Revalidation Document2017 -18

For any staff who are registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council as a:

Registered Nurse

Registered Midwife

Registered Nurse/Midwife and SCPHN (Specialist Community Public Health Nurse)

and who are due to complete their Revalidation this year

Name: / PIN:
Job Title: / Date of Revalidation:
Department: / Name of Registered Professional conducting professional conversation:
Appraiser Name: / Confirmer Name:
Date of Appraisal: / Date of Confirmation:

Since April 2016 all registered nurses and midwives are required to revalidate every 3 years.

For further information about your revalidation responsibilities and requirements please see:

  • How to revalidate with the NMC - NMC website
  • NMC Code: Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives
  • Verification of Registration of Clinical Staff Policy
  • Appraisal Policy

For notes on how to maintain your professional portfolio go to

Revalidation aims to achieve safe effective practice for nurses and midwives, through continuing professional development, participatory learning, feedback and reflection. This is a continuous learning process and will result in safe effective care for patients.

This is an important part of evaluating our professional practice and the Trust supports nurses and midwives to achieve this.

The appraisal process for nurses and midwives combines a professional appraisal with an organisation appraisal. This appraisal encompasses a professional conversation and anticipates your appraiser is a registrant (as is required for a professional conversation). Where your appraiser is not a registrant, you will need to have your professional conversation with another registrant first.

Your appraiser can still confirm your requirements providing you can evidence your professional conversation to your appraiser. This document will help you demonstrate this and ensure your appraiser can understand your professional achievements and future requirements.

Please attend with your professional portfolio which should have evidence of requirements for revalidation. This will be proportionate to where you are in the three yearly process i.e. if you are due to revalidate in the next 6 months you will need all of your evidence, if you are due to revalidate in 2 years you will need a portion of your evidence.

You will also need a copy of ‘How to revalidate with the NMC’ as a detailed reference guide. The checklist for revalidation requirements can be found in the NMC guide (p6). You will also need a copy of the NMC code.

Your appraisals are linked to achieving your revalidation with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Your appraiser will need to revalidate and/or confirm your revalidation requirements. This is done every 3 years and you are responsible for ensuring you provide all the necessary requirements to enable you to revalidate. You should know your own revalidation date.

If your appraisal is a final appraisal prior to revalidation you will need to jointly complete the:

  • Reflective Discussion Form
  • Confirmation Form

You must use this prescribed version of the form.

These forms are part of this Revalidation/Appraisal pack, and are also in the NMC: ‘How to revalidate with the NMC’ guidance.

These are particularly important documents and must be kept safely as a manual record of the actions having taken place. You may be asked to supply these documents to the NMC.

The appraiser should have a copy of, or have read and understood the requirements of, the confirmer role. See ‘Revalidation: information for confirmers’.

NMC Code

The NMC Code describes the standards of practice and behaviour expected by a registrant.

Give consideration to the 4 elements of the Code. If there are gaps that the organisation can help to address you can discuss this with your appraiser. Your appraiser may need to discuss gaps that have been identified for you over the past year and set a relevant objective. For example if it has been highlighted that your record keeping skills could be improved you may want to set an objective to obtain further CPD to improve this to ensure you are practising effectively. You may also want to use this as one of your feedback pieces and provide a reflective account to discuss at your professional discussion.

PRIORITISE PEOPLE
I put the interests of people using or needing nursing or midwifery services first. I make their care and safety my main concern and make sure that their dignity is preserved and their needs are recognised, assessed and responded to. I make sure that those receiving care are treated with respect, that their rights are upheld and that any discriminatory attitudes and behaviours towards those receiving care are challenged.
PRACTICE EFFECTIVELY
I assess need and deliver or advise on treatment, or give help (including preventative or rehabilitative care) without too much delay and to the best of my abilities, on the basis of the best evidence available and best practice. I communicate effectively, keeping clear and accurate records and sharing skills, knowledge and experience where appropriate. I reflect and act on any feedback I receive to improve your practice.
PRESERVE SAFETY
I make sure that patient and public safety is protected. I work within the limits of my competence, exercising my professional ‘duty of candour’ and raising concerns immediately whenever I come across situations that put patients or public safety at risk. I take necessary action to deal with any concerns where appropriate.
PROMOTE PROFESSIONALISM AND TRUST
I uphold the reputation of my profession at all times. I display a personal commitment to the standards of practice and behaviour set out in the Code.

REFLECTIVE DISCUSSION FOR REVALIDATION

If you are also revalidating in the next 12 months you will want to either:

a)have a reflective discussion with your appraiser if they are an NMC Registered Nurse or Midwife. or;

b)you must have had a reflective discussion with another NMC Registered Nurse or Midwife to enable you to proceed to Confirmation, and then be able to revalidate your registration.

Your reflective discussion will cover your five written reflective accounts on your CPD and/or practice-related feedback and/or an event or experience in your practice and how this relates to the Code.

For further information on requirements you can go the document ‘How to revalidate’ or see our intranet page

The reflective discussion is a requirement which will encourage a culture of sharing, reflection and improvement.It does this in two ways: by requiring nurses and midwives to discuss their professional development and improvement, and by ensuring that nurses and midwives do not practisein professional isolation.

You must ensure that the NMC registrant with whom you had your reflective discussionsigns the MANDATORYapproved form recording their name, NMC Pin and email, as well as the dateyou had the discussion. You can find this form on the NMC website –

The reflective discussion form should be signed and given to the registrant. A copy should NOT be taken to form part of this appraisal pack. It is kept with the Registrant as part of their professional portfolio.

You should consider using outputs from your reflective discussion to set objectives or to influence your PDP.

CONFIRMATION FOR REVALIDATION

If you are revalidating in the next 12 months you will need Confirmation by your line manager that you have met all the requirements set out by the NMC to revalidate.

For further information on requirements for Confirmers you can go the document ‘Revalidation – Information for Confirmers’ Confirmers will need to sign that they have read this document

The Confirmer MUST sign the MANDATORYapproved form and checklist. You can find this form on the NMC website –

Youmustuse thisformtorecordyourconfirmation.

To be completedbythenurseormidwife:

Name:
NMC Pin:
Dateoflastrenewalofregistration orjoinedtheregister:

I havereceivedconfirmationfrom (selectapplicable):

A line manager who is also an NMC-registered nurse or midwife
A line manager who is not an NMC-registered nurse or midwife
Another NMC-registered nurse or midwife
A regulated healthcare professional
An overseas regulated healthcare professional
Other professional in accordance with the NMC’s online confirmation tool

To be completedbytheconfirmer:

Name:
Jobtitle:
Email address:
Professionaladdress includingpostcode:
Contactnumber:
Dateofconfirmationdiscussion:

IfyouareanNMC-registerednurseormidwifepleaseprovide:

NMC Pin:

Ifyouarea regulatedhealthcareprofessionalpleaseprovide:

Profession:
Registration number for regulatory body:

Ifyouarean overseasregulatedhealthcareprofessionalpleaseprovide:

Country:
Profession:
Registration number for regulatory body:

Ifyouareanotherprofessionalplease provide:

Profession:
Registration number for regulatory body (if relevant):

Confirmationchecklistof revalidationrequirements

Practicehours

Youhaveseenwrittenevidencethatsatisfiesyouthatthenurseormidwifehaspractisedtheminimumnumberofhoursrequiredfortheirregistration.

Continuingprofessionaldevelopment

Youhaveseenwrittenevidencethatsatisfiesyouthatthenurseormidwifehas undertaken35hoursofCPDrelevanttotheirpracticeasanurseormidwife

You have seen evidence that at least 20 of the 35 hours include participatory learning relevant to their practice as a nurse or midwife.

You have seen accurate records of the CPD undertaken.

Practice-relatedfeedback

Youaresatisfiedthatthenurseormidwifehasobtainedfivepiecesof practice-related feedback.

Writtenreflectiveaccounts

Youhaveseenfivewrittenreflectiveaccountsonthenurseormidwife’sCPDand/or practice-related feedbackand/oraneventorexperienceintheirpracticeandhowthis relatestotheCode,recordedontheNMCform.

Reflectivediscussion

Youhaveseenacompletedandsignedformshowingthatthenurseormidwifehas discussedtheirreflectiveaccountswithanotherNMC-registerednurseormidwife (oryouareanNMC-registerednurseormidwifewhohasdiscussedthesewiththe nurseormidwifeyourself).

I confirmthatIhavereadInformationforconfirmers,andthattheabovenamed NMC-registerednurseormidwifehasdemonstratedtomethattheyhavecomplied withalloftheNMCrevalidationrequirementslistedaboveoverthethreeyears sincetheirregistrationwaslastrenewedortheyjoinedtheregisterassetoutin Informationforconfirmers.
I agree to be contacted by the NMC to provide further information if necessary for verification purposes. I am aware that if I do not respond to a request for verification information I may put the nurse or midwife’s revalidation application at risk.
Signature:
Date:

Youmust usethisformtorecordyourreflectivediscussionwithanotherNMC-registerednurseormidwife aboutyourfivewrittenreflectiveaccounts.Duringyourdiscussionyoushouldnotdiscusspatients,service usersorcolleaguesinawaythatcouldidentifythemunlesstheyexpresslyagree,andinthediscussion summarysectionbelowmakesureyoudonotincludeanyinformationthatmightidentifyaspecificpatientor serviceuser.PleaserefertoGuidancesheet1inHowtorevalidatewiththeNMCforfurtherinformation.

To be completedbythenurseormidwife:

Name:
NMCPin:

To be completedbythenurseormidwifewithwhom youhadthediscussion:

Name:
NMCPin:
Email address:
Professionaladdressincluding postcode:
Contactnumber:
Dateofdiscussion:
Shortsummary ofdiscussion:
I havediscussedfivewritten reflectiveaccountswiththenamed nurseormidwifeas partofa reflectivediscussion.
I agreeto be contactedbytheNMC to providefurtherinformationif necessaryforverificationpurposes. / Signature:
Date: