The School is part of Health Education England (HEE). The School facilitates and supports the education, training and development of all healthcare scientists from apprentices to Consultant grade, and provides programmes to allow scientists to adapt to new technologies and work flexibly across patient pathways providing high quality services.
The Scientist Training Programme (STP) is a three-year programme of work-based learning, supported by a University accredited master's degree.
The Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) programme is a bespoke five-year workplace-based training programme supported by a Doctoral level academic award.
The Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) is a three-year BSc Honours undergraduate training scheme that includes work-based and academic learning.
The Accredited Scientific Practice (ASP) programme enables employers to develop bespoke short courses to meet training needs within the Healthcare Science workforce.
We act as a focus for the Healthcare Science Apprenticeship Programme and will coordinate further communication and information, as implementation of these Standards moves forward.
We are responsible for the accreditation of academic programmes for the Practitioner Training Programme (PTP), the Scientist Training Programme (STP) and the Higher Specialist Scientist Training Programme (HSST) and work-based providers for the STP and HSST Programmes.
We are responsible for curricula for the Practitioner and Scientist Training Programme (PTP and STP) and Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) programme.
We have been approved by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to offer the end-point assessment (EPA) for the Levels 2, 4 and 6 Healthcare Science (HCS) Apprenticeship Standards.
We provide face-to-face and online training and guidance for Training Officers and Supervisors on our training programmes.
We provide and support the OneFile e-portfolio service used by trainees, trainers and assessors across healthcare science programmes.
