Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Palliative Care and Bereavement |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust |
| Your Placement Contact | Placement Contact Angela Hulse, Michelle McGill, Claudia Flint, Louise Redfearn – Send Email |
| Placement Address | Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Rd, Oldham, OL1 2JH and Fairfield General Hospital Rochdale Old Road, Bury BL9 7TD |
| Placement City/Town: | Royal Oldham Hospital and Fairfield General Hospital |
| Placement Phone | 0161 778 5918 (Royal Oldham) 0161 778 2679 (Fairfield General) |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
On arrival students will be provided with a welcome booklet, a proposed timetable including details of possible visits that can arranged and training sessions.
Orientation to the department.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
There are several supervisors and assessors within the team and their practice supervisor and practice assessor will be allocated prior to the first day
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Usual hours will be 08:30 – 16:30
Notes:
There may be some variance from this if on a spoke.
The service does cover 7 days so may include occasional weekends
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
The student will work alongside the specialist teams and visit patients in hospital wards and departments. They will experience the communication and assessment required to support the complex management of these patients. They will also experience the support provided to the significant others of these patients including into the bereavement period with the bereavement nursing team.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Holistic Assessment
Communication skills
Care planning
Documentation and referral skills
Symptom management
Bereavement support
Presenting a patient within a Multi-Disciplinary Meeting
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Triage / prioritisation skills
Bereavement care
Spiritual care
Oral health care
Referral processes
What resources are available to help students learning?
Books
Internet
Spoke placements
Opportunity to attend study sessions
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
There may be audits being undertaken, e.g. ambulatory syringe pump, NACEL (National Audit of Care at End of Life), strong opioid patch
Spoke Placements
Extended bereavement spoke with the bereavement nursing team is included as part of placement along with time with End-of-Life education team and Spiritual Care Team
Optional spoke opportunities include: local hospices, community specialist palliative care team, acute oncology service, cancer specialist nurses, discharge/transfer of care teams, coroner’s office/inquest, mortuary.
Additional Information