Placement Overview
| Placement Title | G1 – General Medical Unit (GMU) – PAOP 13 |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Christie Sammon, Francesca Morrissey, Meranda Henri, Catherine Hives – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | PEL |
| Placement Address | Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Rd, Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Placement City/Town: | Oldham |
| Placement Phone | 0161 627 8137 |
| Your University Contact: | Dilla Davis – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Students will recieve a Welcomme Pack and their off duty.
Student will be allocated a locker for use during their placement.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Each student will be allocated an assessor and is encouraged to follow their off dute.
Students are expected to work with their assessor as much as possible.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Early:
07:30am – 15:30pm
Late:
12.30 – 20.30
Night:
20.00 – 08.00
Shift Notes:
Long Day:- 07.30 – 20.30
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
There is a lot of leadership and management issues, G1 Ward is a nurse led unit.
All students will learn how to plan a good discharge, communication is very important on G1 Ward and lounge.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
The Single Assessment Document.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Basic nursing care
Catheter care
Ensuring nutritional needs are met
Pressure area care
Mouth care
Occasionally PEG, IV therapies
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Management and leadership
Discharge planning
Exposure to safeguaring including DOLS
What resources are available to help students learning?
Student notice boards
Student pack
Teaching packs
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
All aspects of dishcarge planning
Working closely with all MDT members
Ongoing collaberations ie PJ Paralysis, Red Cross, Age UK
Spoke Placements
OT
SW
Bed manager
Discharge co-ordinator
RAID
Additional Information
We are a very busy discharge unit and are dementia friendly.
We have a dementia garden, memory boxes , old Oldham photo’s etc
We are currently promoting the Pj Paralysis Collaberation