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Partner roles

There are a wide range of different partner roles that provide the expertise we need for our decision making processes.

Standards

Our standards form the foundation for how we regulate, explaining what we expect of our registrants and education and training programmes. 

Be visible, engaged and informed

Aim: We regulate, take and communicate decisions which are informed by a deep understanding of the environment within which our registrants, employers and education providers operate

Supervision templates

Our supervision templates provide some examples of how you might want to structure your supervision sessions and the types of conversations you could have.

Student competition

Each year, we run a competition for students who, at the time of entry, are enrolled on an HCPC-approved pre-registration programme.

Diversity data

Our dashboard shows key equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) information with regards to the characteristics of HCPC registrants

Can I do that? Thinking through your scope of practice

Our guidance says you should use your “professional judgement” to come to decisions about what is and is not within your scope of practice (the limit of your skills, knowledge and experience). But what does this “professional judgement” look like in practice?

Dishonesty – fraud

Case study: An employer raised concerns about an operating department practitioner’s (ODP) conviction of fraud. For this conviction, she was sentenced to 18-months imprisonment and suspended for 24 months.

Returning to practice

Information about the process you need to complete if you are returning to practice after a break of more than two years

Share your COVID-19 story

We are eager to highlight the vital work that you and many other health and care colleagues are doing during this unprecedented time

Watch: Employer webinar - English language proficiency review and revising the standards of conduct, performance and ethics

This is a recording of an in-depth webinar designed for employers and managers of HCPC registrants, looking at the upcoming changes to the HCPC standards of conduct, performance and ethics and social media guidance, and English language proficiency review consultation. 

Keeping information safe

You need to take all reasonable steps to protect information about service users. By ‘reasonable steps’, we mean that you need to take sensible, practical measures to make sure that you keep the information safe.

An employer's perspective - Strategies for effectively supporting CPD (Northern Ireland Ambulance Service)

Jonny Noble, Head of Professional Practice for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS), shares his insight into supporting CPD effectively in a team.

 

Section 5 – English language proficiency

People on the HCPC’s Register must be able to communicate effectively in English in order to meet our standards of proficiency