Become a CACTUS Trainers

Want to support the next generation of intensive care ultrasound scanners?

The CACTUS accreditation pathway gives you the opportunity to help us train our candidates.

You will need to be a healthcare professional with suitable experience and regular practice in intensive care ultrasound. As a minimum, you are expected to have been accredited in the relevant CACTUS topic (or equivalent) you wish to mentor in for a minimum of 12 months.

Key responsibilities

To support and advise clinicians/mentees through their accreditation process
To enable access to a suitable ultrasound machine and acutely ill patients
To oversee the necessary supervised scans
To review logbook scans
To help review difficult cases and ongoing clinical support
To sign-off competencies and conduct a mentees triggered assessment
To sign off the summary training record to confirm that a mentee has satisfactorily completed all the training components

Qualifications

In the application form below, you will be asked about your ultrasound experience. Recognised qualifications are:

FICE/CUSIC/FUSIC accreditation
BSE Level 1
BSE Level 2
RCR Level 1
RCR Level 2
FAMUS
POCUS
EACVI
Please include any equivalent qualifications in your application and these will be reviewed by the FUSIC Committee

How to apply

You can sign up to become a Trainer at any time. Please click on the link below to fill out the application form. A member of the Learning team will review your application and get back to you shortly.

Your details

Name ^* (required)

Job title/grade ^* (required)

Hospital/Trust address ^* (required)

Email ^* (required)

Which of the following ultrasound qualifications have you held for at least the past 12 months? ^* (required)

FUSIC Heart

BSE Level 1

BSE Level 2 TTE (or equivalent)

FEEL

Other equivalent qualification

If you answered 'other', please provide us with more information.

What date did you complete your qualification? ^* (required)

How many years have you been practicing ultrasound? ^* (required)

Please give a brief summary of your training and level of expertise in ultrasound in the critically ill: ^* (required)

Supervisor details

Name ^* (required)

Job title ^* (required)

Hospital address ^* (required)

Phone number ^* (required)

Email address ^* (required)

Which of the following ultrasound qualifications has your supervisor held for at least the past 12 months? ^* (required)

FUSIC HD (Trainer)

EDEC

BSE Level 2 TTE (or equivalent)

Cardiologist with regular TTE commitment

How many years have they been practicing ultrasound? ^* (required)

Please provide supporting documentation (ie Accreditation Certificate) ^* (required)

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