Workforce, training and education
East of England

We have some new training opportunities for Advanced Clinical Practitioners and GPs to become First Contact Practitioner Supervisors, to support the new Primary Care workforce.

Please email any questions to england.primarycare.eoe@nhs.net 

 

 

What is a First Contact Practitioner?

A diagnostic clinician in primary care working at master’s level with undiagnosed and undifferentiated diagnoses, managing complexity and uncertainty at the first point of contact who has a minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience.

Interested in becoming an FCP Supervisor?

Criteria for applications:

  • A GP*
  • A clinician (e.g. AHP or Nurse) with a post registration Master’s Degree
  • An Advanced Practitioner with an MSc, NHSE Recognition or Tier 3 training* 
  • A First Contact Practitioner with NHSE Recognition** or written evidence of completion of stage 1 and stage 2 of the roadmap e.g. checklist for recognition/completion of FCP Survey
  • Full MACP member

*Any Tier 3 Advanced Practitioner or Tier 3 GP Educational Supervisors recognised by the quality team do not need to attend the training days, but instead will be able to complete a short online resource.

Please fill out the form here if you would like to receive this.  Please note that the video contains slightly outdated information and we are working to update this but the basic principles are the same. 

When is the training?

You must be able to attend both dates in the sessions that you choose.

We currently have no dates in for 2025. If you are interested in attending a course please fill out the EoI below and we will send you the dates once they are confirmed. 

Register your interest here.

There are 20 places available for each session which will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

 

Friday, 9 April, 2021
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