Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Acute Research Delivery Team (ARDT) |
| Trust | Norther Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trusts |
| Your Placement Contact | Reece Doonan Team Leader – Send Email |
| Placement Address | CSB Ground Floor. Room 105 Stott lane, Salford, M6 8HD |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161 206 2188 |
| Your University Contact: | Cath Savin – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
All students will receive the ‘Welcome Pack’ when you make first contact with the team. You will receive all the information regarding what to expect during your placement with the acute research team. You will be given your first two weeks of off duty. On your first day you will receive a local induction to the placement area and your initial paperwork completed in PARE. You’ll also receive the remaining off duty for the remainder of your placement within your first week.
If you have any particular access requirements please make contact with the Reece (Team Lead) as soon as is possible.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
You will be assigned an Assessor and a Supervisor for this placement. These will be detailed on the front of your welcome pack. You’ll receive this via email when you contact the research team on knowing your placement allocation. You’ll be given a printed version of this on your first day.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
The Acute Research Delivery Team working pattern is:
Monday to Friday
7am to 7:30pm
Shift Notes:
You will be rostered to work three long days a week.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
An adaption of Roper, Logan & Tierney is used in most places
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Communication
Clinical observations
Clinical trials (research)
Electronic Patient records and systems
Data analysis
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Clinical observations
NIHR Courses
What resources are available to help students learning?
Welcome pack/workbook, staff, patients, internet/intranet. MDT, wards and departments
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Student nurses are offered the opportunity to visit a variety of clinical research environments Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust during their placement.
You will have the opportunity to observe different stages of clinical research and its impact on patients and what the potential outcome of a project could or could not be.
For the student to have more practical involvement during their placement we have made arrangements for students to complete a Good Clinical Practice course which enables their name to be added to the staff delegation log for particular studies.
We are able to offer a variety of spoke areas, for example, pharmacy, Research and Innovation Dept, Ethics Committee meetings and any other areas applicable to the topic area.
Spoke Placements
These are detailed in your Welcome Pack and are available in more detail in the Student Folder which will be shown to you on your first day/first week.
Additional Information
Web address: https://www.ncaresearch.org.uk/