Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP)
BCS is a member of the Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP), which maintains the national professional register for digital health and care professionals.
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Through BCS agreement with NHS England, membership pricing is as follows:
Agenda for Change (AfC) band 8 and above – full BCS membership price and FEDIP registration fee of £50 per year
AfC band 7 and below – BCS membership fee of £50 per year and FEDIP registration fee of £36 per year (using the discount codes in the table below).
| FEDIP registration | NHS discount code (Band 7 or below) |
|---|---|
| BCS membership | UP2BAND726 |
| FEDIP Associate Practitioner | UP2B7PRAC |
| FEDIP Practitioner | UP2B7PRAC |
| FEDIP Senior Practitioner | UP2B7SENPR |
| FEDIP Advanced Practitioner | UP2B7ADVPR |
| FEDIP Leading Practitioner | Discount code not applicable |
Please note: BCS may request evidence of NHS banding
Join the digital profession in health and care today!
By joining BCS and taking up registration with the Federation for Informatics Professionals (FEDIP) you will be aligning with professions such as HR, finance, medicine and nursing, helping to strengthen workforce capability, provide assurance to Boards and patients, and support professional recognition across the DDaT workforce.
Through BCS, eligible professionals can apply for FEDIP registration and demonstrate their commitment to professional standards in health and care informatics.
Anyone working within the healthcare sector can apply for FEDIP registration.
Through an arrangement with NHS England BCS membership is now more affordable with reduced membership fees available for the majority of the NHS digital workforce. So there is no better time to join!
Benefits of BCS Membership and FEDIP registration
Connect with the UK health informatics community to learn, share knowledge and grow your network by joining the BCS Faculty of Health and Care
Help to promote professional standards and ensure the best use of IT in health and care
Take your place on the FEDIP public register and gain wider professional recognition
Demonstrate your competence and experience to colleagues, employers and wider society
Choosing your level of FEDIP registration
Apply for Associate Practitioner if you are employed in a health and social care informatics role or are undertaking a digital apprenticeship and:
- Exercise limited autonomy, working under supervision
- Carry out a range of routine activities
- May contribute to routine issue resolution
You need to hold BCS membership at any grade.
Apply for Practitioner if you:
- exercise autonomy subject to overall guidance and direction
- perform a range of work, sometimes complex and non-routine
- select and use relevant methods and procedures
- demonstrate an analytical and systematic approach to issue resolution
You will need to be a BCS member at MBCS grade or above.
Do you hold an existing professional registration?
If you already hold RITTech registration, you're deemed to meet the P1-P9 professional competence requirements for FEDIP at Practitioner level. You will be required to provide evidence that you are currently employed within a Health and Social Care role and have been for a minimum of 12 months.
Apply for Senior Practitioner if you:
- exercise autonomy without supervision within well-defined parameters and may have responsibility for the work of others
- perform a range of work, often complex
- perform non-routine technical / professional activities
- identify, select and use appropriate standards, methods, tools and applications
You will need to be a BCS member at Professional MBCS or Fellowship FBCS grade.
Do you hold existing professional registration?
If you already hold Advanced RITTech or IEng registration, you're deemed to meet the P1-P9 professional competence requirements for FEDIP at Senior Practitioner level. You will be required to provide evidence that you are currently employed within a Health and Social Care role and have been for a minimum of 12 months.
Apply for Advanced Practitioner if you:
- exercise autonomy within broad parameters
- build appropriate and effective business relationships
- perform a range of complex technical / professional work
- apply fundamental principles in meeting work requirements
- advise on methods and tools relevant to your own specialism, making appropriate choices from alternatives
You will need to be a BCS member at Professional (MBCS) or Fellowship (FBCS) grade.
Do you hold existing professional registration?
If you are Chartered Member you're deemed to meet the P1-P9 professional competence requirements for FEDIP at Advanced Practitioner level. You will be required to provide evidence that you are currently employed within a Health and Social Care role and have been for a minimum of 12 months.
Have you successfully completed the NHS Digital Leadership Programme?
If you have completed the NHS Digital Leadership Programme you will not need to complete the experience statements within the application form. You will only be required to provide the application form (with appropriate box ticked), a copy of your certificate and career history or LinkedIn profile.
Apply for Leading Practitioner if you:
- exercise autonomy within broad parameters
- have authority over all aspects of a significant area of work
- formulate and implement policy and strategy
- address complex, non-routine organisational problems
- have a full range of strategic leadership and management skills
- understand the industry in depth and the wider business implications of emerging technologies
You will need to be a BCS Fellow to be applicable for this grade. Fellowship is used for immediate acceptance for Leading Practitioner, providing you can prove you're currently working in a senior role within Health and Social Care.
Partnership with NHS England
NHS England is working with FEDIP, BCS and the other FEDIP member bodies to introduce consistent professional standards, ethics, and continuous professional development (CPD) across the workforce.
This is being rolled out in phases, starting with senior roles. Staff are now expected to register with FEDIP and join a relevant professional body, such as BCS.
To make this affordable, NHS England has agreed reduced pricing for professional membership for staff working in digital roles in health and care with a salary at Agenda for Change (AfC) Band 7 or below. So, if you have a salary which equates to band 7 or below, you can join BCS for £50 per year and take up FEDIP Registration for £36 per year.
Maintaining your FEDIP registration
FEDIP registration requires professionals to:
- Follow a professional code of conduct
- Complete continuing professional development (CPD)
A minimum of 10 hours of CPD each year is required to maintain registration. This recognises development activity already undertaken through professional practice, learning and training.
