Information for trainees and Training Officers
Sharing Good Practice webinars for ETP trainees and trainers
We recently hosted the following 2 talks as part of our Sharing Good Practice series, the recordings of which are available in the Sharing Good Practice catalogue on our website:
AI and improving student accessibility to learning
Eleanor Brook considers how AI enhances students’ learning and explores how AI tools can support studying.
View the recording of the talk
Life after ETP
Charlie Allen shares her experiences of life after completing the Echocardiography Training Programme, including post accreditation development and practice.
View the recording of the talk
Are you interested in sharing your practice?
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. We are particularly interested in short talks on:
- Strategies for undertaking and assessing Direct Observation of Practical Skills (DOPS)
- Strategies for undertaking and assessing Observed Communication Events (OCEs)
Express an interest in sharing your practice
Information for Training Officers
ETP recruitment 2026
This is an important, time-critical reminder for any Trust currently in the process of recruiting to the ETP. The deadline to complete recruitment is Tuesday 30 June 2026 and Trusts must send applicants’ details and qualifications to the NSHCS by the deadline.
Any queries relating to ETP recruitment for 2026 from Trusts should be directed to england@hcsrecruitment.nhs.net
Sign up for our trainers’ webinars series
We have recently held a number of webinars as part of our Training Officer Spotlight series. The final session in the series will be:
Developing a motivating training environment
Friday 26 June 2026 – 10am to 11:30am
This session is best suited to STP and ETP Training Officers but is open to anyone who is interested. The main aims of the session are:
- To explore approaches to motivation and learning.
- To identify and examine strategies to create a motivational training environment.
View further details and register for this webinar
The recordings from the previous sessions can be found in the Sharing Good Practice catalogue on our website. The details are below:
The role of the training officer as personal tutor, coach and mentor webinar
View further details and watch the recording of the webinar
Strategies to develop independent learning in work-based training
View further details and watch the recording of the webinar
Designing effective workplace training: Differentiated approaches and training methods
View further details and watch the recording of the webinar
These recordings, along with additional resources, are also available in the NSHCS Healthcare Science Training Resources catalogue in the NHS Learning Hub.
Access the Training Officer Spotlight series in the NHS Learning Hub
ETP Induction 2026
We are holding the 2026 ETP Induction Day online via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 22 October. Timings and agenda to be confirmed.
Trainees joining the ETP in October will need to attend this key event as part of their induction to the training programme and will be invited once interviews have been completed and posts filled.
Annual monitoring return for accredited departments
Our annual monitoring return will commence on 31 July 2026. All departments endorsed on or before 31 July 2025 are required to complete annual monitoring as part of their endorsement. If you have been endorsed within the last year, you are exempt from completing the return.
Annual monitoring will be conducted in the form of an online questionnaire, which will be sent to you on the 31 July 2026. The academic year you will need to report on is from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026. We will be asking for details of any changes that may have influenced or affected the delivery of training in relation to:
- staffing and organisation
- changes to training planning and the availability of resources
- engagement in ‘ETP Train the Trainer’ webinar
- challenges encountered in delivering the ETP programme
- support provided for equality, diversity and inclusion
If you have already notified the school of changes for this period through our change notification process, you are not required to report these changes again.
If you have not notified the school of any changes for this period or would like to notify us of a future change, please download and complete the Change Notification form, and any additional relevant forms and return to: england.nshcs.accreditation@nhs.net
Non-completion of your annual monitoring return may affect your accreditation status and future commissioning of training posts.
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.