Hi all, advice needed please. Something tells me a newly qualified preceptorship nurse cannot act as a consultee for a renewal form, but I’m not sure where I’ve got this from? Anyone have any thoughts on this?
I haven’t heard that - I would suggest oversight, but I wasn’t aware that they couldn’t.
They definitely can do. Only criteria is that they are registered and all preceptors are.
Hya Elizabeth
I am not aware of such a restriction but might try to avoid if possible
Steve
They are a registered nurse, preceptorship completed or not they have a NMC Pin number which makes them a perfectly acceptable and lawful consultee (so long as they have the sufficient expertise to decide whether the patients detention was necessary and lawful, had previously been involved in the planning, management or delivery for the patient’s treatment and had sufficient recent contact with the patient to make informed judgement on the case).
I don’t provide advice - but others out here who are not regulated by the GMC may do so at their own risk.
I share experience on this. The issue came up once before, in my memory, in the last 3 years. The decision - right or wrong - was to take the newly qualified preceptor nurse as a consultee.
If I recall correctly, the decision was based on ‘is the person qualified’ not about ‘extent of qualification’. In that instance the nurse was well experienced and knowledgeable on the issues.
I guess the thing is like, is a FY1 doctor capable in law of issuing a S(5)2.
I’ll stand corrected if logic (not rhetoric) dictates otherwise.
My shared experience is not advice and may be totally wrong. Do no rely on my shared experience.
Always seek qualified legal advice on matters at the interface of law and mental health care (aka ‘psychiatric services’ for dinosaurs like me).