The Independent Assessment of Clinical Competence (IACC) has two components:
- a critical reflective narrative
- an interview
The purpose of both parts of the IACC is to assess your readiness to practice as a healthcare scientist. It will:
- assess your ability to work safely and effectively at the level of a newly qualified clinical scientist in your specialty
- assess your ability to ensure appropriate standards and patient safety are maintained at all times
- recognise the scope of your own competence and readiness to practise as an autonomous professional, and explaining how you will self-regulate to maintain professional standards, including patient safety
The IACC will also:
- instil in you and the assessor confidence that you have the ability to practise safely
- demonstrate that you have the necessary self-awareness, self-regulation and self-development
- demonstrate you are ready to register with the HCPC and uphold standards