Information for trainees
Trainee responsibilities against the standards
Taking on the trainer role is a significant responsibility and commitment. To support your trainer and departmental colleagues to navigate these responsibilities we have developed and published a set of standards which clearly articulate what is expected of them. You as the trainee also have responsibilities in relation to these training standards as you are an active participant in your own learning journey.
The training standards and expectations for the STP and ETP trainers are:
- Standard 1. Plan, design and assess learning and training opportunities
- Standard 2. Monitor your trainee’s progress and provide them with constructive feedback
- Standard 3. Support your trainee in taking responsibility for their own learning
- Standard 4. Embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion into training
- Standard 5. Know the limitations of your role and signpost to other sources of support, where appropriate
The trainer standards and trainee responsibilities do not add new expectations or responsibilities to the trainer or trainee. Instead, they are designed to articulate existing expectations more concisely enabling a structure for the additional training and guidance.
Read the NSHCS training standards trainee responsibilities
Quick guides for trainees on the NHS Learning Hub
To support trainees through their training we have developed a trainee section in our NHS Learning Hub catalogue. Within this section we have developed ‘quick guides’ for trainees on specific topics mapped against the training standards. The current available guides and those in development are identified below.
Standard 1. Plan, design and assess learning and training opportunities
Guides available for trainees:
- Planning for assessment
- Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities
- Planning for learning
Standard 2. Monitor your trainee’s progress and provide them with constructive feedback
Guides available for trainees:
- Using feedback effectively to improve practice
Standard 3. Support your trainee in taking responsibility for their own learning
Guides available for trainees:
- Action planning and target setting
- Managing imposter feelings
- Developing as an independent learner
Standard 4. Embed equality, diversity and inclusion into training
Guides available for trainees:
- Conscious inclusion
Guides in development:
- Embedding the NHS values and principles of ED&I into practice
Standard 5. Know the limitations of your role and signpost to other sources of support, where appropriate
Guides available for trainees:
- Accepting help from others
- Managing your health and wellbeing
In the trainee section you will also find two training modules on ‘Reflective practice in healthcare science’.
To access the NHS Learning Hub you will need to have an account with the service.
Find out how to access trainee resources on the NHS Learning Hub
Quick guide for trainees to developing evidence for training activities
One of the most frequent requests that we receive at the School is for more guidance about how trainees can and should develop their evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities / competencies. In response to this important need, we have recently published a new quick guide for trainees in our catalogue of learning materials on the NHS Learning Hub, entitled ‘Developing evidence to demonstrate achievement of training activities’.
This guide focuses on what makes good evidence for training activities in work-based training. The guide addresses how different types of evidence can be generated in the course of work-based training and it offers guidance about the different types of evidence that can be generated for the different types of training activity (whether for an entrustable training activity, an observational training activity or a developmental training activity).
This new body of guidance is fully aligned with the new STP curricula and the NSHCS work-based assessment standards. It will provide trainees with concrete help to meet those standards. The module is also fully aligned with the recently-published NSHCS training standards and expectations. It is part of a set of quick guides associated with training standard 1: Plan, design and assess learning and training opportunities.
To access the NHS Learning Hub you will need to have an account with the service. Further details on how to do this can be found within the trainee responsibilities page on the School website.
Information for training officers
ETP university teaching dates
We have published dates from both of the university providers of when trainees are expected to attend lectures, either on campus or online.
Find out more about ETP university teaching dates
Sign up for our next Sharing Good Practice webinars
The next webinars in our Sharing Good Practice series are:
- Supporting trainees in the workplace – Thursday 18 July at 2pm. Find out more and sign up for this webinar.
- Delivering training in the workplace – Thursday 13 August at 10am. Find out more and sign up for this webinar.
If you would like to present at the ‘Delivering training in the workplace’ webinar, please email our Education Training Manager, Sally Clee directly s.clee@nhs.net.
View a recording of our recent Sharing Good Practice webinar on ‘Approaches to the delivery of the STP’
‘Approaches to the delivery of the STP’, the second webinar in our Sharing Good Practice series, took place on Wednesday 22 May 2024.
View a recording of this webinar
New learning modules for trainers in the NHS Learning Hub
We have recently published the new modules outlined below in our catalogue of learning materials on the NHS Learning Hub. To access the NHS Learning Hub you will need to have an account with the service. The details on how to do this can be found within the training standards pages on the School website.
Explore opportunities in practice to embed the NHS values and the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion
This module aims to:
- introduce good practice in embedding equality, diversity and inclusion when planning learning and training opportunities
Developing coaching and mentoring skills
This module aims to:
- explain and demonstrate the differences between coaching and mentoring
- explore the different techniques used in the coaching relationship to develop a trainee
- reflect upon how implementing a range of approaches along the ‘push – pull continuum’ can enhance learning
View the module ‘Developing coaching and mentoring skills’ in the Learning Hub
Explore strategies to signpost effectively whilst maintaining a professional relationship
This module aims to:
- identify the importance of signposting in the trainee, trainer relationship
- explore strategies of how to signpost trainees to appropriate sources of support whilst maintaining the professional relationship
Shape the agenda of the November Education and Training Collaborative
The School is currently thinking about the NSHCS Education and Training Collaborative in November and would welcome any suggestions for areas of discussion or specific agenda items.
If you have or haven’t attended the collaborative previously, we would appreciate any thoughts you may have on pertinent areas for the Collaborative programme to incorporate. Please let us know your thoughts by completing the survey linked to below.
Share your suggestions for agenda items for the NSHCS Education and Training Collaborative
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.