Guidance: Clinical skills trainer and internal quality assurance lead training guidance

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This training guidance outlines the duties and requirements of a clinical skills trainer (CST) and internal quality assurance (IQA) lead to ensure that all AAA screening staff working in the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme are adequately trained. It includes:

pre-requisites for the role of CST/IQA lead
role and responsibilities of a CST/IQA lead
assessor qualification
training of CSTs/IQA leads

This publication was previously published by Public Health England, which closed on 30 September 2021.

Published 1 April 2016
Last updated 8 January 2025 +show all updates

8 January 2025
This guidance was previously called NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme: CST training handbook. It now includes guidance for the Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) Lead and reflects changes to the training and qualifications for clinical vascular scientists. Other changes: guidance added for candidates with overseas qualifications; reviewed description of CST and IQA lead training; new sign off sections for completion of training and info on attending annual CST/IQA lead study days and prompts for the trainers.Added clarification that publication was previously published by Public Health England.
4 August 2021
Replaced PDF with HTML and made minor updates.
1 April 2016
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