Staff Resources
Raising Concerns Flowchart, options for you to consider. - If you have any concerns in practice, in the first instance please address this poster.
Managing Issues in Practice - Who to contact with regards to issues in practice.
Flow Diagram for Managing Education Quality Concerns
Speak in Confidence - In addition to the varies routes available students can raise their concerns via the Speak in Confidence route.
Other Support Resourses - Other support services to consider.
NHS England Safe Learning Environment Charter (SLEC)
The Charter was created in response to healthcare learners’ feedback on their clinical experiences in maternity services, set out in the Kirkup (2015 and 2022) and Ockenden (2020 and 2022) reports.
SLEC supports the development of positive safety cultures and continuous learning across all learning environments in the NHS. It is underpinned by principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion. It has been developed by over 2482 learners, educators, and key stakeholders in health education.
The Charter is designed for learners and those responsible for supporting placement learning across all learning environments and all professions within them. It is aligned to the NHS People Promise in recognition that learners are vital to the workforce and are included in the promises we must all make to each other, to improve everyone’s experience of working in the NHS. The Charter sets out the supportive learning environment required to allow learners to become well-rounded professionals with the right skills and knowledge to provide safe and compassionate care of the highest quality.
SLEC has 10 priorities, they are:
- Respect and feeling valued
- Positive identity
- Wellbeing
- Raising concerns & speaking up
- Placement induction
- Communication
- Flexibility
- Supervision
- Teaching and learning needs
- Time and space for learning
The SLEC priorities and solutions present clearly to education and placement providers, assessors, supervisors and learners, as well as others working in the health and care system, what must underpin the culture of our learning environments.
The SLEC is written for the use of education and placement providers, assessors, supervisors and learners, however it must be actioned by everyone, everywhere, every day and the behaviours and principles embedded into our culture.
Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and patient safety is the golden thread that runs through the SLEC Charter.
Please click on links below to access the posters.
Nursing Apprenticeship SOP - Information for matrons, line managers, and staff considering applying for a place on a nursing apprenticeship programme.
University of Southampton ePAD
Please click on the links below for further information.
South PAD Southampton BSc Part 1
South PAD Southampton BSc Part 2
South PAD Southampton BSc Part 3
Guide to using South PAD Southampton
University of Winchester ePAD
Youtube video to explains how to access and navigate the ePAD.
Practice Supervisors: the video is still relevant to you but please note
Practice Supervisors are not permitted accounts for the ePAD. Students can invite practice supervisors into their ePADs via email only. Here is an example email, you can see here that there is a link in the email to click on.
The Nursing and Midwifery Practice Partner Information Portal is designed for Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and Apprenticeship Employer Partners to access information that will assist you in supporting students on the BSc (Hons) Midwifery, BSc (Hons) Midwifery Degree Apprenticeship, BN Nurse, RNDA Degree Apprenticeships and Nursing Associate (Foundation Degree) Programmes at the University of Winchester. The link to this is:
Nursing and Midwifery Practice Partner Information Portal
Please click on the links below for further information.
- Part 1 - Standards framework for nursing and midwifery education
- Part 2 - Standards for student supervision and assessment
- Part 3 - Standards for pre-registration nursing programmes
- Future Nurse proficiencies poster
- Future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses
- Standards of proficiency for nursing associates
- Standards of proficiency for midwives
Please click on the links below for further information.
- Updates to SSSA - SI hub
- SSSA Supporting Information hub
- Practice Supervision
- Practice Assessment
- Empowering Students
- Learning Environment
Training is available on Green Brain as e-learning for staff wishing to become Practice Supervisors and support students in practice.
Please search Green Brain for 'Practice Supervisor Preparation'. You will be able to register yourself onto this training and complete it online. Once you have completed the online training you will be invited to attend a Part 2: Practice Supervisor training session, to consolidate the learning you will have obtained from completing the online modules.
Once complete, you will receive a 'Next Steps' email from the Learning Environment Team containing information and a workbook to use in your new role as a Practice Supervisor.
Alternatively for Preceptees the preparation for practice supervisor will be covered at the end of your Preceptorship programme.
Practice Supervisor Portfolio of Evidence Handbook
You are required to complete a yearly update to remain current in this role.
Practice Assessor Preparation training is currently a face to face training day taking place from 9am to 4pm.
Staff suitable for this training are current Practice Supervisors who have not previously completed Practice Asssessor or Mentorship training. If you meet the following criteria you can book onto Practice Assessor Preparation training:
- Have attended Practice Supervisor Preparation training OR completed the online Practice Supervisor Preparation e-learning
- Have completed preparation in portfolio as per Trust requirement – minimum of 3 reflections and a student log
- Have completed and signed the Practice Supervisor self-declaration form
- Have line management approval
- Have been supporting students in practice for a minimum of three months
To book your place on Practice Assessor Preparation, please search Green Brain for upcoming training days and register yourself onto a date and location suitable for you.
Practice Assessor Portfolio of Evidence Handbook
If you have previously qualified as a Mentor (prior to 2018), please send a copy of your certificate to LearningEnvironment@hhft.nhs.uk. We will then add your details to the Practice Assessor Database. This will transfer your Mentorship status to the new roles of Practice Supervisor and Practice Assessor, allowing you to take on both roles to support students in practice. You are required to complete a yearly update to remain current in this role.
