Clinical Nurse Specialist Hub

Placement Overview

Placement Title Clinical Nurse Specialist Hub
Trust Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust
Your Placement Contact Benjamin McDermott, Charlene Melville, Stacey Pollard – Send Email
Placement Contact’s Role

Stacey Pollard – Upper GI CNS PEL

Ben McDermott – Stoma Care PEL

Charlene Melville – Colorectal PEL

Placement Address Clinical science building & Hope building, Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD
Placement City/Town: Salford
Placement Phone

Stoma Care- Ben McDermott 0161 206 4204

Colorectal- Charlene Melville 0161 206 1249

Upper GI- Stacey Pollard 0161 206 5062

Your University Contact: Gillian Crosthwaite – Send Email

About this placement

What is organised for students on commencement of placement?

Group introduction on first day and orientation to the HUB

Allocated resource packs for each HUB area

What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?

Each learner will be allocated an assessor within the Hub

All staff will have completed training for supervising/assessor

Assessor to be available for induction

Allocated supervisers/assessors to learners to be known in advance

What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?

Shift Notes:

Colorectal: Mon – Fri 8am – 4pm

ERAS: Mon-Fri 8am – 4pm

Stoma Care: Mon-Fri over a 4-day period as stated below:

07.00 – 17.30 x 3 days a week

07.00 – 15.00 x 1 day a week

Upper GI: Mon 7am-4.30pm

                Tues 7am-4.30pm

                Wed day off

                Thurs 7am-4.30pm

                Fri 7am-4.30pm

What patient care situations are available in this placement?

Colorectal team

Stoma team

ERAS team

Upper GI

What nursing model is used for planning care?

Dorothea Orem: Self-Care Deficit Theory

What core clinical skills can be learnt?

Communication

Basic Stoma Care

Wound Care

Post-op care

see welcome pack

What additional clinical skills can be learnt?

Stoma Care – How to change a stoma pouch

Breaking bad news

What resources are available to help students learning?

Stoma Care- stoma care books, information leaflets, stoma care websites, staff, library, teaching packs, resource pack

Upper GI- resource pack, teaching packs, websites

What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?

Stoma Care – Students well be provided with a stoma care work booklet to complete

Spoke Placements

Ward B1- 0161 206 4327

Ward B2- 0161 206 4312

Endoscopy- -0161 206 5781

Surgical Enhancement Unit (B2M)- 0161 206 7053

STU- 0161 206 4004

Pre-op- 0161 206 2929

Theatre- 0161 206 8042/5079

The Christie- 0161 918 7800

Dermatology Out-patients

Dietitians

Radiology

Additional Information 

Students will rotate between the Upper GI, Colorectal and Stoma Care Team throughout their time within the CNS Hub to gain an insight into all of the roles/specialities.

Please email all of the placement contacts for further information re the placement.

PEF email: PEFTeam@nca.nhs.uk