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Click this link to access the NEW PEAP course for supervisors and assessors. This course was introduced December 2025 and has replaced all other courses.

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West Yorkshire Practice Educator and Assessor Preparation programme (WY PEAP programme)

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No IVs. No CDS. No taking charge of the ward or assessing patient care. No initial assessments.

You can contribute to care, administer medications and carry out skills you are competent in.

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SSSA Supervision of students and assessment criteria

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Ask your supervisors and assessors to look on ESR for SSSA updates as they can now do E-learning for updates.

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Standards for student supervision and assessment - The Nursing and Midwifery Council

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Part 2 of our standards for education and training

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Ask Questions

Get Involved

Know your scope of practice

Identify a suitable day each week on your HUB and get this on the roster

Work with others and document this

Record attendance and feedback from spoke

Teach/Train/coach other learners

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S - Supernumerary time for you to learn something new in order to pass your proficiencies.

P - Protected learning time.

O - Organised by you.

K - Know your scope of practice.

E - Ensure you have made notes - This will help you write a good reflection for your portfolio.

PLT Information :

7.5 hours a week, you can have PLT in your hub as well as in other areas of the trust as long as you are learning something new.

Unfortunately at times due to service demands you may need to rearrange your PLT as Patient care comes first and we need to maintain safe staffing.

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You don't need to do a spoke to get PLT OTJ hours recorded. You can shadow an RN or RNA, complete a ward round and medication round, gain a new skill, work with the MDT on your HUB. How about engaging in a conversation where you develop new learning, this is also PLT. Utilise your HUB for the knowledge and experiences that will enable you to develop your role and prepare you to qualify as a Nursing Associate.

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Our standards of proficiency for nursing associates were approved by our Council at its meeting on 26 September 2018.

They set out the minimum standard of what nursing associates need to know and can do when they join our register.

What do our standards do?

We developed the standards of proficiency for nursing associates to apply across all health and care settings. These standards serve a number of different purposes

Help nursing associates by providing clarity about their role.

Providing clarity on what knowledge and skills other health and care professionals can reasonably expect from nursing associates.

Allow education institutions to develop and deliver programmes that give students the skills, knowledge and behaviours to meet these standards when they qualify.

How to read our standards

The standards for nursing associates are grouped under six platforms, which are important to understand because they:

represent the knowledge, skills and attributes that all registered nursing associates must demonstrate when caring for people of all ages and across all health and care settings

reflect what the public can expect nursing associates to know and be able to do in order to deliver safe, compassionate and effective care

provide a benchmark for those who plan to return to practice after a period of absence

The six platforms

Being an accountable professional

Promoting health and preventing ill health

Provide and monitor care

Working in teams

Improving safety and quality of care

Contributing to integrated care

You should read these standards and our Standards of proficiency for registered nurses. These standards were both designed to align with one another because:

It allows people to understand the differences between the two roles.

So education providers can facilitate educational progress from nursing associate to nurse.

To demonstrate how nursing associates can support nurses deliver their own standards of proficiency.

How our standards work together

Using our standards

It's also important to read these standards along with the other parts of Realising professionalism: Standards for education and training:

Reading these together, will give you a complete picture of:

what nursing associates need to know and be able to do, by the time they register with us

our expectations of what approved education institutions (AEIs) and their practice learning partners must do for delivering NMC-approved programmes for nurses, midwives and nursing associates.

Using our standards to plan your CPD

Our standards of proficiency can be a key resource when planning CPD as part of your revalidation.

You can use our standards in your revalidation in the following ways:

Use them to consider what knowledge and skills you need to practise safely.

Use them to reflect on your practice and identify any further learning.

Use them to help you plan your CPD as part of revalidation.

Implementation of the standards of proficiency for registered nursing associates

The following information and resources are aimed to help you put our standards of proficiency for registered nursing associates into practice.

Downloadable resources

Blogs
Blog: Role differences between nursing associates and nurses Blog: Ensuring protected learning time for student nursing associates
Webinars

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Standards of proficiency for registered nursing associates

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Our standards of proficiency for nursing associates were approved by our Council at its meeting on 26 September 2018. They set out the minimum standard of what nursing associates need to know and can do when they join our register. We developed the standards of proficiency for nursing associates to apply across all health and care settings.

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You can also use PLT to book onto training whether this be E-learning or face to face sessions. Keep an eye out for conferences and talks from specialist groups such as Safeguarding, Learning Disability Nursing etc. Your Practice Educator will also put on teaching sessions periodically.

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THRIVE has so many resources for you to access. Take a look.

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Login - Bradford Teaching Hospitals Intranet

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Welcome to the Bradford Teaching Hospitals Intranet

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Login - Bradford Teaching Hospitals Intranet

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Welcome to the Bradford Teaching Hospitals Intranet

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HI Its Jess your Practice Educator. Welcome to your PLT/OTJ Padlet.

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Catherine was an SNA with Bolton University and completed the Top Up with the Open University. Catherine has recently graduated with a first class honours and has secured a band 6 secondment in ENT Eye OPD.

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Clare is now a sister on ward 27. Clare was an SNA with Bradford and then conquered the OU Top UP. Since then she has become a student advocate alongside being an NA ambassador and has completed the professional nurse advocacy training. Speak to Clare about her journey and how she excelled through the apprenticeship.

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Kim is a Nursing Associate on ward 5 and has completed the SNA apprenticeship with Bolton. Kim has a wealth of experience in a variety of settings. Kim will complete her preceptorship and continue developing her skills and knowledge. Speak to Kim about the SNA course with Bolton.

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Nicki is an SNA with Bradford University. Nicki has many years of valuable experience in healthcare. Nicki recently moved roles as she was an associate educator who supported HCAs. Nicki is now in neonates and her aspiration is to Top Up and be an RN. Speak to Nicki about career progression and about the SNA apprenticeship with Bradford.

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After successfully trialing the yellow badges on ward 26 and 27 we have now rolled this out to the rest of the trust. Yellow Supernumerary badges can be collected from Jess B and they should be worn for PLT and placement hours. This enhances awareness of your role and should improve the learning experience. For more information please speak to Jess.

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Am I ready to be a distance learner?

Read this...

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Distance learning can open up opportunities for study. You might have not studied for a while, you might be returning to education, or you might not have had the chance to study at a higher level...

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So, you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing

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This free course, So you want to be a nurse? A brief introduction to nursing, provides an overview of what nursing entails. Focusing on nursing in the UK specifically, but also looking at its place…

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For Nursing Associates:

You must have CSU/line manager and matron support.

You must not be on a formal stage of sickness and have good attendance.

You will submit an application within the trust and to the Open Uni online.

You will need to attend a virtual interview and if successful you will commence the course in October.

You will need to do a credit transfer from your NA course.

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You will need to do 770 placement hours over 3 different placements. These are split as 250, 250 and 270. Your final placement is in your HUB.

You will need 7.5 hours a week for studying. Lectures are mandatory and are often on an evening.

The course is 20 months.

You will need to have tripartite reviews.

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K210, K325 and K326. Management, leadership, medicines management and in depth nursing knowledge and skills.

You will have exams, essays and a portfolio/pad to complete along with 3 placements.

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You join halfway through the RNDA course and complete 3 modules. One of these is a practical module.

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The Open University’s Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (RNDA) supports employers to develop their healthcare workforce to become NMC (Nursing & Midwifery Council) Registered Nurses in the fields of Adult, Children and Young People, Learning Disabilities or Mental Health nursing.Our nursing apprenticeship is based on our extensive experience of successfully delivering practice-based nursing programmes. Since 2002 we have supported more than 3,000 individuals to qualify as Registered Nurses.

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Read about the NA pathway and top up.

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nursing associate career pathways - not just the ‘top-up’ | openlearn

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Nursing associate career pathways - not just the 'top-up'

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Read the stories of seven qualified nursing associates who spoke to Dr Gemma Ryan-Blackwell, who was Programme Lead for Foundation Degree in Nursing Associate Practice, and heard their journeys.

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If you would like support to apply for roles as an RNA please reach out. I can provide application and interview technique advice.

TIP: Ensure you meet the criteria and sell yourself in the person specification. Use this to talk about your understanding of the role and why you meet the criteria.

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If you need some additional PLT and would like to take a look at some free online courses click the link. Create an account and you will be able to access additional training.

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Hannah Reed Guy’s and St.Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

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NHS Elect is a national membership organisation staffed by NHS colleagues with extensive experience across a diverse range of subjects.