Education Support Team
Who we are – KMPCTH
The Kent & Medway Primary Care Training Hub (KMPCTH) work collaboratively to meet the educational and training needs of the current and future multi-professional Primary Care workforce. Our aim is to support, develop and help retain our workforce enabling them to deliver the best patient care for our Kent & Medway communities.
The KMPCTH consists of a team of professionals supporting multi-disciplinary placement inquiries. The team has a wealth of knowledge and experience in supporting pre-registration learners from various disciplines.
The KMPCTH support General Practice, Primary Care Networks, GP Federations and Primary Care led Urgent Treatment Centres, to manage and facilitate placement opportunities within their own organisations.
Placement Educators:
The type of educator you need will depend on your profession.
Nursing Students and Student Nursing Associates must be supported by both a Practice Assessor and a Practice Supervisor throughout their placement. Each area accepting students will employ, at minimum, a Practice Supervisor, and either directly employ Practice Assessors or ensure their availability within the Primary Care Network. The NMC Standards for student supervision and assessment provides an oversight of each role.
Allied Health Professional (AHP) learners have a profession specific Practice Educator to oversee their learning. Within Primary Care a Practice Educator may be provided by a different organisation provider or your university. NHS England has published a Guide to Practice Based Learning for Allied Health Professional (AHP) Students in Education to support educators and learners.
Trainee pharmacists require a Designated Supervisor (DS) who is responsible for the overall supervision and management of educational progress during training and end of training sign off. They must be registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and meet the specified requirements to be a trainee’s named DS.
A trainee may also have Practice Supervisors who provide the day-to-day supervision for trainees, providing developmental feedback within specific placements. Examples of a Practice Supervisor can include GP, RN, AHP, pharmacist and a pharmacy technician. The General Pharmaceutical Council provides Standards and guidance for registered pharmacies | General Pharmaceutical Council
Additional supervision resources
- A-guide-to-supervision-in-KSS-primary-care-V2-Aug-2024.pdf
- NHS England » Nursing and midwifery educator framework
- HCPC Standards of education and training
- CCCU Supporting students in practice
- CCCU Short Courses
- New CCCU Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor resources and activities
- Pan London Practice Learning Group
- Multiprofessional Placements
- Promoting Student Placements Events
Placement information
We trust that you enjoy your placement experience within Primary Care will provide a valuable and rewarding experience. We know your placement will endeavour to ensure that your learning experience is a positive one.
We hope your experience increases your understanding of the Primary Care landscape and the services they provide as well as increasing your understanding of how all aspects of health and social care interlink and directly impact each other.
Do share your required learning outcomes with your placement educator and they will make every effort to ensure that these are achieved whilst you are on placement.
Your placement area should have their own Student Orientation Pack for you to use.
What you should expect on your Primary Care placement – Equality Diversity and Inclusion
Your placement should be a safe, inclusive and supportive learning environment, where you are treated as part of the team and with dignity and respect, regardless of your background, identity or personal characteristics.
- What you should expect on your Primary Care placement
- Student placements: diversifying opportunities and providing a quality experience
- NHS equality, diversity, and inclusion improvement plan
- NHS England – Safe learning environment charter: priorities
- NHS England – People Promise – Promise
If you experience any negative behaviour, please follow your universities Freedom to Speak-up guidance and feel free to contact the KMPCTH via Kmicb.kmpcth@nhs.net
University links:
- Raising concerns in practice | CCCU
- Report + Support – Report + Support – University of Greenwich
- Report + Support – Report + Support – Open University
Below are a few additional documents that can support both you and your educator whilst on placement:
- CCCU Nursing Students in Primary Care Myth Busting
- CCCU Clinical Skills
- QNI: Community Nurses Touching People’s Lives across the Lifespan
During your placement you may encounter numerous types of other professionals along with both pre and post registration students. We actively encourage that you spend time with different professionals and learners so you can gain insight into each other’s roles and how different multiprofessionals contribute to the patient journey.
| Type of Primary Care Professionals you may encounter | Type of Students you may find on placement |
| – General Practice Nurses (including specialist nurses e.g. Women’s Health, Diabetes, Respiratory, Tissue Viability) -Nursing Associates -Paramedics – Clinical Pharmacists – Physician Associates – Physiotherapists – Occupational therapists – Radiographers (in some UTCs) – Social Prescribers – Care Navigators – General Practice Assistants – Health Care Support Workers – Phlebotomists – Mental Health Support Workers – General Practitioners (GPs) – Business support team (Practice Managers, HR Managers, Receptionists, Medical Secretaries etc). – etc | – Student Nursing – Adult, Child, MH – Student Nursing Associates – Return to Practice – Pre-registration Paramedics – Pre-registration Physiotherapy – Pre-registration Occupational Therapy – Pre-registration Radiography – Trainee Pharmacists – Social Work – Physician Associates – Medical Students – Specialist Paramedics – GP Trainees – Trainee Advance Practitioners |
