Would you like to become a Cervical Screening Assessor for West Yorkshire?
Delegates accessing the West Yorkshire Primary Care Workforce & Training Hub (WY PCWTH) cervical screening course (currently in development) need an external CS Assessor to assess the practical training.
The criteria for being a cervical screening (CS) external assessor is as follows:
- Must be a registered nurse, doctor, or physicians associate.
- Must hold a relevant Practice Assessor qualification (PEAP).
- Must be a practicing sample taker.
- Must have 12 months’ continuous experience in taking samples.
- Must have taken a minimum of 50 samples.
- Must be able to demonstrate continuing competence via audit results.
CS assessors would need to attend an initial training session and follow protocols provided to ensure consistency. Registered CS assessors will also need to ensure they complete the required 3-yearly cervical screening updates to remain on the register.
The CS assessor role for each student will entail:
- Initial training visit.
- Explain history taking, consultation and procedure.
- Demonstrate procedure (3 smears).
- Witness student performing procedure (5 smears).
- Final assessment visit.
- Witness and assess student performing procedure (2 smears).
Admin:
- Checking students results to ensure correct technique is indicated.
- Telephone conversations with students (queries).
- Arranging visits/assessments.
- Checking student’s lab result percentage statistics on QARCS (ensuring 90% or above adequacy rate).
- Sign off as appropriate.
The CS Assessor will need to commit to:
- Assessing a minimum of two CS students per year as required. The time commitment for each student is 17.5 hours in total (7.5 hours initial training visit, 7.5 hours final assessment visit, 2.5-hour admin).
- Attending a short initial training session on the roles and responsibilities of a CS assessor and reviews/support as needed.
- Ensuring that they have suitable indemnity insurance for this role.
Funding is available for this role, which will be confirmed in due course for anyone who applies and meets the necessary criteria. If you meet the above criteria and you would like to apply to become a registered Cervical Screening Assessor, please contact us at wy.traininghub@nhs.net
