Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for

Nursing and Midwifery

Lesley BarrowmanBarbara Bradley

NMC Standards to

Support Learning and

Assessment in Practice

New framework

Developed to give better assurances Developed to give better assurances

to NMC that students undertaking to NMC that students undertaking

programmes have been supported programmes have been supported

and provided with appropriate and provided with appropriate

supervision and assessment of supervision and assessment of

competency by practitioners with the competency by practitioners with the

necessary knowledge and necessary knowledge and

competencecompetence

Implemented for students who Implemented for students who

commence programmes from 1 commence programmes from 1

September 2007September 2007

Developmental Framework

Stage 1 – Newly qualified registrantStage 1 – Newly qualified registrant

Stage 2 – Mentor for pre-registration Stage 2 – Mentor for pre-registration

students students

Stage 3 - Practice Teacher for post-Stage 3 - Practice Teacher for post-

registration studentsregistration students

Stage 4 – TeacherStage 4 – Teacher

Recognition of prior learning across Recognition of prior learning across

stages 2,3 and 4stages 2,3 and 4

New framework

Four developmental stages, each with Four developmental stages, each with eight domainseight domains

• Working relationshipsWorking relationships

• Facilitation of learningFacilitation of learning

• Assessment and AccountabilityAssessment and Accountability

• Evaluation of learningEvaluation of learning

• Environment for learningEnvironment for learning

• Context of practiceContext of practice

• Evidence-based-practiceEvidence-based-practice

• LeadershipLeadership

Five Underpinning principles

Mentors and practice teachersMentors and practice teachers mustmust

AA be on relevant part or sub-part of NMC be on relevant part or sub-part of NMC registerregister

BB must have developed their own must have developed their own competencecompetence

CC hold appropriate professional hold appropriate professional qualificationsqualifications

DD have been prepared for their role and have been prepared for their role and met met NMC outcomesNMC outcomes

EE those intending to record a teaching those intending to record a teaching qualification must complete an qualification must complete an

NMC approved NMC approved programme or be programme or be accredited by NMC accredited by NMC

Assessment of competence – pre-registration nursing

All students will be assessed during All students will be assessed during

their programme by mentors their programme by mentors

prepared for roleprepared for role

Students can only be assessed for Students can only be assessed for

entry to the register (at the end of entry to the register (at the end of

their programme) by sign off mentors their programme) by sign off mentors

or practice teachersor practice teachers

For midwifery programmes all For midwifery programmes all

mentors must meet sign off mentors mentors must meet sign off mentors

requirementsrequirements

Sign off mentor

Sign off mentors must demonstrate Sign off mentors must demonstrate

additional competenceadditional competence

Supervised on 3 occasionsSupervised on 3 occasions

Clinical currencyClinical currency

Understand accountabilityUnderstand accountability

Knowledge of programme Knowledge of programme

requirementsrequirements

Understanding of NMC Understanding of NMC

requirementsrequirements

Placement providers will determine Placement providers will determine

when above is met and annotate on when above is met and annotate on

the registerthe register

Responsibilities of Trusts

Maintain an up to date register of Maintain an up to date register of mentors, sign off mentors and mentors, sign off mentors and practice teachers, practice teachers,

Make provision for annual updating Make provision for annual updating in collaboration with education in collaboration with education providersproviders

Triennial review of mentors/practice Triennial review of mentors/practice teachersteachers

Appraisal of competenceAppraisal of competence

Access to support and supervision Access to support and supervision for mentors and practice teachersfor mentors and practice teachers

Provide disability equality trainingProvide disability equality training

Responsibilities of Trusts

40% of student’s time spent being 40% of student’s time spent being supervised directly or indirectly by supervised directly or indirectly by mentor/practice teacher who must keep mentor/practice teacher who must keep recordsrecords

Time with student to engage in learning Time with student to engage in learning activitiesactivities

Final period of practice learning - one Final period of practice learning - one hour per week with sign off mentor in hour per week with sign off mentor in addition to aboveaddition to above

Access to sign off mentor/practice Access to sign off mentor/practice teacher where students are failingteacher where students are failing

NMC approved Mentor Programmes

Must enable mentors with a minimum Must enable mentors with a minimum of one years experience to meet the of one years experience to meet the required NMC outcomesrequired NMC outcomes

Minimum academic level 2Minimum academic level 2

10 days, minimum 5 days protected 10 days, minimum 5 days protected learning timelearning time

Learning in academic and practice Learning in academic and practice setting, including work-based setting, including work-based learning under supervision of trained learning under supervision of trained mentor/practice teachermentor/practice teacher

AP(E)L up to 100%AP(E)L up to 100%

Normally completed within 3 monthsNormally completed within 3 months

NMC approved Practice Teacher Programmes

Must enable practice teachers with a Must enable practice teachers with a minimum of two years experience to minimum of two years experience to meet the required outcomesmeet the required outcomes

Minimum academic level 3Minimum academic level 3

Learning in academic and practice Learning in academic and practice

setting, including work-based setting, including work-based

learning under supervision of trained learning under supervision of trained

practice teacherpractice teacher

30 days protected learning time30 days protected learning time

AP(E)L up to 100%AP(E)L up to 100%

Normally completed within 6 monthsNormally completed within 6 months

NMC approved Teacher Programmes

Must enable teachers to meet the Must enable teachers to meet the required outcomesrequired outcomes

One academic year in lengthOne academic year in length

Minimum academic level post-Minimum academic level post-

graduategraduate

Learning in academic and practice Learning in academic and practice

setting, including work-based setting, including work-based

learning under supervision of a learning under supervision of a

teacher with a recorded NMC teacher with a recorded NMC

teaching qualificationteaching qualification

Include 12 weeks teaching practice Include 12 weeks teaching practice

(360 hours)(360 hours)

NIPEC Project

DHSSPS has requested that DHSSPS has requested that NIPEC project manages the NIPEC project manages the implementation of the new NMC implementation of the new NMC standards in Northern Ireland.standards in Northern Ireland.

NIPEC ProjectAim

To facilitate service and education To facilitate service and education

programme providers in meeting the programme providers in meeting the

NMC Standards and ensure that NMC Standards and ensure that

sufficient mentors and practice sufficient mentors and practice

teachers are in place at 1st teachers are in place at 1st

September 2007 to meet NMC September 2007 to meet NMC

requirementsrequirements

NIPEC Project Objectives

To ensure that service providers have To ensure that service providers have

an infrastructure in place that enables an infrastructure in place that enables

them to meet NMC standardsthem to meet NMC standards

To ensure that service providers have To ensure that service providers have

developed a system to enable current developed a system to enable current

mentors and practice teachers to be mentors and practice teachers to be

mapped against NMC requirementsmapped against NMC requirements

NIPEC Project Objectives

To ensure that service providers To ensure that service providers

develop a database for use in each develop a database for use in each

locality to maintain a register of locality to maintain a register of

mentors and practice teachers, mentors and practice teachers,

accessible to education providersaccessible to education providers

To ensure that service and education To ensure that service and education

programme providers have programme providers have

arrangements in place for further arrangements in place for further

development of current mentors and development of current mentors and

practice teachers unable to practice teachers unable to

demonstrate that they meet NMC demonstrate that they meet NMC

standards.standards.

NIPEC Project

To ensure that programmes developed To ensure that programmes developed

for mentors and practice teachers for mentors and practice teachers

meet service needs for a regionally meet service needs for a regionally

developed programme that will developed programme that will

prepare adequate numbers of mentors prepare adequate numbers of mentors

and practice teachers to support and practice teachers to support

studentsstudents

To ensure that preparation To ensure that preparation

programmes for mentors and practice programmes for mentors and practice

teachers are approved in accordance teachers are approved in accordance

with NMC requirements in a timely with NMC requirements in a timely

manner.manner.

NIPEC Project

To facilitate the development of To facilitate the development of quality assurance systems that will quality assurance systems that will monitor and evaluate the effectiveness monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the structures and processes of the structures and processes implemented to meet NMC standardsimplemented to meet NMC standards

To explore the resource impact of To explore the resource impact of meeting NMC requirements.meeting NMC requirements.

Methodology

Appoint a full time Project ManagerAppoint a full time Project Manager

Set up a Steering Group with Set up a Steering Group with

responsibility for ensuring the project responsibility for ensuring the project

progresses to plan and that progresses to plan and that

arrangements to meet the new NMC arrangements to meet the new NMC

standards are implemented across standards are implemented across

the HPSS, where relevant, the the HPSS, where relevant, the

Independent Sector, and Education Independent Sector, and Education

Providers. Providers.

Methodology

Set up a Project Group, accountable Set up a Project Group, accountable

to the Steering Group, to address to the Steering Group, to address

regional aspects of the regional aspects of the

implementation of NMC implementation of NMC

requirements and take forward the requirements and take forward the

organisational changes in their organisational changes in their

respective organisations. respective organisations.

Implementation of the NMC Implementation of the NMC

requirements will be realised requirements will be realised

through the Project Group members.through the Project Group members.

Methodology

NIPEC will primarily be NIPEC will primarily be

facilitating HPSS Trusts, the facilitating HPSS Trusts, the

Independent Sector and Independent Sector and

Education Providers in ensuring Education Providers in ensuring

that NMC standards are met that NMC standards are met

within the required time-framewithin the required time-frame