Revalidation

Revalidation is the process where registered nurses and midwives are required every three years to demonstrate to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) they remain fit to practice. Revalidation promotes greater professionalism among nurses and midwives and also improves the quality of care that patients receive by encouraging reflection on nurses’ and midwives’ practice against the revised NMC Code.

The NMC is introducing revalidation from April 2016 to:

  • Raise awareness of the Code and professional standards expected of nurses and midwives;
  • Provide you with the opportunity to reflect on the role of the Code in your practice as a nurse or midwife and demonstrate that you are “living” these standards;
  • Encourage you to stay up to date in your professional practice by developing new skills and understanding the changing needs of the public and fellow healthcare professionals;
  • Encourage a culture of sharing, reflection and improvement;
  • Encourage you to engage in professional networks and discussions about your practice;
  • Strengthen public confidence in the nursing and midwifery professions.

Our Commitment

How can we help you?

We will provide you with a Confirmer who will be either the Agency Director or the Clinical Lead; both of whom are Registered Nurses.

We will provide the forms you require for your practice related feedback, your written reflective accounts and Confirmation. Alternatively the written reflective account and Confirmation forms can be printed off via the NMC website revalidation.nmc.org.uk. You will also be able to print off your practice hours and C.P.D log templates on this site .

We will arrange a 2 hour Confirmation discussion with a Confirmer. This session will include:

  • Practice Related Feedback & the respective Reflective Discussion
  • Appraisal
  • Confirmation

Your Confirmer will sign your Confirmation form, provided they are confident that the process has been robustly completed. You will then need to insert this into your portfolio. A copy of the confirmation will be held in your Agency file.

Your appraisal will also be copied for you so that you may add this to your portfolio.

Your Responsibility

How do I prepare?

Prior to your 3 yearly revalidation, you must maintain a portfolio of all the following:

  • 450 Practice Hours
  • 35 Hours of Continuing Professional Development – 20 hours must be participatory
  • 5 pieces of Practice Related Feedback (a copy for the agency is also required)
  • 5 written Reflective Accounts
  • Professional Indemnity e.g. RCN Membership Card (plus a copy for the Agency)

You will need to bring your portfolio to the Confirmation discussion with your allocated Confirmer.

Checklist of Requirements and Supporting Evidence for Revalidation

You must ensure that you read the NMC’s Revalidation via the NMC website – this assists with Tips and Guidelines noted in the boxes below.

Supporting Evidence

450 practice hours or 900 hours if revalidating as a nurse and midwife. Maintain a record of practice hours you have completed including:

  • dates of practice
  • the number of hours undertaken
  • name, address & postcode of organisation
  • scope of practice (see tip box on Page 8 on NMC website)
  • work setting (see tip box on Page 8 on NMC website)
  • a description of the work undertaken
  • evidence of those practice hours e.g. timesheets, role profile or job specification

Supporting Evidence

Maintain accurate and verifiable records of your CPD including:

  • the CPD method of e.g. self-learning, on-line learning, course
  • a brief description of the topic and how it relates to your practice
  • dates the CPD activity was undertaken
  • the number of hours and participatory hours
  • identification of the part of the code most relevant to your CDP
  • evidence of the CPD activity (see Guidance sheet 3, pages 44+45 for examples on NMC website)

Supporting Evidence

Notes of the content of the feedback and how you used it to improve your practice. This will be helpful for you to use when you are preparing your reflective accounts. Make sure you do not use any personalised data (see Guidance sheet 1, pages 39-41 on NMC website).

Supporting Evidence

Five written reflective accounts that explain what you have learnt from your CPD activity &/or feedback &/or an event/experience in your practice; how you changed or improved your work as a result and how this is relevant to the Code. You must use the NMC form on Page 47 on the NMC website and make sure the discussion summary does not contain any personal data (see Guidance sheet 1 on NMC website).

Supporting Evidence

A reflective discussion form which includes the name & NMC number of the registered nurse/midwife you had the discussion with as well as the date of the discussion. You must use the NMC form on Page 47 on the NMC website and ensure that the form does not contain any personal data (see Guidance sheet 1 on the NMC website).

Supporting Evidence

You will make these declarations as part of your on-line revalidation application.

Supporting Evidence

Evidence to demonstrate that you have appropriate indemnity in place. Whether this indemnity is through your employer, membership of a professional body or a private insurance arrangement.

If your indemnity is through membership of a professional body or through private insurance, you will need to record the name of your professional body or insurance provider.

Supporting Evidence

A confirmation form signed by your confirmer. This form must be the NMC form (see Page 48-50 on the NMC website).