Training and revalidation
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 |
| Carers Awareness Information Training |
Wednesday 28 October 2020 Monday 23 November 2020 Monday 7 December 2020 All sessions delivered via Zoom |
11.00-1.00 |
York Carers Centre are offering further introductory sessions on Identifying and Supporting Unpaid Carers. It is an opportunity for professionals to learn more about York Carers Centre and the support available for unpaid carers across the city, as well as to increase understanding of carers, their role and its effect on their lives. The session will include a presentation, have brief introductions, share information around current carer issues (such as Covid-19/isolation), engage in discussions, include a quiz and share links to carer films on YouTube. One of their Volunteer Carer Champions plans to share her experiences also. |
To book please contact sam.varo@nhs.net or call 01904 551773 |
- 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
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:
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.
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.
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
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
Please find information of the application process for the Non- Medical Prescribing courses for the forthcoming year from both Hull and York University, please share details to any interested parties within your practices.
Hull University
The application window is currently open, should you be interested in making an application please apply promptly as the University operates strictly on a on a first come first served basis and there maybe opportunity to secure a HEE funded place. Please email Fhs.admiss@hull.ac.uk to request the application pack for nurses.
York University
The next Prescribing module is due to commence Spring 2020.
This link will take you to information about the module, the dates it will run and how to apply.
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.
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.
You may be interested in some training sessions delivered by Public Health England with a national network of expert Physical Activity Clinical Champions. The network is delivering free, tailored, peer to peer 1-3 hours training sessions to groups of healthcare professionals at a time and location to suit local needs e.g. Vocational Training Schemes, lunchtime learning, etc. You can find out more at https://bit.ly/33r8sNE
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.
| 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. |
| 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. |
