SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme

New to sedation?

Then the SASN scheme is for you!

STAC accredited course

Advice and support provided

Documents for recording your supervised clinical experience

Final written assessment (online)

Certificate of completion

SAAD Assessed badge

The SASN scheme is accredited by IACSD / Sedation Training Accreditation Committee (STAC), RCSEng and includes approval of your supervisor, verification of your Clinical Logbook, Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) forms and the SASN Practice Checklist. The SASN scheme is only available to GDC registered dental nurses.

Successful Dental Nurses will receive a SAAD certificate confirming ‘SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse’ status which will enable you to independently assist with the provision of sedation.

The stages of the SASN scheme

Registration for the two day SAAD National Course

Attendance at the SAAD National Course

Nomination of a clinical supervisor and payment of the SASN scheme fee

Acceptance on to the scheme and approval of the clinical supervisor(s)

Completion of 20 IV and/or 10 IS cases

Submission of logbook, DOPS sheets, practice evaluation checklist (PEC) and document submission checklist to SAAD

Internal moderation of documents by SAAD

Final assessment date set

Attend online for final written assessment (both IV and IS)

Successful completion of the assessment

Certificate sent to confirm that you are a SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse qualified to assist in the provision of dental sedation in accordance with the IACSD guidance

Link to an article describing the details of the SAAD training schemes.

Supervisors

You will need to nominate a supervisor to supervise your clinical experience. A suitable supervisor is someone who has a dental sedation qualification or is an experienced dental sedationist or registered dental nurse, and is providing dental sedation on a regular basis. When you register for the SASN scheme you will need to be able to provide the following:

Name of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
GDC / GMC No. of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
Qualifications of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
Dental sedation experience of proposed clinical supervisor(s)
Dental sedation services offered by proposed clinical supervisor(s)
Address of the practice(s) where the clinical supervision will take place
A brief description of sedation facilities

It is possible to nominate more than one supervisor, and so complete your supervised experience at more than one location You can use the Additional Supervisor Request Form to submit the details.

Supervised Clinical Experience

Throughout the SASN scheme you will have email support and guidance for SAAD's SASN scheme co-ordinator, Emma Lee.

You can complete your supervised experience for one, or both techniques.

For IVS

20 IV sedations where you have assisted with the provision of the sedation

For IS

10 inhalation sedations where you have assisted with the provision of the sedation

Once you have been accepted onto the SASN scheme you will receive a link to the documents that you will need to complete during your supervised clinical experience. These are

Logbook for each technique
DOPS form for each case
Practice Checklist
Document Submission checklist (to be completed by your supervisor)

Submission deadlines and final assessment

Your documents must be submitted for moderation is six weeks prior to your final assessments date. The date of your final assessments is 12 months after you attend the SAAD National Course, however it is possible to sit the final assessment at an earlier date once you complete your supervised clinical experience.

The final assessment takes place online, in the form of single best answer questions. You will be advised how and when this will take place once your documents have been approved.

Certification

REGISTER HERE for the SASN scheme

REGISTER HERE for the SASN scheme

Registration

The fee for the SASN scheme is £495, this is in addition to the fee for the SAAD National Course.

Register for the SASN scheme that follows on from the National course you have registered for.

£495

Any Questions?

IACSD

‘Standards for Conscious Sedation in the Provision of Dental Care’ (April 2015)

Following publication of the IACSD standards in April 2015, dentists, doctors, dental hygienists/therapists and dental nurses who have no previous experience in conscious sedation for dentistry must now undertake appropriate training before commencing independent clinical practice.

All training programmes for ‘new starters’ must include supervised clinical experience and have external validation. UK university-based courses and those run by Postgraduate Deaneries are deemed to be compliant. Other courses leading to independent (i.e. unsupervised) practice, including those run by private providers, must be accredited by the Sedation Training and Accreditation Committee (STAC) of IACSD.

The IACSD Standards state that practitioners offering supervised clinical experience in conscious sedation must now be accredited by a university, deanery or IACSD (p34, 86).

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