Preceptorship

What we do

Making the transition from student to confident and competent practitioner, can feel quite daunting, but preceptorship aims to support this process.

Preceptorship signals the start of the professional journey and is a period of support for practitioners at the start of their careers, beginning on the 1st day of employment as a newly registered Band 5.

We recognise the value of preceptorship and expect all new Band 5 registrants to:

• Have a 6 month foundation period of support
• Be assigned a Preceptor (a first level registered Nurse, AHP or Heathcare Scientist with at least 12 months experience within the same area of practice as the new registrant) with whom Preceptees should work up to 2 shifts each week
• Attend a mandatory multi-professional preceptorship programme, designed to be interactive, thought provoking and challenging whilst encouraging reflection and debate.
• Achieve clinical skills and competencies, to enable consolidation of knowledge base.
• Produce a portfolio of evidence to document learning and development throughout the preceptorship period.

During the 1st week of clinical practice all new band 5 registrants should meet with their preceptor to agree and document objectives (in the Learning Contract) for the next 6 months. Individual handbooks (containing documentation and guidance for preceptorship) for all roles, can be found in the Preceptorship Documentation section and should be printed off in preparation for this meeting.

• Preceptorship Policy
• Preceptor and Preceptee Charter