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Directory of Work Experience Placements – Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Area/Type of Work Nature of Work Experience Age Restrictions Length Qty Ashfield Health and Wellbeing Students will undertake a number of physical duties 15+ 1 or 2 2 Centre which include the transportation delivery & collection of weeks Portland Street office furniture, electrical equipment, stationary & other Kirkby-in-Ashfield provisions within the hospital. Washing of ward crockery Nottinghamshire & kitchen utensils in the main hospital catering dept. NG17 7AE Cleaning & sweeping of external entrances. Occasional exposure to dirt & smells. All tasks fully supervised at all times. Hours 8am-3pm. Portering Assistant Balderton Primary Care Centre Covering of the reception area, answering the telephone, 16+ Up to 1 1 Lowfield Lane photocopying, franking mail and general office duties. week Balderton Hours 9am – 4pm. Newark Notts NG24 3HJ Gedling Integrated Team Working within an office environment and shadowing 18+ 1-4 weeks Hucknall House members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to visit Highbury Hospital older people with mental health problems when the Highbury Road patient agrees. Nottingham NG6 9DR To gain the knowledge and understanding of how an MDT works and the skills and knowledge within the team. Hours 9am-5pm. Due to the vulnerability of some patients, applicants will be required to provide evidence of a DBS check. Integrated Community Team Students will be working in an integrated team with 18+ 1 week 10 Park House Health Centre Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Nursing 61 Burton Road Staff. Students will experience community healthcare Carlton working with a multi-disciplinary team, working in Nottingham people’s homes experiencing falls prevention, community NG4 3DQ rehabilitation and palliative care. Hours 8.30am-4.30pm. Learning and Organisational Applicants will have the opportunity to gain an insight into 16+ 1 week Development Resuscitation teaching life support skills to staff in a range of services Team and at different levels, learn more advanced life support Duncan Macmillan House skills than current first aid provides and look at teaching Directory of Work Experience Placements – Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Porchester Road methods and learning styles. Nottingham NG3 6AA The placement will include presentation skills, planning and preparing presentations and look at professional behaviour/practice and work place expectations. Monday to Friday. Hours 8.30am-4pm, lunch break 30-45 minutes. Lings Bar Hospital Placements at Lings Bar Hospital are ward based. The 16+ Applications are 1 week 1 Beckside aim of the placement is to give the student an insight into only accepted from Gamston the roles of Nurses, Occupational Therapists and three local Nottingham Physiotherapists in a rehabilitation hospital setting. schools: NG2 6PR They will observe direct patient care for older people and The Becket School, rehabilitation being given, discharge planning and Rushcliffe School problem solving. and West Bridgford School. Applications The student will settle in on their first day, experiencing from other schools the ward working and the way the different professionals will not be interact and work together. They will then shadow a considered. different professional for each day, ending on the Friday with working again with their choice of healthcare This placement is professional. only suitable for those applicants Daily hours are dependent on the shift of the professional wishing to follow a they are shadowing, lasting 7.5 hours each day. career as a nurse, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, or if a doctor, to better understand the wider healthcare professionals roles. They should have evidence of likely attainment of the requisite academic ability and demonstrate their understanding of multi-professional working on Directory of Work Experience Placements – Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust application. No placements available 1-31 July 2020 Newark Health Centre Covering of the reception area, answering the phone, 16+ Up to 1 1 14-22 Portland Street photocopying, franking mail and general office duties. week Newark Notts NG24 4XG Paediatric Speech and Language The Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) 16+ Applicants need to 2 days 1/ Therapy service provides support to children who have speech, be interested in SLT Mnth c/o Stapleford Care Centre language and communication needs across the as a career, either Church Street Nottingham City and County. Care is provided in the studying A levels or Stapleford most appropriate setting for each child. equivalent, unless a Nottingham mature student with NG9 8DB Students may work in clinics, schools or homes with the different team that is providing the placement and have the qualifications. opportunity to observe assessment/ therapy/ clinical administrative duties (i.e. record keeping etc.). Students Please note that the may need to travel to team bases in different areas of the application process City / County of Nottinghamshire. normally takes 6-8 weeks so please allow a minimum of 6 weeks between applying and the dates required No placements available on the following weeks: 03/02/2020 17/02/2020 24/02/2020 Directory of Work Experience Placements – Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Retford Hospital Placements will be restricted to students who live in North Road the Bassetlaw area and attend local schools and Retford colleges in Nottinghamshire DN22 7XF Administration/Secretarial Students will be working on a reception area located at 16+ Placement restricted 1-5 days 5/Yr Retford Hospital one of our Retford Hospital Primary Care Centre sites. to students who live They will be provided with the opportunity to help out with in the Bassetlaw meeting arrangements and undertake other general area and attend administration duties (as appropriate) learning about the local schools and roles of the Administration/Secretarial teams which colleges in Notts. support Bassetlaw Health Partnerships. Minimum 8 weeks between applying and dates required. Bassetlaw Hospice The Hospice Team is comprised of highly skilled 18+ Restrictions apply to 5 days 5/Yr Adult Nursing specialist nurses who provide holistic care to patients this placement and attending the Day Care Unit. Services are provided by candidates will be skilled therapists and a team of Hospice volunteers assessed on an support the team daily. Students will be able to observe individual basis. the day to day functioning of the Day Hospice and observe the activities available for patients. All application forms will be vetted. The demand for placements in the Hospice Day Patient Unit is high and applications are welcome from those Minimum 8 weeks students who will be applying to University for a career in between applying Nursing or other relevant degree. and dates required. There may be areas that are too sensitive where students will not be permitted and all visits are subject to patient consent. Business Management Students will be able to shadow certain aspects of the 16+ Placement restricted Retford Hospital Business Manager’s role and gain an insight into service to students who live development and transformation, contracting, in the Bassetlaw implementation of divisional and national strategies, area and attend planning performance and quality monitoring and local schools and development and implementation of business plans. colleges in Notts. Minimum 8 weeks Directory of Work Experience Placements – Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust between applying and dates required. Children’s Services The Health Visiting and School Nursing service provide 16+ Placement restricted 1-5 days 5/Yr Retford Hospital universal health services to children and families within to students who live the home and within a variety of community settings in the Bassetlaw including schools, children’s centres and clinics. The area and attend healthy child programme is the core offer which is local schools and delivered to families from the antenatal period until the colleges in Notts. child reaches the age of nineteen. Practitioners work with Minimum 8 weeks families to enable children to get the best start in life and between applying to offer early intervention and support where need is and dates required. identified. The demand for placements with the Children’s Services is extremely high and applications will be closely vetted and limited to those students applying to University for Child Branch Nursing. Community Nursing Team The Community Nursing Team is comprised of highly 16+ Placement restricted 1-5 days 7/Yr Adult Nursing skilled specialist nurses, providing holistic care to the to students who live Watson Road housebound population of Bassetlaw, including local in the Bassetlaw Worksop residential homes. Services are provided by District area and attend Notts Nurses, Community Staff Nurses and Health Care local schools and S80 2BH Support Workers, dependant on the level of patient need. colleges in Notts. Minimum 8 weeks Although not an exhaustive list, the Nursing Services between applying provided include:- and dates required. • Palliative Care and support to patients and carers. • End of Life Care • Wound Care • Pressure Ulcer Care Prevention and Management • Assessment for Specialist Nursing Equipment • Continence assessments • Long Term Condition Reviews • Diabetic Management • Venepuncture • Continuing Health Care Assessments Directory of Work Experience Placements