centre brings together employers from Health and Social Care, independent and voluntary sectors, along with education and training providers.  Their ambition is to improve access to high quality learning opportunities for all care and support staff.  Their aim is to reduce unnecessary duplication, strengthen connectivity and scale up good practice, innovation and transformation.  In collaboration we can recruit, retain and develop our workforce more effectively, improving the experience and  outcomes of those accessing services across Humber, Coast and Vale.  Working in partnership with the National Skills Academy for Health, Skills For Care and Health Education England.