Placement Overview
| Placement Title | The West Sector Team DN |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Janet Reed and Michelle Robinson – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | |
| Placement Address | 1st Floor Chatsworth House Roach Bank Road Bury BL9 8RN |
| Placement City/Town: | Bury |
| Placement Phone | Hours are 08.00am – 17.00pm Monday to Sunday |
| Your University Contact: | Angela Lee – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Orientation period and introduction to Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor and team
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Student allocated Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisors
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Hours are 08.00am – 17.00pm Monday to Sunday
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Caring for patients in their own home providing treatment, health promotion and support.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Roper, Logan and Tierney.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
• Medication
• Wound care
• Aseptic Technique
• Catheter care
• Injections
• Terminal care including Line care and ongoing assessmen
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
What resources are available to help students learning
Internet and Intranet access and also Wifi
On site library at Fairfield general Hospital
Free hospital transport to allow students to attend spokes on other sites.
Interprofessional Teaching sessions
Path Lab Tours
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
- Policies and Procedures
- Enteral feeding
- Ear irrigation template
- Leg ulcer assessment form
- Central lines
- Guide lines for the management of nephrostomy tubes
Spoke Placements
- Treatment room
- Practice nurse
- In house minor surgery at health centre
- Spoke placement booklet
Additional Information
The placement is with community nurses . Where you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to a high standard to patient in their own homes.