Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Integrated Respiratory Team – SRFTP 86 |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance |
| Your Placement Contact | Fiona McGrory, Shannen Grange, Tracey Murphy, Hayley Fox – Send Email |
| Placement Address | 1st Floor Clinical Sciences Building, Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161 206 3165 |
| Your University Contact: | Alison Cavanagh – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Please download the Student Welcome Pack prior to commencing placement.
Learners will have opportunity to spend time with different teams within the integrated respiratory team. A timetable is planned prior to starting the placement. Learners are also encouraged to arrange any specific spokes that they wish to do during their time with the respiratory team.
On your first day of placement, learners will be introduced to the team and orientated to the placement environment.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Named assessor and supervisor will be assigned on PARE prior to starting placement
Shift Patterns
This is a Monday – Friday placement. We do not work weekends or bank holidays. Shift patterns are either 8-4pm or 9-5pm daily depending on the team you are working with. There may be the opportunity to work 7am-7.30pm on the day you are scheduled to work with the NIV team dependent on their availability.
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
The Integrated Respiratory Team comprise a number of different teams that provides expert care to patients both within the hospital setting and community setting living with a wide range of different respiratory conditions:-
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Interstitial Lung Disease
TB
Lung cancer
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
What nursing model is used for planning care?
The philosophy of the team is to identify the patient’s baseline and to then plan care that enables the patient to remain as independent as possible.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Manual observations – blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, temperature and oxygen saturations.
Communication skills
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Specialist holistic assessment of respiratory patients
Chest auscultation – *bring your own stethoscope*
Capillary blood gas testing and interpretation of blood gasses
Chronic disease management
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
Advanced care planning
Oxygen therapy
Inhaler technique
Spirometry
What resources are available to help students learning?
Information packs
Computer
On-site library
Policies and procedures
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
The respiratory team participate in the National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP)
Spoke Placements
Respiratory ward (H2)
Lung health check team
Bronchoscopy
CRI- lung function testing
Additional Information
Students are given every opportunity to practice clinical skills by actively participating in all aspects of patient care
To participate in chest auscultation please bring your own stethoscope
Practice Education Facilitator – Elaine Carter – Practice Education Facilitator, Learning & Development Dept, 2nd Floor, Mayo Building, SRFT