Internal training provision

We offer a wide range of study days/courses for qualified nurses, health care assistants, allied health professionals and midwives. Our courses are facilitated by our staff members and facilitators from City University. Most courses are run on-site in our multi-purpose education centre.

The following courses run throughout the year:

• Health and safety courses: including conflict resolution training, infection control, manual handling and health & safety awareness updates
• Nursing professional development courses: including cardiac workshops, blood management courses, male and female catheterisation and mentorship updates
• Clinical skills development courses: including IV cannulation and Phlebotomy, IV Medication, Fluid Balance, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Male/Female Catheterisation, Measuring Vital Signs, Assessment of Clients in their Home, Central Venous Pressure Monitoring, Tracheostomy Care
• Health care assistant development: including introductory courses in infection control and continence/tissue viability
• Midwifery training and professional development: including drills and skills, and haemoglobinopathies in relation to midwifery courses
• Mandatory training days: every month which will include infection control, blood transfusion, medicine management, mentorship updates, some manual handling. After Christmas this will also include fire training and health and safety updates. Coming soon - mandatory training passports are being developed for ALL staff. The trainer to sign your passport as evidence of your attendance 
• Resuscitation Training   

• Simulation training: using Patient Simulators in healthcare education allows us to create a safe and realistic learning environment. Manage realistic scenarios without the risk of causing harm to patients, simulate everyday situations, re-create untoward incidents to learn from them or allow you to experience scenarios that do not occur frequently or ‘on demand’ in practice. By working through scenarios with your professional colleagues your assessment, communication, team working, management and problem solving skills will improve in a safe environment. 

We constantly monitor the courses that we run for our staff members and act upon the information provided to us. Over the last year, we have introduced a range of new courses to meet the changing demands placed on health care professionals.

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University opportunities

In line with our commitment to providing continuing professional development, our staff have the opportunity to study at City University, our main contract provider for external training.

Modules can be taken on a stand alone basis to directly address specific KSF development needs, or can be combined and accumulated to form a BSc, postgraduate diploma or masters degree qualification. (Please note this does need to be relevant to current role and responsibilities and personal development plans).   

Staff wishing to apply to City University must seek support from their line manager before it can be authorised by nursing education department. All staff are offered support throughout the application process.

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Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are nationally-designed programmes, tailored for full-time employees. They aim to give employees the opportunity to:

• gain vocational, work-based qualifications (QCF, Technical Certificate and Functional skills including numeracy and literacy)
• learn and enhance practical job skills and knowledge, related to specific work roles
• progress within specific careers and educational pathways

Apprenticeships normally last from 12 months - 4 years, depending on the type of programme. 

Apprenticeships we offer:

• health and social care
• business and administration
• support services in healthcare
• estates maintenance

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Pre-registration education

We ensure the provision of practice opportunities for pre-registration nursing students within the Trust.

We implement initiatives aimed at developing and enhancing the quality of nursing students, and we promote and participate in inter-professional learning for students.

We identify, monitor and create learning opportunities and experiences in the practice area; ensuring that practice areas are adequately prepared, supported and resourced to manage students allocated to them.

We identify and expand new placement areas, experience opportunities and negotiate with ward managers to ensure best possible placements within their areas.

Students are provided with a lot of unique opportunities:

• High quality placements, using Hub and Spoke, which helps students gain better practical skills enabling them to provide safe and adequate care to patients. It also helps them in their choice of selecting the community of practice they wish to be placed for training.
• Practical sessions offered, including OSCE preparation, vital signs training, CPR training, EPR training, interview techniques, and weekly teaching sessions by various clinical nurse specialists.
• Induction and reflective sessions. Support is also given to our seconded students on a six-monthly, or as needed, basis to monitor their progress.
• Staff are also given support on mentoring students; annual in-house mentorship update is provided, mentors also have a quarterly forum where they are given guidance and support with students issues.

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