Certificate of Learning advert

from Podiatry Review Winter (Q1) 2018

by The Institute of Chiropodists & Podiatrists

2018 National Podiatry and Associated Healthcare Conference

AwardAward of Consultant Fellowship of the IOCP The Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists Submissions are invited from members or academic fellows of the Institute pursuant to granting them additional recognition as a Consultant Fellow of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine of the Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (CFPodM). Consultant Fellowship is a clinical award for senior members of the profession, recognising and demonstrating their seniority and an advanced scope of clinical practice. The minimum attainments of individuals seeking the award must be as follows:

•They must be current registrants of the Health and Care

Professions Council, in good standing, at the time of application without pending disciplinary action. • They must be current full members or academic fellows of the

Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists with current IOCP band 4 professional indemnity insurance. • They must have a degree in Podiatry or Podiatric Medicine awarded by a UK university • They must submit evidence of a pattern of continuing professional development throughout their career to date in subjects appropriate to podiatry. • They must have Local Anaesthesia (POM-A) and Prescription

Medicine (POM - S) annotations recorded on their HCPC registration entry. OR have POM-A and Supplementary

Prescribing/ Independent Prescribing recorded on their HCPC annotations. • They must have a minimum of 12 years of clinical practice as a podiatrist • They must submit a curriculum vitae showing their journey through the profession to the date of application and this must demonstrate how they believe themselves to have a scope of practice that merits the title ‘advanced’

The award is via the agreement of the panel of Consultant Fellows of the IOCP who will ensure that all of the minimum standards have been met. Applicants will be required additionally to successfully undertake a telephone interview with a member of the panel, once all of the above bullet points have been met and the appropriate application paperwork submitted to the registered offices of the Institute. The award will then be formally issued upon payment of the nominal administration fee of £100.

PODARICK NAILS IT!

Podarick can you help me?

I have heard conflicting information regarding updates for Basic Life Support (BLS), Local Anaesthesia (LA) and Prescription Only Medicine (POMS). What are the requirements?

Podarick says:

The HCPC has recently made changes to the POMs annotations on the HCPC site. Therefore, practitioners using Local Anesthesia (LA), which is now annotated by the HCPC as POM-A and Prescription Only Medicines (POMs) now as POM-S, are required to update every three years. The Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (IOCP) requires all its members with any POMs qualifications to have triennial updates. However, if practitioners do not use POMs then of course no updates are necessary. The IOCP encourages continual professional development (CPD) of any kind; in order for registered and non-registered practitioners to meet the CPD requirements of the HCPC and/or the IOCP. CPD can be met at branch and national level or through other CPD events.

In the case of BLS many members do annual updates at their branch meetings. This supports the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and regulatory body expectation of an Emergency First Aid at Work or First Aid in the Work Place certification that should be done every three years. Health professionals who have the intermediate (ILS) or advanced life support (ALS) must also update their qualifications annually.

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