Training, development and registration (clinical perfusion science)
Training is undertaken while in service.
Training and development
Once in a post as a trainee clinical perfusion scientist, you’ll follow a period of in-service training, incorporating practical experience under supervision and academic study towards a postgraduate qualification level (either - a postgraduate diploma or an MSc in clinical perfusion science) at the University of Bristol.
You’ll be paid by your employer during this period.
On successful completion of the postgraduate qualification, you’ll be eligible to take the professional examination: the Certificate of Accreditation in Basic Clinical Perfusion Sciences. This enables you to practise independently as a fully competent clinical perfusion scientist.
As part of your development you will be expected to do continuing professional development (CPD) to show that you are keeping yourself up to date with the policies and procedures in your area of work.
Accredited Scientific Practice- development opportunities for healthcare science staff
Accredited Scientific Practice (ASP) provides an additional route for your ongoing professional and scientific development as part of the healthcare science (HCS) workforce. ASP allows employers to develop bespoke, responsive, short course programmes to meet training needs within the HCS workforce. ASP programmes provide you with a quality assured, rigorously assessed qualification which can lead to voluntary professional registration with the Academy for Healthcare Sciences (AHCS).
An ASP programme involves work based learning with academic study of modules from the National School of Healthcare Science (NSHCS) portfolio programmes. Access to an e-portfolio is provided to record learning in the workplace while associated academic study is completed independently through an accredited university provider. In some cases, completion of academic study may also lead to an award of a postgraduate qualification from the university provider.
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