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.
Programme
The Scientist Training Programme (STP) is a three-year programme of work-based learning, supported by a University accredited master's degree.
Programme
The Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) programme is a bespoke five-year workplace-based training programme supported by a Doctoral level academic award.
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The Practitioner Training Programme (PTP) is a three-year BSc Honours undergraduate training scheme that includes work-based and academic learning.
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The Accredited Scientific Practice (ASP) programme enables employers to develop bespoke short courses to meet training needs within the Healthcare Science workforce.
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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.
Service
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.
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We are responsible for curricula for the Practitioner and Scientist Training Programme (PTP and STP) and Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) programme.
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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.
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We provide and support the OneFile e-portfolio service used by trainees, trainers and assessors across healthcare science programmes.
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We provide face-to-face and online training and guidance for Training Officers and Supervisors on our training programmes.
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During your training, you will get support from a variety of people/organisations. It will be important that you work with all of the education providers involved in order to maximise your training experience and to access the right support where it is needed.
Listen to Mirusanthan as he talks about what it’s like being a trainee on the Scientist Training Programme.
Listen to Kade as he talks about what it’s like to be a trainee on the STP programme.
Listen to Peter as he talks about what it’s like to be a trainee on the HSST programme.
Sarah Clinton, Training Manager at the West Midlands Regional Genetics Laboratory, shares her thoughts on training plans and competencies.
Listen to Rebecca as she talks about what it’s like to be a GI Physiology apprentice.
We are pleased to announce that the applications process opens today for the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme.
Significant scientific workforce shortages at senior levels have been identified in several Life Science specialties, which have been further highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Higher Specialist Scientific Training (HSST) Programme trains Healthcare Scientists to consultant level, however HSST is currently not open to all individual scientists with the potential to develop and take on the role of a consultant scientist.