Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Ward 1 / Silver Heart Unit – PABP 36 |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation NHS Trust |
| Your Placement Contact | Thomas Kiely, Lynn McNamee – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | Thomas (Unit Manager), Lynn (PEL) |
| Placement Address | Fairfield General Hospital, Rochdale Old Road, Bury BL9 7TD |
| Placement City/Town: | Bury |
| Placement Phone | 0161 778 2501 |
| Your University Contact: | Melanie Rushton – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Welcome Pack comprising of educational resources, learning diaries, competencies whilst on placement.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
We aim to ensure that each student is rostered to work with one of their mentors on at least 3 of their 4/5 shifts per week. Each student is given 2 mentors to allow for continuity to cover for annual leave. Students will also spend time in the Cardiac Catheterisation Lab and will be assigned a mentor whilst there.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
4 x Days 08:00 – 1800.
Our Unit is open 08:00 – 20:45
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Students will have the opportunity to deliver care to patients undergoing a variety of cardiac procedures such as pacemaker insertion and loop recorder implantation; patients undergoing angiograms, rotablation, percutaneous coronary intervention; deliver care to inpatients with a variety of cardiac conditions.
They will visit the pre operative clinic and later the cardiac catheterisation lab where they will be able to see the patient undergoing their listed procedure.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Roper, Logan and Tierney
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
- Resuscitation
- Infection prevention
- Communication
- Aseptic technique
- Core nursing care skills
- Monitoring vital signs
- Moving and handling
- Risk assessment skills
- Pressure ulcer prevention
- Nutritional care
- Intravenous therapy management
- Medication administration
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
- Catheterisation
- Cardiac monitoring
- Catheterisation laboratory skills
- Wound care management
What resources are available to help students learning?
Resource area containing books, journals, policies, booklets, BHF information, Link nurse files.
Teaching sessions given weekly on the ward relating to relevant cardiology topics, MDT involvement eg: Cardiac rehabilitation nurse, cardiac specialist nurse, heart failure nurse, Heartbeat Care Pathway documentation.
Access to the Intranet, Trust Study Sessions.
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
The Unit has recently finalised and are using Care Pathways for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Angiograms and are in the final stages of introducing the Trust’s Pacemaker Care Pathway.
We also have a Competency Portfolio for students to follow in order to maximise their potential on the ward.
Spoke Placements
Cardiac Rehab Specialist Nurses
Heart Failure Specialist Nurses
Ward 2 – Inpatient Cardiology Ward.
Cardiorespiratory Lab
Arrythmia Specialist Nurse
Additional Information