Placement Overview
| Placement Title | West 0-19 Health Visiting & School Nursing Team – SPCTP 31 |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Lindsey Hall, Courtney Passmore, Tina Grannell – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | |
| Placement Address | St James’s House 7 Floor Pendleton Way, Salford, M6 5FW |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161 206 2085 |
| Your University Contact: | Helen Franks – 295 6420 – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
- Named Assessor/Supervisor
- Introduction to team
- Welcome Pack
- Orientation to placement and discussion re learning environment
- Allocated time for Assessor/Supervisor/Learner discussion
- Leaner sessions
- Community Tool Kit/E-Learning for Health
- Opportunities to experience Universal Services
- Exposure to Early Help
- Opportunities to spoke to other related services
- The Learner will also work with other team members to ensure that they have a good overview of the 0-19 Service’s core programme.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Learners work with the supervisor as much as possible to gain the best experience and to ensure a good overview of the 0-19 service and core programme delivered in line with The Healthy Child Programme.
Mentors attend annual updates and complete a personal professional portfolio showing evidence of learning
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Early:
Late:
Night:
Shift Notes:
Days: Usually 9am -5pm
Notes:
Core hours 8am-6pm
Does not currently include weekend work, however Learners may spend time with other agencies as a spoke placement that work evenings and weekends
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
- Public health
- Health promotion
- Immunisation sessions
- Core universal delivery
- Safeguarding
- Cared for Child Assessments
- Home visits for health assessments
- Healthy Child Clinics
- Childhood development
What nursing model is used for planning care?
The Healthy Child Programme
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
- Public health
- Health promotion
- Health assessments
- Safeguarding and The Cared for Child
- Plotting centile charts
- Weighing and measuring
- Documentation
- Multidisciplinary working with Children’s Social Care and other professionals
- Time management
- Exposure to Mental health and Learning Disabilities
- Immunisations
- School Drop in’s
- Decision making on limited information
- Spoke placements can be arranged with appropriate services to enhance learning opportunities
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Leadership
What resources are available to help students learning?
- Library at Salford Royal
- Intranet
- Internet
- Learner packs
- Team members
- Learner sessions facilitated by the PEL’s
- Peer learning and support
- Community tool kit
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Baby Friendly Gold Status has been achieved
Integrated Service Delivery with the Local Authority
Spoke Placements
- 0-19 Universal Team
- Safeguarding
- District nursing team
- Paediatric audiology
- Dental Speech and language team
- Community Paediatrician
- Early Help and Family hubs
- Immunisation team
- Community drugs and alcohol team
- Sexual health team
- E-learning courses
- CCNT
- Allied Health Professionals
Additional Information
The 0-19 Service aims to respect and recognise each infant, child and young person as unique individuals whose best interests must be paramount, whilst considering their physical, psychological, social, cultural and spiritual needs, as well as those of the family.
On your first day, please can you arrive attend St James’s House at 9am. Take the lift to the 7th floor, if travelling in the padded lift turn left out of the lift otherwise turn right. Please use the hand gel in the lobby area before entering the office. There is a small keypad on the left-hand side of the door the code will be given to you when you contact the team.
Please be aware you may be asked to travel to other sites as part of this placement.
If you have been allocated this placement, and you have children and live in the catchment area of the team, this may not be an appropriate placement for you. Please call the team as soon as you are allocated this placement area to discuss.