Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Whitefield Health Visitors/School Nursing Service – Bury Local Care Organisation |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Sarah Hilton, Paul Vindice / Sheila Daniels – Send Email |
| Placement Address | Sunnybank Clinic, 66 Sunny Bank Rd, Bury BL9 8EB |
| Placement City/Town: | Bury |
| Placement Phone | 0161 352 2135 option 1 |
| Your University Contact: | Angela Lee – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
The student will have access to a desktop computer and working area
Shown how to access policies and procedures in accordance with Community Services Bury, Northern Care Alliance (Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Allocated a mentor/assessor/practice teacher
Introduction to the Whitefield health visiting and school nursing teams
To access evidence based practice research articles e.g. NICE guidelines, Department of Health (DOH) guidelines, Healthy Child Programme.
The student will be shown the local area, clinics and children’s centres
Support organising alternative practice hours where applicable (health visiting students only)
To work alongside practice teacher (health visiting students only)
Pre- registration students will be assigned an assessor and supervisors
To sort out identification badge (health visiting students only)
To obtain work mobile phone (health visiting students only)
A timetable for the days in practice
Discussion of practice portfolio (health visiting students)
Development of Leadership skills
Bury directory – online gateway to services, information and advice
Bury local offer www.sendlocalofferbury.com
Resource folders e.g. Solihull Approach research packs, breastfeeding, British National Formulary (BNF)
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
The organisation provides training to practice staff to support a wide variety of learners/students
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Shift Notes:
Notes: 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Healthy Child Programme and care packages according to needs of the child/family
Well baby clinics
8-12 Month developmental assessments and 24-30 month assessments conducted in health centres and children’s centres.
Working with the multidisciplinary team
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Follow the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation with a person centred approach tailored according to need
Principles of health visiting
Nursing and Midwifery standards for student supervision and assessment (NMC 2018)
Reflection on practice – Gibb’s/John’s/Rolfe’s models
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Any transferable skills from previous role the area looks to develop further where applicable
Spoke placements to other areas to meet learning outcomes
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
To discuss any prior knowledge the student has and to develop learning outcomes.
What resources are available to help students learning?
Internet and Intranet access and also Wifi
On site library
Free hospital transport to allow students to attend spokes on other sites.
Interprofessional Teaching sessions
Path Lab Tours
Access to computer
Lunchtime learning sessions
Team Meetings
BSCB Training if applicable
Breastfeeding support groups
Solihull Approach research packs
Breastfeeding books and resource packs
Trust policies and procedures on intranet
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Nice Guidelines
DOH guidelines
Reflection on practice
Health promotion e.g. safe sleep guidelines (lullaby trust website evidence based information)
Spoke Placements
Within the student placement book there is a list of all relevant spoke placements.
All of the spoke areas have been selected due to their public health remit and to enhance an a students learning in relation to community profiling, understanding the Child Health Profile and key performance indicators for Health Visiting.
Additional Information
Please note:- if you have a child in the catchment area of this Health Visiting or School Nursing team you may not be able to attend due to a conflict of interests, please email Barbara Henning in the Clinical Placements Unit asap to clarify.
Notes: Students are not expected to wear uniform on the placement and it is advised that students read the uniform policy prior to starting the placement.
Lots of opportunities on site to arrange alternative practice hours for example, speech and language therapy, audiology, orthoptist, community dental team, community nursery nurses, clinics, dermatology, pharmacists.
Child development centre at Fairfield General Hospital
School Nurses, continence team, social workers, physiotherapy, dieticians, specialist health visitors for children with complex needs and disabilities
To attend MARAC Meetings if appropriate (book in advance)
Spend time with Bury MASH Team for additional safeguarding experiences
Attend lunch time learning sessions