Information for trainees
Access to OneFile for new ETP trainees
As we outlined at your induction day and in your introductory OneFile webinar, we have been delayed in providing new ETP trainees with access to OneFile while we wait for staff at OneFile to add the new ETP curricula into the e-portfolio. This is due to be done by the first week in December at the latest, if not earlier.
There is nothing to stop you doing your training activities and observed assessments in the workplace and developing your evidence of having achieved them. That is the key, important work. OneFile is simply the place where this evidence is submitted and approved by your Training Officer.
We would therefore encourage you to look through your two workplace modules in the Curriculum Library to understand the activity you need to do. You can begin this activity without access to OneFile.
You should also familiarise yourself with the workplace-based assessment standards which give you clear guidance about how workplace-based assessments should be conducted. You can begin and complete as many workplace-based assessments as you can while we wait to provide you with OneFile.
We apologise for this delay in providing you with access to OneFile. We hope to have it with you soon.
View your ETP modules in the Curriculum Library
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
How do I gain access to the NHS learning Hub?
To access the NHS Learning Hub, you will need to have an account with the service.
If you have an NHS email
To access the NSHCS catalogue of resources, you will need to sign up for free to the NHS Learning Hub using your NHS email address. Click on this link and follow the instructions.
If you do not have an NHS email address
Complete this brief form to grant us permission to send your name and e-mail address to the NHS Learning Hub development team to request access. You must provide your professional, work email address.
View the National School of Healthcare Science catalogue in the NHS Learning Hub
What are my responsibilities as a trainee?
To support your trainers and departmental colleagues to take on the role of trainer, we have developed a set of standards which clearly articulate what is expected of them. These are known as the NSHCS training standards and expectations.
Alongside your trainers’ responsibilities, you as the trainee have responsibilities, as you are an active participant in your own learning journey.
Read about trainees’ responsibilities for training
New Specialist Echocardiographer register is launched
The new Specialist Echocardiographer Register is an Academy For Healthcare Science-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 ETP.
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
Setting up an ETP 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
Getting to know the OneFile e-portfolio service: an introduction for ETP trainees
We recently held a webinar introducing OneFile, the NSHCS e-portfolio service.
Watch a recording of the OneFile webinar
Have your say and shape the future of the NHS
We need the voices of trainees to shape the future of the NHS. The National Education and Training Survey is open until Tuesday 26 November, for students and trainees, and the NHS Staff Survey until Friday 29 November, for all staff.
Finally, Change NHS is building a 10-Year Health Plan, led by the government and the NHS. It features a dedicated section for NHS staff to help shape immediate actions and long-term changes.
Share your views and help us build a better NHS together.
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. Although aimed at other HSST trainees, some topics have a universal focus; for example, managing imposter feelings and reflective practice. If any interest you, you are welcome to attend.
Sharing Good Practice – Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Thursday 18 December 2024 – 11am to 12pm
View further details and register for this webinar
Sharing Good Practice – Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Tuesday 21 January 2025 – 11am to 12pm
View further details and register for this webinar
Sharing Good Practice – Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Wednesday 5 February 2025 – 10:30am to 11:30am
View further details and register for this webinar
Sharing Good Practice: Skills and behaviours of a Consultant Clinical Scientist
Monday 10 February 2025 – 2pm to 3pm
View further details and register for this webinar
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
View a recording of our Sharing Good Practice webinar on neuroinclusive communication
In this Sharing Good Practice webinar Rachel Lennon talked about neurodiversity inclusion, with a particular focus on communication and information processing.
View the neuroinclusive communication webinar recording
Information for training officers
Training for ETP trainers
The training package we provide for ETP trainers includes:
- ETP Train the Trainer
- The NHS Learning Hub resources for trainers
- The Sharing Good Practice series and their associated resources
All of these are underpinned by the NSHCS training standards and expectations.
Taking on the trainer role is a significant responsibility and commitment. To support you and your departmental colleagues to navigate these responsibilities we have developed this set of training standards which clearly articulate what is expected of you.
There are 5 training standards and for each one there is a suite of training materials available on the NHS Learning Hub which we encourage you to access.
View the training standards and their associated support resources
Sharing Good Practice
We are pleased to announce that we have the following confirmed webinars:
Sharing Good Practice – Managing training
Thursday 5 December 2024 – 10:30am to 11:30am
View further details and register for this event
Strength in numbers – the benefits of a Training Consortium
Tuesday 17 December 2024 – 2pm to 3pm
View further details and register for this event
Perspectives on training and development
Thursday 16 January 2025 – 1pm to 2pm
View further details and register for this webinar
Setting up a trainee network
Friday 24 January 2025 – 10am to 11am
View further details and register for this webinar
If you or your network have developed practice that you feel could be valuable to share with your peers, please express an interest in sharing your practice via the form linked to below.
Express an interest in contributing to our Sharing Good Practice webinar series
ETP Train the Trainer
If you are new to the role of Training Officer and will be taking responsibility for an ETP trainee, this training session is essential to your training and is part of the ETP endorsement process.
The training session will cover the roles and responsibilities of the ETP Training Officer, including the planning and delivering of work-based training. The webinar will last a maximum of 3 hours.
The next ETP Train the Trainer is on Friday 6 December from 10am to 1pm.
Find out more and register for the Train the Trainer event (expired link)
Getting to know the OneFile e-portfolio service: webinar for STP and ETP Training Officers
We recently held a webinar introducing OneFile, the NSHCS e-portfolio service.
Watch a recording of the OneFile webinar
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.