Experience from a Registered Public Health Practitioner

Experience from a Registered Public Health Practitioner Who am I? What my background is Why I wanted to become a Registered Practitioner How I organised myself and my work

Some tips from my experience Some encouragement Why? For me personally It brought together all the work I had been doing in Public Health

Sense of achievement Recognition Confidence boost Enhances my CV for future employment Why? For the Profession Demonstrates that Public Health is an

accredited and competent workforce, which can be trusted Gives employers confidence A critical mass of Registered Practitioners will nudge the rest Important First steps Complete self assessment form Take plenty of time to do this as fully

as possible This forms basis for your portfolio This will show if you have enough experience and evidence and also where your gaps are Knowledge, Understanding, Application Always remember that for each indicator you need to demonstrate evidence of knowledge, that you

understand what you have learnt and how you have applied that knowledge Writing style Evidence Before I started, I collected my evidence together in files relating to each commentary Dont forget that you need evidence of

how you got the knowledge and evidence of application Do you have any gaps? if so how will you fill the gaps? Commentaries Commentaries are a description of a piece of work you led on or were involved with-its like writing a story and then weaving in the

indicators and evidence Make sure you know how to set out the commentary before you start The first commentary took me by far the longest amount of time-I went wrong because there was a set template we were expected to use and I didnt! Time

How much time does it take? A Lot ! It is complex Think about making a project plan with timeframes Try hard not to get behind as it could be difficult to catch up Do you have any work or home commitments that would prevent you from dedicating enough time to the scheme? And Now?

Looking back it was time consuming, it certainly wasnt easy but: I feel a great sense of achievement I am the first person in Hertfordshire to be Registered. I believe it gives me an advantage in applying for jobs and I really would encourage you to do it Any Questions?