Become a FUSIC® Trainer or Mentor
Want to support the next generation?
Our FUSIC® 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 FUSIC® module (or equivalent) you wish to become a trainer 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, you will be asked about your ultrasound experience. Recognised qualifications are:
FUSIC® Lung
- FUSIC® accreditation
- FAMUS
- Please include any other equivalent qualifications in your application and these will be reviewed by the FUSIC® Committee
FUSIC® Heart
- FUSIC® Heart
- BSE Level 1
- BSE Level 2 TTE (or equivalent)
- FEEL
- Please include any other equivalent qualifications in your application and these will be reviewed by the FUSIC® Committee
How to apply
You can apply at any time to become a FUSIC® Trainer for Lung, Abdomen, Vascular, DVT or Haemodynamics, or a FUSIC® Heart Mentor.
Please select the relevant application form on this page. Your application will be reviewed by the Learning Team, who will contact you once the review is complete.
For any queries or support with your application, please contact learning@ics.ac.uk.
Lung, Abdomen, DVT and Vascular Trainers: Please review the Triggered Assessment guidance below, as this applies to your role.