| Placement Title | Salford Diabetes Team |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust |
| Placement Email | Salford.diabetescare@nca.nhs.uk |
| Placement Contacts | Rebecca Makin – PEL/Diabetes Specialist Nurse – Send Email Rebecca Makin if not available please contact Caroline Eden Manager’s office: N/A however if you wish to speak to the service lead contact Gemma Allen – Manager Send Email |
| Placement Website | Diabetes Service :: Northern Care Alliance |
| Placement Address | Our service covers both the hospital and community Our inpatient team is based in the Diabetes & Endocrine offices. They are at Salford Royal in the Ladywell building. (Opposite ward L1) Our main base is at Swinton Gateway -100 Chorley Road Swinton M27 6BP To give patients choice and flexibility with their care we will also work from the following gateways: Pendleton Gateway- 1 Broadwalk, Salford M6 5FX Walkden Gateway- 2 Smith St, Worsley, Manchester M28 3EZ Eccles Gateway -28 Barton Ln, Eccles, Manchester M30 0TU Irlam Gateway -Liverpool Rd, Irlam, Eccles, Manchester M44 6FW |
| Placement Phone Number | 0161 2068802- if there’s no answer leave a voicemail with your name and contact number and the team will get back to you |
| University Contact | Maureen McMahon |
| University Email | M.McMahon@salford.ac.uk |
Placement:
Our Philosophy is:
We believe that each patient is an individual and has the right to be treated as such incorporating their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs.
We aim to ensure our patients feel empowered and well informed of their care. We recognise the need to facilitate patient independence and always promote and respect their privacy and dignity.
We encourage patient participation and value both patients and their relatives or carers involvement alongside the consent of the patient
We believe that a high standard of care should be always maintained. To support this, we promote awareness & provide education on diabetes.
We keep on top of new developments in diabetes to ensure our practice remains evidenced based to uphold high standards.
We always aim to uphold Trust Values of
Patient and Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement, Accountability & Respect
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
First year students: We will provide all new starters with a starter pack and a timetable. Your timetable will allow you to observe the range of services we offer for our patients. You meet your assigned assessor or supervisor on the first day.
During your placement your assessor will also discuss a Quality improvement project to work on as part of encouraging independence and self-directed learning
Second year students: As above
Third year students: n/a at this time we do not have third years on placement with us
What are the arrangements for assessors/initial supervisor?
Will be arranged during initial meeting
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
As part of your learning, you will be allocated 7.5-hour shifts Monday – Friday this will be between the hours of 0800-1700. The assessors/initial supervisor will provide you with a timetable which will state the exact start times on each day.
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
We are a specialist diabetes service providing care for both in-patients and out-patients.
In-patient setting: Reviewing ward patients who have been admitted due to a diabetes emergency ( DKA, hypo etc) or who have been admitted for reason other than their diabetes but the blood glucose control has become problematic during the admission. Education of ward staff to enable them to care for people with diabetes effectively.
Out-patient setting: Education sessions for people with diabetes (type 1 & type 2) giving them skills to self-manage their diabetes, Out-Patient clinics (general/young person/ type1/pump/Libre) to support patients through assessment , education & titration of treatments to improve glucose control.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Roper-Logan-Tierney Model for Nursing
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
The Learner will learn how diabetes can affect the individual; what treatments are used and why, how self-management of the condition impacts on the individual, how other conditions can impact on the glucose control.
The Learner will be able to observe / take part in the following clinics and education courses: Diabetes basics, Diabetes x-pert, Insulin group start, GLP-1 start, DAFNE, General diabetes clinic, Consultant Clinics, Foot clinic, Libre start, Pump clinic, Carb counting, New type one diabetes clinic, Joint renal diabetes clinic, Young person clinic, Dietitian lead clinic and Pre- pregnancy clinic. They will also work with the DSNs in the hospital and have the opportunity to observe the management of diabetes in an acute setting this will include management of diabetic emergency’s such as DKA & HSS
At the introductory meeting with the assessors/ supervisor Skill both the clinician and the student will work together specific to identify specific goals/skills to Learn as per PARE document.
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
What resources are available to help students learning?
Student folder with clinical studies and our models on shared drive
Diabetes UK
ABCD & glooko online learning courses on aspects of diabetes management
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
We have close ties with the research team and are actively involved with recruiting patients for them.
All of our Band 7 are responsible for ongoing devilment of an aspects of our service this includes:
Spoke Placements
Additional Information
Once changes have been recorded scan document and send to PEFTeam@srft.nhs.uk