Information for trainees
How do I develop evidence of training activities?
To help you make progress with your training activities, read our quick guide to developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities in the NHS Learning Hub.
View the ‘Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities’ guide
New Specialist Echocardiographer register is launched
The new Specialist Echocardiographer Register is an Academy For Healthcare Science (AHCS) accredited register, developed in collaboration with the Society for Cardiological Science and Technology (SCST) and the National School for Healthcare Science (NSHCS) and is for people who have successfully completed the Echocardiography Training Programme.
Registrants are expected to work to the AHCS Good Scientific Practice professional standards.
Benefits of joining the register
- It recognises the significant contribution that Specialist Echocardiographers make to the wider professional and public community.
- It demonstrates your commitment to maintaining competency and high standards of conduct
- It provides assurance for employers, patients and the public about your practice.
- It gives you confidence that you are working to the nationally agreed Healthcare Science Specialist Echocardiographer standards of Proficiency and Good Scientific Practice.
- It strengthens the profession, helping the us to raise the profile of all healthcare science professionals and their significant contribution to patient care, clinical excellence and healthcare advances.
- It enables you to access certain benefits; for example, the Registrants’ Newsletter, training opportunities, and the AHCS Leadership Journal. (Although you may not be at that stage in your career, the journal makes for an interesting read and could offer a different perspective and inspire ideas for the future.
Find out more about the Specialist Echocardiographer Register
Do you want to know how to set up and manage a trainee network?
If you are interested in setting up your own trainee network, Dr Rebecca Foster-Jones from the Mature Trainees, Parents and Carers (MTPC) Network will be delivering the following webinar:
Setting up a trainee network
Friday 24 January 2025 – 10am to 11am
View further details and register for this webinar
Information for trainees and training officers
HSST Sharing Good Practice webinar series
We are pleased to announce the following Sharing Good Practice webinars, featuring talks delivered by current HSST trainees.
Sharing Good Practice – Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Thursday 18 December 2024 – 11am to 12pm
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Sharing Good Practice – Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Tuesday 21 January 2025 – 11am to 12pm
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Sharing Good Practice – Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Wednesday 5 February 2025 – 10:30am to 11:30am
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Sharing Good Practice: Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Monday 10 February 2025 – 2pm to 3pm
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We are currently finalising other HSST Sharing Good Practice webinars, which will take place in February and March 2025. The webinars will be recorded and made available on the School website.
View our forthcoming Sharing Good Practice webinars
Information for training officers
Sharing Good Practice webinars
We are pleased to announce that we have the following webinars coming soon:
Strength in numbers – the benefits of a Training Consortium
Tuesday 17 December 2024 – 2pm to 3pm
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Perspectives on training and development
Thursday 16 January 2025 – 1pm to 2pm
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Setting up a trainee network
Friday 24 January 2025 – 10am to 11am
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View our forthcoming Sharing Good Practice webinars
Update on ETP posts for 2025
We anticipate that those who have successfully requested posts for 2025 will receive confirmation of funding letters from NHS England regional commissioners during December/early January. ETP recruitment guidance will be available on the School website soon. Once available the recruitment team will email the key contacts for ETP posts to signpost to the guidance and advise on steps to start recruitment.
Missed a previous edition of the ETP Monthly Memo?
We’ve published copies of the Monthly Memo for ETP trainees and training officers on our website.
Click here to view previous editions of the ETP Monthly Memo.