Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Early Intervention Team, Oldham – PCOP 20 |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Joanne Rain, Gregory Dimelow – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | |
| Placement Address | The Beeches Resource Centre, 5 Waterloo St, Oldham, OL1 1SP |
| Placement City/Town: | Oldham |
| Placement Phone | 0161 716 2727 |
| Your University Contact: | Rachel Price – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Mentors aim to greet students on their first morning, provide an induction to the placement and introduce them to other members of the Early Intervention Team.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Students commonly meet with their named mentor for their 3 review meetings (initial, interim and final).
Students will have regular opportunity to work alongside their mentors and other practitioners, to demonstrate achievement of the competencies required for their placement.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Early:
Late:
Night:
Shift Notes:
Days:- 9 – 5 Monday to Friday (generally)
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Initial assessment of first episodes of psychosis
Planning care for this client group
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Early Intervention model for psychosis
See:- Early Intervention in Psychosis. Swaran P Singh, The British Journal of Psychiatry Apr 2010, 196 (5) 343-345
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/196/5/343
Characteristics of EIT approach:
· Improve prognosis for clients with First Episode of Psychosisby intervening early on in their illness.
· Use an assertive approach to engaging clients withFirst Episode Psychosis, where necessary.
· Higher practitioner-to-client ratio (ideally 15:1).
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Assessment of mental health and social care needs in relation to first episode of psychosis
Care planning for this client
Care coordination
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Multi-agency communications
Facilitating clients engagement with healthcare appointments EG Clozaril Clinc, depot clinic
Providing feedback on client contact within multi-disciplinary team meetings
What resources are available to help students learning?
Internet and Pennine Intranet
Contact tiem with EIT practitioners; accompanying on visits to clients homes, to outpatient appointments and other health and social care appointments
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
COMPARE study: Cognative Behavioural Therapy or Medication for Psychosis – A Random Evaluation
The study plans to explore the acceptability of CBT compared to antipsychotics and a combination of both in antipsychotics or a combination of both
USLEEP; Understanding Sleep Experiences in Early Psychosis
To see how poor sleep influences people’s everyday lives. Also aims to see if people could benefit from a short behaviour change programme to improve sleep
Spoke Placements
Clozaril Clinic
Depot Clinic
Home Treatment Team
One Recovery (Gateway – drug and alcohol service)
Reflections (CAMHS)
Additional Information
The Early Intervention Service is a mental health team providing care to young people aged 14-35 years who are experiencing first episode or suspicion of psychosis