About PCSA
We aim to support the education and learning needs of the primary care workforce.
WHY WE’RE HERE
First hand experience
Our academy works across three CCG’s, four Primary Care Networks and links in with Lakeside Healthcare Group. We understand the importance of facilitate training, education and support the career progression of over 200 nurses and AHPs.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Supporting your progression
We provide the platform for nurses & AHP’s allowing them to build their career; We value and our passionate about working closely with PCNs, Training Hubs and independent providers on influencing training opportunities relevant to you and your needs.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Supporting your progression
We provide the platform for nurses & AHP’s allowing them to build their career; We value and our passionate about working closely with PCNs, Training Hubs and independent providers on influencing training opportunities relevant to you and your needs.
HOW WE STARTED
Supporting the wider medical field
Primary Care Skills Academy wants to provide the platform for nurses & AHP’s allowing them to build their career; with a vision of offering other services to external parties for not only CPD, but to utilise the different practices for student placements.
WORKING TOGETHER
Who Would Use Our Platform?
The PCSA has been designed to support allied healthcare professionals within primary care.
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Emergency Care Practitioner
- Health Care Assistant
- Nurse Associate
- Nurse Practitioner
- Practice Nurse
- Social Prescribing Link Worker
- First Contact Physiotherapist
- Physician Associate
- Pharmacy Technician
- Community Paramedic
- Community Nurses
- Occupational Therapists
- Dietitians
- Chiropodists / Podiatrists
- Advance Care Practitioners
- Clinical Pharmacist
- Health and Wellbeing Coach
- Care Co-Ordinator
- Mental Health Practitioners
- Non-Clinical
Principally looking at ‘growing your own’, the academy provides a pathway and structure for nurses and AHPs to progress within their profession.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who benefits from the PCSA Online app?
This application was designed to allow clinicians to focus on their career development. This will allow general practices and managers access to training needs and CPD progress to be able to support you as clinicians in working towards your goals.
How do I search for a course?
Once you are successfully logged in you will be taken to your personal dashboard.
To search for a course, you can either use the option at the top centre of the page or to the top left of the page click on Courses > Find a Course
What is a Skills Assessment?
The Skills Assessment has been created to provide 2 key outcomes:
- Through answering honestly to your capabilities for each skill and interest level this will create a clear report of areas of interest -training needs
- As a practice they will be able to identify any gaps in patient care and act quickly to ensure training is provided and patient care is delivered
Why should I use My CPD?
‘MY CPD’ has been created to save you time, have good organisation and to keep track of your ongoing CPD activity to ensure you are complying with CQC for your revalidation.
We have recreated everything that is required for your CPD file either being able to manually log through the app or to upload any relevant files.
How do I update my CPD log and Clinical Hours?
When you click into either of these options there will be a box on the right-hand side like this. Fill out the relevant information, upload the relevant certification and click log hours, this will then save to your existing logs and will update your rolling 12-month CPD & Clinical Hours on the dashboard.
What reports can I run?
The reports have been designed to benefit you, the practice and the patients, what are they?
Keen to Improve – This will give the practice full view of teams training needs by individual. There may be a number of subject’s multiple team members are interested in that would benefit the practice and the patients
Practice Skills – By being able to see a traffic light system of your team’s capabilities will allow you to identify any gaps in patient care opportunities to develop your workforce
In partnership with the
The Lakeside Healthcare Group Primary Care Skills Academy started as a project funded by NHSE in the middle of 2019. We’re pleased to be able to support heath care workers across a number of counties with their career development plans.