Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Patient Pathway Management Team – Complex Discharge Planning |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance |
| Your Placement Contact | Sue Lamph, Sarah Royle – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | Patient pathway manager |
| Placement Address | Ground Floor Ladywell, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, M6 8HA |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161 206 0478 |
| Your University Contact: | Sarah Ratcliffe – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Students are assigned an Assessor and Supervisor.
Orientation to placement
Informed of Learning Opportunities and Spoke placements available.
Provided with Practice Placement Profile
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Assessor and Supervisor is identified at commencement of placement.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Primarily 8am – 4pm Mon-Fri
Occasional 10am-6pm
Occasional weekend working 8am – 4pm (either Saturday or Sunday not both in one weekend)
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Complex discharge planning working with patients/family/carers and multi disciplinary team to achieve timely and safe discharges from the hospital setting.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Communication
Listening
Organisation
Documentation
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Problem solving
Creative thinking
Utilising available resources
What resources are available to help students learning?
Resource file
Intranet
Multi disciplinary team
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
HomeFirst Team is continually developing and carrying out tests of change .
Spoke Placements
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