Programme · 20 hours of CPD
The POCT Coordinator Programme
A cohort-based programme that takes you from holding the title to running the service: governance, quality, competency, connectivity and the politics, with live sessions, the full template library and three months of monthly clinics after you finish.
20 hours of CPD with a certificate for your CPD portfolio. The waiting list hears first when cohort dates open, with card and NHS purchase order booking.
Who this is for
- New and aspiring POCT coordinators who want the whole job, structured
- Coordinators who inherited a service and need to take control of it
- Deputies preparing to step up, and managers formalising the role
- Biomedical scientists moving from the bench into POCT
What you will leave able to do
- Own the full coordinator brief: governance, quality, training, devices, data
- Build your service file during the programme: committee papers, registers, plans
- Run QC, EQA, competency and ISO 15189:2022 readiness as one system, not four chores
- Navigate the politics: clinicians, wards, IT, procurement and the lab
- Leave with a 90 day plan reviewed live in your first follow-up clinic
- Join a cohort of peers who stay with you after the programme ends
Syllabus
Module by module
01 Week 1: The service, owned (live session)
- The coordinator role: accountabilities, authority, boundaries
- Mapping your estate: devices, sites, people, agreements
- Governance structures that actually meet and decide
02 Week 2: Quality as one system (live session)
- IQC, EQA and audit wired together, not run separately
- ISO 15189:2022 for coordinators: the clauses you own
- Your gap analysis, started live with the cohort
03 Week 3: People and competency (live session)
- The competency cascade at estate scale
- Difficult areas: theatres, ED, community, lone workers
- Incidents: investigation, learning and the committee report
04 Week 4: Devices, data and the future (live session)
- Procurement, verification and go live done properly
- Connectivity literacy: specifying and challenging suppliers
- Your 90 day plan, presented to the cohort
05 Includes all five POCTIFY courses
- Fundamentals, IQC and EQA Mastery, ISO 15189:2022 Readiness, Connectivity, Competency and Train the Trainer
- Work through them alongside the live weeks at your own pace
06 Then: three months of monthly clinics
- Small group video clinics with your cohort
- Bring your real problems: audits, failures, committee battles
- Accountability on the 90 day plan you presented
Led by a specialist who has worked every side of POCT
Your course lead has spent a career in point of care testing: implementing, validating and supporting services day to day inside hospitals, consulting to device manufacturers and distributors on POCT and market access, and leading product management for POCT IT solutions. Every module draws on that mix of bench, business and digital, done for real.
Pricing
Simple pricing, team friendly
Early bird
£495
- All 4 live sessions plus recordings
- All five POCTIFY courses included
- Full template library
- 3 months of monthly clinics
- 20 hours of CPD, certificate included
Standard
£695
- Everything in early bird
- Enrolment inside 4 weeks of the start date
Sponsored pair
£890
- Two seats for a coordinator and deputy
- Cheaper than any two seats bought separately
- Joint clinic slot for your service
- Manager briefing pack for your sponsor
Teams of 3 or more save 10%, teams of 5 or more save 15%. NHS purchase orders welcome. If a session does not work out, transfer to the next cohort free of charge. If the standards change, your materials are updated free. Prices exclude VAT where applicable.
Questions, answered
How is this different from the qualification routes?
The established qualification routes are excellent but gated: they require professional registration and specific memberships, with limited places. This programme is open, practical and built around your actual service. Many coordinators do both.
When does the next cohort start?
Cohort dates are announced on this page and to the waiting list first. Seats are limited so the live clinics stay small.
What if I miss a live session?
Every session is recorded and you keep the recordings. The clinics are small enough to catch you up.
Does this count as CPD?
The programme represents 20 hours of CPD with a certificate for your portfolio.
Does this help with NMC revalidation?
Yes, specifically. The live sessions are participatory learning, and your certificate splits the hours: 12 participatory plus 8 independent. Participatory hours are the ones nurses find hardest to evidence.
Can my employer pay by purchase order?
Yes. Employers usually fund this kind of programme. NHS purchase orders are welcome and we invoice with your PO number.
Is there a guarantee?
If the programme is not right for you after the first live session, tell us and we will refund you in full, or transfer you to a later cohort.