Information for trainees
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.
Cellular Pathology and Genomics: Partnering for Precision Medicine – RCPath conference
Led by the Genomics and Reproductive Science Specialty Advisory Committee, the ‘Cellular Pathology and Genomics: Partnering for Precision Medicine’ conference aims to promote closer working between cellular pathology, genomics and industry in the delivery of patient-centred care. Using case study examples of best practice and problems faced in the laboratory today, the main aim of the sessions is to increase awareness and access to testing with a particular focus on delivery of precision medicines. The event will take place in person at The Royal College of Pathologists in London (E1 8QT) on Monday 25 November from 9.30am to 5pm (with optional networking drinks from 5 to 6.30pm).
Find out more and book your place
Information for trainees and supervisors
New trial approach to progression monitoring
This year we will be trialling a new approach to progression monitoring based on current resources and feedback from HSSTs who have completed our previous approach to progression monitoring.
At this stage in the programme we would invite you to organise a training review meeting (between HSST trainee and workplace supervisor) to specifically discuss this year’s progression against previous targets. In the review meeting we would encourage you to discuss:
- academic progression
- workplace progression against the GSP domains in OneFile
- professional qualifications (FRCPath, CEng, IAPS)
- targets and timeline for HSST completion
This is also an opportunity to update your training plan and to consider your timelines in conjunction with your HSST end of funding date and your HSST completion deadline.
In a similar way to the process we have introduced for STP progression monitoring, we would encourage you to have this meeting recorded using the review meeting tool in OneFile. In OneFile the review meeting needs to be set up by the workplace supervisor. The notes that you record in the review meeting tool, using the headings above, can be used to monitor progress, inform support calls and support completion processes. Watch this short video on how to record a review meeting on OneFile.
This year we will not be issuing formal progression outcomes. Feedback has suggested that these outcomes do not always reflect a trainee’s or supervisor’s experience. Instead, we invite all trainees and supervisors to directly contact our HSST Training Programme Directors (Lisa Ayers lisa.ayers2@nhs.net and Owen Driskell o.driskell@nhs.net) if they wish to organise a support call about progression. We hope this change will better target our support services to those who most need them.
We will continue to review HSST progression monitoring going forward.
We would also wish to remind all trainees and supervisors that training support is available all year round and not just at progression points.
Read about your main sources of support during training
Introduction to OneFile for HSST trainees and supervisors
We recently held a webinar introducing OneFile, the NSHCS e-portfolio service.
View a recording of the OneFile webinar
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
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
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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
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
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
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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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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
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 supervisors
HSST Train the Trainer
We recently held an HSST Train the Trainer webinar.
View recordings of the HSST Train the Trainer talks
Missed a previous edition of the HSST Monthly Memo?
We’ve published copies of the Monthly Memo for HSST trainees and training officers on our website.
Click here to view previous editions of the HSST Monthly Memo.