Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Orthopaedic Rotational Hub |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Tracy Evans, Stephanie Smyth – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | We are staff nurses in the Orthopaedic department and work closely with the Trauma Team and Plastics Services as well as enhanced recovery nurses. |
| Placement Address | Orthopaedic Outpatients & Fracture Clinic, Turnberg Building, Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161 206 4803 |
| Your University Contact: | Emma Kwegyir-Affal – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
- Orientation to clinic/plastics/trauma team/ERAS
- Meet our team
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
You will be allocated a supervisor and assessor in your first week
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
There are many opportunities for learning
Orthopaedic Outpatients
Monday- Friday 0800 – 18.00
Trauma Team
Monday- Friday 06.00 – 19.00
Saturday – Sunday 06.00 – 17.00
Plastics Nurses
Monday- Friday 08.00- 18.00
ERAS Nurse
Monday- Friday 08.00 – 18.00
Limb Reconstruction
Monday – Friday 08.00 – 18.00
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Plaster room – Plastering technique
Dressing clinic ortho/plastics / ilizarov team– woundcare
Theatres – ortho trauma
Clinic consultations
and many more opportunities
What nursing model is used for planning care?
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
ANTT
Woundcare + Pin site care
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
- Ilizarov technique
- Plastering skills
- Woundcare
- Clinical observations
- Trauma pre-ops
- Enhanced listening and communication skills
What resources are available to help students learning?
- Student learning pack
- Patient information leaflets
- The library
- Intranet
- Opportunity to observe clinicians
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
The orthopaedic rotatational hub is an evolving environment and there is always a piece of research or audit happening
Spoke Placements
WARD B6
THEATRES
MAIN PRE-OP
PHYSIO/OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
A & E MINORS
Additional Information
Pre-Registration Practice Education Facilitator, Learning & Development Dept, 2nd Floor, Mayo Building, SRFT
PEF email: PEFTeam@nca.nhs.uk