Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Hospital @ Night TeamOut of Hours Nursing within hospital/Patient Flow/Site Management |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance – Salford Care Organisation |
| Your Placement Contact | Kathryn Curtis (Placement Educator Lead & iBleep Coordinator) – Send Email |
| Placement Address | Salford Royal Hospital Ladywell Building – Control Centre (Office on the right-hand side of main corridor heading towards L wards) |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 01612064598 |
| Your University Contact: | Mary Braine – Send Email |
Hospital @ Night is a team that includes iBleep Co-ordinators, Site Coordinators, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Clinical Support Workers who work closely throughout the night working alongside the medical and surgical teams. The site coordinators manage the hospital site overnight including staffing, patient flow, and overall site management. The team utilise an electronic triage system (IBleep) to ensure patients are reviewed by the most appropriate clinician overnight.
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Allocation of assessor & supervisor
Induction
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Assessor and Supervisor will be allocated prior to arrival of placement
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Hospital @ Night
Varies from twilight’s to full night shifts:
16:30 – 00:30
20:00 – 08:30
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
- Triaging patients escalated on iBleep
- Completing ECGs
- Observing Venepuncture, Cannulation and obtaining blood cultures as well as the theory behind this
- Observing and assisting in Catheterisation (male and female)
- Participating in A-E assessment of acutely ill patient
- Developing and expanding knowledge of the National Early Warning Score 2
- Advanced Anatomy and Physiology
- Out of hours site management
- Dealing with complaints
- Dealing with major incident calls
- Patient flow management / bed management
- Attending and assisting in crash calls
What nursing model is used for planning care?
A-E assessment – (Resuscitation UK Guidelines, 2021)
Roper, Logan and Tierney, (Activities of Daily Living, 1983)
National Early Warning Score 2 (Royal College of Physicians, 2017)
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Cannulation & venepuncture
ECGs
Catheterisation
Complaints management
Enhanced communication skills
Site Management
Resuscitation skills – Basic Life Support
A-E assessment
National Early Warning Score 2
Falls Prevention
Overall site management including management of the IBleep triage system, patient flow, complaints management, staffing management, responding to and management of emergency calls, management of security and fire calls.
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Work with H@N Advanced Clinical Practitioners to observe and assist in advanced clinical assessment of patient (s)
What resources are available to help students learning?
Intranet
Trust Policies
Welcome Pack
Induction
Nursing knowledge across the team
Spoke Placements
Out of Hours Patient Flow Facilitators
Critical Care
Emergency Department
Emergency Assessment Unit
Specialist Falls Team
Stroke Services
Haematology Unit
Resuscitation Practitioners
Additional Information
Practice Education Facilitator
PEF email: PEFTeam@nca.nhs.uk