Placement providers
Midwifery and Nursing Practice Placements
Information about midwifery and nursing practice placements for practice supervisors, practice assessors and academic assessors.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2018) published standards for student supervision and assessment that introduced 4 new roles to support student practice learning. These are: practice supervisor, practice assessor, practice learning facilitator and academic assessor. Together, they will support the learning, supervision and assessment of students in practice. These new standards apply to York St John University's pre-registration midwifery and nursing courses.
| Role |
Key focus |
Involvement in assessment |
Main Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice supervisor |
Clinical skills and behaviours. |
Providing written feedback / feedforward |
Guide and support students in their learning. Provide evidence and feedback for assessment. |
| Practice assessor |
Clinical skills and behaviours |
Assessor |
Assess student performance and liaise with practice supervisors.
|
| Practice learning facilitator | Learning environment and support | Indirect | Support learners and staff and ensure placement quality. |
| Academic assessor | Academic and clinical progression | Joint decision maker | Holistic judgment, partner with PA, assure fairness, consistency and quality assurance. |
The academic assessor will oversee student placement learning from the university. They will discuss progress with the student and the practice assessor. Practitioners cannot be the practice supervisor and practice assessor for the same student.
More information
Organisation of practice learning
Information about how we structure and organise our learning nursing placements.
Becoming a supervisor or assessor
Information on eligibility and responsibilities for the roles of practice supervisor, practice assessor and academic assessor.
Supporting the student learning experience
Information about how you will support and assess placement students.
Using PebblePad
PebblePad is the e-portfolio platform used by York St John University. Find out how to access the platform and use it to review student progress.
