Or, if you already have a STAC approved supervisor or enrolled on a university or deanery run training scheme...

What does the SASN Scheme include?

• STAC accredited course
  
  
• Advice and support
  
  
• Documents for recording your supervised clinical experience
  
  
• Online written assessment
  
  
• Certificate of completion

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.

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

There will be a presentation about the scheme on the course weekend.

What are the stages of the SASN scheme?

• Registration for the two day SAAD National Course

• Attendance at the SAAD National Course

• Register on the SASN 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 online assessment link provided

• Complete online assessment (both IV and IS) at a time convenient to you

• 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

Who can be my supervisor?

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, 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:

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

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

What is a supervised clinical experience?

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

For IVS

20 IV sedations where you have not only administered the sedation drug/s but also been responsible for the care of the patient from induction to discharge. Note that for at least 10 of those cases you must also have provided the dental treatment.

For IS

10 inhalational sedations where you have not only administered the sedation but also been responsible for the care of the the patient from induction to discharge. Note that for at least 5 of those cases you must also have provided the dental treatment.

Once your written assessment has been moderated 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)

How long do I have to complete the scheme?

Your documents must be submitted to SAAD for moderation within 12 months of attending the SAAD National Course.