The Primary Trainer is a candidates main FRT. This is who will be responsible overall for signing a candidate off. With some qualifications, we allow a secondary trainer to be able to supervise some of the procedures. The roles of each are defined below.
Primary Trainer: The FRT responsible for overseeing the clinical training of a trainee subject to the approval of the GTPD.
The primary trainer for:
• DFSRH will carry out the initial formative and final summative assessments for the clinical
experience and assessment for the DFSRH, and a minimum of 1 ACP for this trainee.
• LoC IUT will carry out the initial and final assessments and supervise a minimum of 2 insertions,
which will usually include one of the final insertions.
• LoC SDI will carry out the initial and final assessments and supervise a minimum of 1 insertion and 1 removal procedure.
Secondary Trainer for a LoC: Must be approved by the primary trainer and hold a current relevant LoC.
They must have held the relevant LoC (or the equivalent RCN qualification prior to transfer) for at least one year
If you are an FRT looking to utilise a secondary trainer, We recommend that you would contact the secondary trainer and make sure that this other trainer would be competent enough to sign your candidate off as ultimately you are responsible for the candidate being "fit" to practice.
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