About the college
Our practitioners & tutors
师资团队
Our people
Who you will actually be taught by
Staff are listed below by function rather than by seniority. Clinical supervision, teaching and administration are different jobs, and the college does not treat one as more important than the others: a clinic that is well run but badly taught, or a programme that is well taught but unsafely supervised, would both be failures.
The college’s executive and organisation chart are set out separately, as is the governance and quality assurance framework that holds all of this to account.
1 post-holder
Clinical team
Senior Clinical Supervisor
[SENIOR CLINICAL SUPERVISOR NAME]
Credentials: BSc (Hons) Acupuncture · RN (adult) · [REGISTRATION NUMBER]
The senior clinical supervisor oversees student practitioners in the teaching clinic and runs the adverse event review process. The role combines a nursing background with acupuncture training, and leads the college's work on interprofessional referral and patient communication.
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Specialisms
- Clinical supervision
- Adverse event review
- Referral pathways
- Patient communication
3 post-holders
Teaching team
Lead for Chinese Herbal Medicine
[HERBAL MEDICINE LEAD NAME]
Credentials: BSc Chinese Herbal Medicine · MRCHM · [REGISTRATION NUMBER]
The herbal medicine lead designs and delivers the materia medica and formulae curriculum, and holds responsibility for the college's herb sourcing, quality assurance and dispensing standards, including the testing regime applied to supplied materials.
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Specialisms
- Materia medica
- Formula construction
- Herb quality and identification
- Prescribing safety
Lead for Tui Na & Manual Therapies
[TUI NA LEAD NAME]
Credentials: Dip Tui Na · Sports & Remedial Massage Level 4 · [REGISTRATION NUMBER]
The Tui Na lead teaches the practical manual therapy curriculum and supervises the teaching clinic's musculoskeletal caseload. The role also covers practitioner self-protection and the ergonomics training that runs through the manual therapy programmes.
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Specialisms
- Tui Na
- Sports and remedial massage
- Paediatric massage
- Practitioner ergonomics
Lead for Diet, Lifestyle & Community Education
[DIET & LIFESTYLE LEAD NAME]
Credentials: MSc Nutrition · Dip Chinese Diet Therapy · [REGISTRATION NUMBER]
The diet and lifestyle lead runs the yang sheng curriculum and the college's public education programme, including the free community lecture series. The role is also responsible for keeping the college's public-facing health communication accurate and within advertising standards.
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Specialisms
- Chinese food therapy
- Public health education
- Community outreach
- Health communication
1 post-holder
College office & support
Registrar & Head of Admissions
[REGISTRAR NAME]
Credentials: BA (Hons) · [PROFESSIONAL BODY] member
The Registrar manages admissions, student records, enrolment and the day-to-day operation of the college office. This is the first point of contact for most applicants, and the person to speak to about applications, documentation and key dates.
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Specialisms
- Admissions
- Student records
- Enrolment
- Applicant support
Illustrative names, credentials and biographies
The names, biographies, credentials, testimonials and dates shown on this page are illustrative placeholders. They must be replaced with verified information, and testimonials must be used only with the subject's written consent.
Appointment & checks
How tutors are appointed and checked
Recruitment and shortlisting
Every teaching and clinical post is advertised openly with a written role description and person specification. Shortlisting is carried out by two people against that specification, and the reasons for the decisions are recorded. The college does not appoint by introduction alone, however strong the recommendation.
Verification of qualifications
Original certificates are seen and copies retained for every qualification relied on at application. Qualifications awarded outside the UK are checked for equivalence with [UK ENIC] before appointment. Where a post requires registration or professional membership, that registration is verified with the body itself and re-checked every [12 MONTHS].
Identity, right to work and references
Identity documents and right-to-work evidence are checked in person before any teaching or clinical contact begins. Two references are taken, one of which must be from the most recent employer, and neither may be provided by a relative.
Safeguarding checks
Every member of staff and every volunteer with contact with students or patients undergoes an enhanced DBS check, including a check of the barred lists where the role is eligible. Checks are repeated every [THREE YEARS]. Applicants who have lived or worked abroad for [12 MONTHS] or more in the past five years provide a certificate of good conduct from the relevant country. See the safeguarding & child protection policy.
Teaching observation and probation
All shortlisted teaching applicants deliver an observed session as part of the selection process. New tutors are observed [TWICE] in their first term and again before the end of a probationary period of [12 MONTHS], during which student feedback is reviewed before the appointment is confirmed.
Annual review and continuing development
Every tutor has an annual review with the Director of Education covering teaching, assessment, student feedback and their own development plan, with evidence of at least [XX HOURS] of continuing professional development each year. Clinical supervisors additionally show current clinical practice, current professional indemnity insurance, and take part in the college’s clinical audit.
If a concern is raised
Concerns about a member of teaching or clinical staff are investigated under the college’s staff concerns procedure. A member of staff may be stepped away from teaching or from clinical duties while an investigation is under way, and this is a neutral act rather than a finding. Where a concern meets the threshold for referral to a professional body, the Disclosure and Barring Service or the police, the college refers it. See complaints & appeals.
The same checks apply to visiting lecturers, guest clinicians and anyone supervising students on placement elsewhere. Where a partner organisation hosts our students, we require written confirmation that its staff have been checked to at least this standard.
About the photographs on this page
The photographs on this page are stock images used while the college’s own photography is arranged. They are illustrative only and do not depict the college’s staff, students or patients. No photograph should be read as identifying any individual named on this page, and none of the people shown has any connection with SCMAT UK.
About the people listed
The names, biographies, credentials, testimonials and dates shown on this page are illustrative placeholders. They must be replaced with verified information, and testimonials must be used only with the subject's written consent.
Study with practitioners who still practise
Come to an open day and meet the teaching team, or ask us directly who would be teaching on the programme you are considering.