Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Hospital @ Night |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance |
| Your Placement Contact | Josh Neal (PEL & iBleep Coordinator) – Send Email |
| Placement Address | Salford Royal Hospital Ladywell Building – Control Centre (Office on the right-hand side of main corridor heading towards L wards) |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161 206 4598 |
| Your University Contact: | Mary Braine – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Induction
Allocation of supervisor and assessor
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Supervisors and assessors will be allocated prior to students arrival.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Hospital @ Night
15:00 – 23:00
16:30 – 00:30
20:00 – 08:30
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
- Triaging patients escalated on iBleep
- Completing ECGs
- Observing Venepuncture, Cannulation and obtaining blood cultures as well as the theory behind this
- Observing and assisting in Catheterisation (male and female)
- Participating in A-E assessment of acutely ill patient
- Developing and expanding knowledge of the National Early Warning Score 2
- Advanced Anatomy and Physiology
- Out of hours site management
- Dealing with complaints
- Dealing with major incident calls
- Patient flow management / bed management
- Attending and assisting in crash calls
What nursing model is used for planning care?
A-E assessment – (Resuscitation UK Guidelines, 2021)
Roper, Logan and Tierney, (Activities of Daily Living, 1983)
National Early Warning Score 2 (Royal College of Physicians, 2017)
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Cannulation & venepuncture
ECGs
Catheterisation
Complaints management
Enhanced communication skills
Site Management
Resuscitation skills – Basic Life Support
A-E assessment
National Early Warning Score 2
Falls Prevention
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Work with H@N Advanced Clinical Practitioners to observe and assist in advanced clinical assessment of patient (s)
What resources are available to help students learning?
Intranet
Trust Policies
Welcome Pack
Induction
Nursing knowledge across the team
Spoke Placements
Out of Hours Patient Flow Facilitators
Critical Care
Emergency Department
Emergency Assessment Unit
H2 Respiratory Support Unit
Specialist Falls Team
Stroke Services
Haematology Unit
Resuscitation Practitioners
Additional Information
Hospital @ Night (H@N) incorporates, Out of Hours Medical Team, Site Management and Patient Flow.
Bed Manager’s/ Site Coordinator’s manage the flow of patients both elective and non-elective (emergencies) throughout the organisation. They manage capacity to ensure the right patient is placed in the appropriate bed.
Hospital @ Night is an out of hours team that includes Health Care Assistants, iBleep Coordinators (Triage Nurses), Site Coordinators, Advanced Clinical Practitioners who work closely throughout the night working alongside the medical and surgical teams. The iBleep Coordinators manage the electronic triage system (iBleep) to ensure patients are reviewed by the most appropriate clinician overnight in a timely manner. Also supporting ward staff over the telephone offering advice. The HCA’s and ACP’s would provide whole ward coverage across the trust attending to patients requiring cannualtion, venepuncture, ECG recording and who may need a medical review overnight ie post falls review, blood results interpretation, medication prescribing, reviewing clinical films. The Site Coordinator’s are responsible for looking after the whole hospital overnight ensuring safe staffing levels on the wards, dealing with incidents across the hospital, dealing with complaints from patients and staff, attending crash calls and fire & security calls, ensuring patient flow is fluent in ED & Emergency Assessment Unit and managing the iBleep system after 00:30am
Practice Education Facilitator
PEF email: PEFTeam@nca.nhs.uk