
ACS: Acute Care Training in Simulation
Please note, you must have attended REACT and SIREN prior to booking on this course
This course is conducted in the medical simulation centre and will enable staff to practice their acute care skills in a simulated ward environment. Participants will receive feedback from observers, other team members and video cameras, to assist improvement of knowledge and skills alongside an exploration of human factors such as communication, leadership and situational awareness. Commonly occurring deterioration scenarios are addressed.
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ACS: Advanced Tracheostomy Course
A one day advanced course for staff on designated adult ward areas that care for patients with tracheostomies on a regular basis. Candidates will build upon knowledge learnt on the foundation tracheostomy course, learning skills and knowledge around pharmacological management, impact of tracheostomy on speech and swallowing, tracheostomy weaning, community management and practical skills of changing a tracheostomy.
PLEASE NOTE: 'All candidates must complete the Barts Foundation Tracheostomy course prior to booking onto this course'
There is pre-reading required - MUST BE DONE BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE
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ACS: Foundation Tracheostomy Course
PLEASE NOTE THIS COURSE IS ONLY FOR THOSE STAFF THAT CARE FOR TRACHEOSTOMY PATIENTS
Staff who are caring for adult patients with a tracheostomy, with up-to-date practical skills and knowledge to ensure patient safety and best practice. Skills stations cover care of the tracheostomy, resuscitation, emergency tube change and suctioning.
list of the ward areas that care for Tracheostomy patients:
Royal London Hospital - 12D, 12E, 12F, 13E, 13F, 3E, RHDU, ACCU, A&E & Recovery
Newham Hospital - ITU, Stratford Ward, Heather Ward, East Ham
Whipps Cross Hospital - ITU, Peace Ward, AAU, Primrose, Recovery, Rowan, Margaret, A&E & Poplar
St Barts Hospital - 3A & ACCU
There is pre-reading required - MUST BE DONE BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE
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ACS: Leads
To build upon knowledge and skills required to manage acute deterioration in adult patients. Participants are senior nursing staff (Bands 6-7) and are encouraged to employ leadership and active followership skills during the management of the unwell patient. This is a 2 day course with a summative OSCE for course assessment.
There is pre-reading required - MUST BE DONE BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE
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ACS: React
React is a three day course which focuses on assessment, clinical skills, decision-making and treatment planning to prevent or manage deterioration and improve patient outcome through early intervention.
Pathophysiology of common disease processes that underlie patient deterioration are reviewed. Skills for assessment, monitoring and management are examined.
There is pre-reading required - MUST BE DONE BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE
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ACS: Siren
The SIREN course teaches nursing staff how to anticipate, recognise and prevent critical illness at an early stage. A structured approach to assessment is undertaken to permit appropriate action in treating the acutely unwell. Communication training using the SBAR tool is covered. There is an assessable OSCE which reviews recognition, assessment and communication.
There is pre-reading required - MUST BE DONE BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE
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Adult General Pain, PCA and Epidural (SBH/RLH only)Study Day
All staff are expected to attend the morning, only those who work in areas which take epidurals are expected to stay for the afternoon
Theoretical and practical aspects of general pain management, pain assessment, multimodal analgesia and Epidural delivery.
Please note that the attached Epidural Workbook that needs to be completed before attending the course.
Please be aware you will not be permitted to attend if this has not been completed as the completion of the workbook is compulsory!

BH Paediatric Venepuncture & Cannulation Training
Learn a safe, methodical approach to undertaking peripheral intravenous Cannulation and Venepuncture of children (under age of 16).
Mandatory to read all the information in the more information/pre-course work and resources prior to attend the course. Candidates not completing all the required pre-course work will not be permitted into the session.

BH Venepuncture & Cannulation (Adults)
This one day interactive workshop will teach you about IV cannulation and Venepuncture.
Suitable for staff without previous training on Venepuncture and Cannulation
Note:
- Tuesday 27th August - AM session (0845 – 1300) – Room 2, Alan Naftalin centre, NUH (15 attendees) – specifically for NUH staff
- Tuesday 27th August - AM session (1330 – 1630) – Room 3, Alan Naftalin centre, NUH (15 attendees) – specifically for NUH staff
Do not book onto these two dates if you are not based at NUH
Mandatory to read all the information in the more information/pre-course work and resources prior to attend the course. Candidates not completing all the required pre-course work will not be permitted into the session.

BH Venepuncture & Cannulation Train the Trainer
Aimed at healthcare practitioners that undertake the role of assessor/supervisor such as PDNs; clinical assessors; mentors; experienced phlebotomists and preceptors.
Mandatory to read all the information in the more information/pre-course work and resources prior to attend the course. Candidates not completing all the required pre-course work will not be permitted into the session.

BH Venepuncture & Cannulation Training for Bart’s Health Nursing Students
Suitable for Bart’s Health 3rd year placement nursing students of the Adult Branch (LSBU; City; Middlesex and Greenwich Universities) ONLY - If you are not in this group your booking will be cancelled.
Mandatory to read all the information in the more information/pre-course work and resources prior to attend the course. Candidates not completing all the required pre-course work will not be permitted into the session.
-Cannulation e-learning:
Please complete the Cannulation workbook that is attached to the course invitation email. Bring the completed booklet to your study day.

BH Venepuncture & Cannulation Workshop
Tailor Made session aimed at healthcare professionals who feel the need for more practice or refresh their knowledge and skills of peripheral IV Cannulation and Venepuncture/Phlebotomy.
- Not suitable for staff that have no previous training on Venepuncture and Cannulation
Mandatory to read all the information in the more information/pre-course work and resources prior to attend the course. Candidates not completing all the required pre-course work will not be permitted into the session.

BH Venepuncture only (Adult)
Mandatory to read all the information in the more information/pre-course work and resources prior to attend the course. Candidates not completing all the required pre-course work will not be permitted into the session.

Blood Transfusion
Transfusion training is a core element of statutory and mandatory training for all staff involved in the transfusion process.

Career Development Programme (Bands 2-8 Clinical and Non-Clinical staff)
Career Development Programme. Each cohort member participates in a series of three workshops on Personal Effectiveness
Purpose of the course:
- To Boost self-awareness, resourcefulness and life/career progress
- To create own path to success
- To excel in interviews, presentations – and succeed at jobs/opportunities.

Career Development programme for Femal & BME Clinical and non Clinical Staff
A series of three practical and motivational personal and career development workshops to help Barts Health staff to:
- Boost confidence, strengths, raise awareness and aspirations
- Identify and develop career aspirations, plan and strategies
- Build job application, interview and presentation skills.
This facilitated empowering programme is designed to raise the confidence, aspirations and attainment among female and Black Minority Ethnic (BME) staff at Barts Health.
Clinical Update: Fire Evacuation Warden Training
This course is for all clinical staff. All attendees will be trained as clinical evacuation fire wardens.
The course covers the following areas:
- Clinical fire evacuation warden duties and responsibilities (Pre, during and Post event),
- Fire theory
- Fire Extinguishers

Clinical Update: Moving & Handling
This course aims to set high standards of care during patient moving and handling, improving our patients experience, dignity and safety whilst ensuring that staff comply with legal and professional requirements.
NB: Suitable clothing and shoes must be worn for practical sessions (shoes must be flat and cover toes, no flip flops). For Health & Safety reasons delegates will not be permitted into the session without appropriate footwear

Delivering Quality Care at End of Life
A study day to explore how we support our patients, their families and ourselves when delivering end of life care.

Dementia and Delirium Training
Three Day Dementia and Delirium Training Course.
Training is being provided to ensure staff have an in depth knowledge of the needs of individuals living with dementia and delirium in hospital. Staff are required to attend all three days of the programme.
Day one will cover - Understanding patients living with dementia and delirium,
as well as Simulation and Communication.
Day two will cover – Legal aspects – DOLs/MCA and Physical Health.
Day three will cover – Implementation of positive change in practise.

Dementia Leadership
A 4 day specialist training course aimed at Band 6 and above clinical staff which focuses on empowering leaders to implement person centred dementia care. It is provided by external facilitators and includes contributions from people living with dementia and carers. It will incorporate project work to support participants in implementing and managing change in their area.

Educator Development Programme
The Overall Aim of the Programme
The art and value of effective facilitation
Understanding processes including needs assessment, establishing aims and objectives and evaluation
Planning and preparing workshops
Meeting the needs of participants through a range of participatory facilitation techniques
Dealing with challenges and challenging behaviour
The use of facilitation skills
Enable participants to start debriefing with an understanding of some human factors theory and debriefing frameworks.
Assisting teaching using simulation based techniques.

Essential Contraception for Midwives
This important course has been designed at a basic level of teaching to help reach Midwives from a range of backgrounds. Essential Contraception for Midwives is an interactive course for midwives produced by the FSRH using current standards and practice and has been quality-assured. The approaches taken are evidence based where possible with the aim of improving clinical practice. Essential Contraception for Midwives is a basic level course, tailored to the needs of midwives working in a variety of settings. It is not a competency-based course and it is not assessed.
Please find time to look at https://www.fpa.org.uk/resources/leaflet-and-booklet-downloads, before attending the course to see some leaflets on contraception. Please download and bring a copy of Your Guide to Contraception and Your Guide to Contraceptive Choices - After a Baby

Fire
This course is applicable to all staff and will cover the following:
- The theory of Fire
- Fire fighting equipment and how to use it
- Fire Safety
- Action to take in the event of a Fire

Fundamentals of Care: Band 6 Clinical Leadership and Management Programme
This programme is aimed at developing our Band 6 nursing, midwifery and Allied Health Professionals (AHP) colleagues and has been designed based on the feedback received from staff and management in clinical areas across Barts Health. The programme has been mapped against the nine domains of NHS Leadership Academy’s Health Care Leadership Model and has a strong focus in the Trust’s expectations of fulfilling the Bands 6 nursing, midwifery and AHP role
HCSW Forum
To discuss up dates on what’s happening at Barts Health NHS Trust
Information on career and development pathways for Bands 1-4 including HEI partners
Learning and development opportunities provided by specialist within the Trust
Individual experience and opportunity to learn from each other.

Intravenous Therapy
Please Note: Baxter pumps are for WXH staff only- if Baxter pump training is required please select training dates at Whipps Cross site Only

Leading Care: Building Image and Influence
This module is designed to help participants consider how the way they present themselves can effect their ability have impact and influence within and outside their team. They are invited to explore the ideas of writers like Steven Covey and others in developing their own personal style and includes a range of tools and exercises on order to do this

Leading Care: Critical Thinking
This module invites you to consider how well you are able to think critically and evaluate options in everyday situations that you face in the work place. You are invited to consider the habits of critical thinkers and how critical thinking was used effectively in challenging situations. It includes a range of activities and scenarios in order to develop your ability to think critically.

Leading Care: Efficiency & Effectiveness
Putting it all together! This should be the last module that you complete as it challenges you to put everything together by completing a group exercise that will call upon the knowledge that you have assimilated throughout the programme.

Leading Care: Emotional Intelligence
You are invited to consider what emotional intelligence is and isn't. This includes critically exploring the work of Goleman and Joshua Friedman, evaluating the roles of trust and rapport in developing team emotional effectiveness, active listening and resilience.

Leading Care: High Performing Teams
Participants are introduced to the importance of team effectiveness and the concepts shared values, pseudo teams v real teams, giving and receiving feedback and inspiring shared purpose as ways of leading and developing high performing teams. They will also explore leadership styles and evaluate their effectiveness

Leading Care: Holding Self and Others to Account
Accountability is considered from a personal perspective and participants are challenged to consider their role in holding others to account whilst continuing to lead with compassion. It introduce the use of coaching models to facilitate discussions with team members and considers the importance of recognition.

Leading Care: Infomatics & Digital Health
Like many organisations Barts Health is becoming increasingly dependent on the use of technology. It allows participants to explore the new innovations we can expect to see in the coming years, evaluate the challenges and risks that digitising health can bring and explore innovations already introduced to enhance care and and our ability to lead care.

Leading Care: Managing Self
Explore your Leadership styles and the importance of taking care of yourself as a leader. This module combines discussion with a series interactive activities and self assessment activities to help you understand the qualities of a leader.

Leading Care: Quality Improvement and Change
This module provides an introduction to the Institute for Healthcare Improvements model for improvement. It uses a range of exercises and activities to give participants an understanding of the practical skills required to deliver change and improve care quality.

Leading Care: Quality of Care
This module gives you the opportunity to explore the clinical leaders key role in ensuring high levels of quality in the delivery of care. The module uses a mix of role play, scenarios, discussion and presentations to consider the challenges of organising care, monitoring standards and addressing poor standards. A range of tools are introduced to participants.

Me First
Me First aims to improve health outcomes for children and young people by enhancing the knowledge, skills and confidence of healthcare professional in communicating with children and young people.

Moving & Handling - Spinal Injured Patient
- This course is intended for all staff (nurses, doctors, allied health professionals) who work with neurological patients who have sustained a spinal cord injury.
- This course aims to provide specialist moving and handling advice on how undertake a log roll technique for a spinal injured patient. The purpose of the log roll is to maintain alignment of the whole spine while turning and moving a patient with a spinal injury. Information regarding the national care guidelines will be provided.
- Demonstration and practical hands on practice with specialist equipment will be provided. This training will form part of your statutory mandatory training when you attend the full day.
NB: Suitable clothing and shoes must be worn for practical sessions (shoes must be flat and cover toes, no flip flops). For Health & Safety reasons delegates will not be permitted into the session without appropriate footwear
Moving & Handling Link Worker (2 Day Training)
This course is an excellent development opportunity for both qualified staff and health care support workers. Your link workers will help you to build best practice for patient safety and dignity during handling, as well as promote staff safety and wellbeing.
NB: Suitable clothing and shoes must be worn for practical sessions (shoes must be flat and cover toes, no flip flops). For Health & Safety reasons delegates will not be permitted into the session without appropriate footwear

Moving and Handling: Therapeutic Training
Specialist moving and handling for Occupational therapists and Physiotherapist
- Course recommended for: Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist , Therapy assistants.
- This course aims to provide specific specialist moving and handling advice for manual and therapeutic handling risks faced by therapists in challenging handling situations. Demonstration and practical hands on practice with specialist equipment will be provided. This training will form part of your statutory mandatory training.
NB: Suitable clothing and shoes must be worn for practical sessions (shoes must be flat and cover toes, no flip flops). For Health & Safety reasons delegates will not be permitted into the session without appropriate footwear
NMC Annual Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor update’
Effective mentoring within the clinical area is essential to provide vital support in the development and assessment of learners as well as assuring the Trust that mentors are competent and safe to assess students in the clinical area. To continue to assessing students, mentors must attend an annual mentor update.

NMC Revalidation for Nurses & Midwives
Revalidation is the process that all nurses and midwives in the UK and nursing associates in England will need to follow to maintain their registration with the NMC.

NMC Supervisor training for apprenticeship nursing associates
An apprenticeship nursing associate (ANA) is a new role being introduced by the government to sit alongside existing nursing care support workers and registered nurses to deliver hands-on care for patients. The ANA will be able to deliver care in a range of settings in primary, secondary, community and social care, to work across a range of population groups and health and wellbeing conditions to a defined level of competence.
The government has made the decision that the Apprenticeship Nursing Associate (ANA) role will be regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC). An Apprenticeship Nursing Associate (ANA), upon successful completion of the two-year programme, will be on the NMC register as an Apprenticeship Nursing Associate (ANA).

NON MEDICAL PRESCRIBER FORUM 2019
Overall Aims
- To provide a forum for all non-medical prescribers and trainees to network and share issues, developments audit and practice
- To provide CPD updates relating to prescribing practice, legislations and trust policies and procedures
Learning Outcomes
- Awareness in current legislation and National / regional/ local developments for non-medical prescribing
- Aware of trusts developments for non-medical prescribers including policies and procedures
- Update CPD for non-medical prescribing with a specific focus on implications and impact of co morbidities for NMPs
- Networking and Sharing Practice
- Awareness of CPD resources and development
Participants
All Bart’s Health Non-Medical prescribers
All Bart’s Health staff currently undertaking non-medical prescribing courses
Managers / Clinical team leaders wishing to learn more about non-medical prescribing or considering introduction

Non-Medical Prescriber Conference
Annual Conference for all non medical prescribers and trainees.
Overall Aims
- To provide a forum for all non-medical prescribers and trainees to network and share issues, developments audit and practice
- To provide CPD updates relating to prescribing practice, legislations and trust policies and procedures
Learning Outcomes
- Awareness in current legislation and National / regional/ local developments for non-medical prescribing
- Aware of trusts developments for non-medical prescribers including policies and procedures
- Update CPD for non-medical prescribing with a specific focus on implications and impact of co morbidities for NMPs
- Networking and Sharing Practice
- Awareness of CPD resources and development
Participants
All Bart’s Health Non-Medical prescribers
All Bart’s Health staff currently undertaking non-medical prescribing courses
Managers / Clinical team leaders wishing to learn more about non-medical prescribing or considering introduction

Paediatric Pain Management (without epidural)
This half day course includes PCA/NCA training, pain guidelines and updates on current pain issues as well as entonox training.

Paediatric Pain Management - update for experienced nurses’
AM: 9:00-14:00 Paediatric Pain Management update for experienced nurses, includes epidural training 9:00-10:30 and PCA/NCA, Entonox, Pain guidelines training 10:30 - 14:00. Nurses who don't require epidural training can attend the sessions from 10:30 - 14:00. Nurses who are new to the Trust and/or are not experienced in caring for children with epidural / PCA/NCA can be booked on the preceptorship pain study day (please contact the PDNs) or please contact the Pain CNSs to discuss specific requirements.
PM: 14:00-17:00 Paediatric Diabetes Training


Paediatric Winter Illness study day inc. CPAP and Humidified High Flow Therapy (HHFT)
- To provide a baseline or refresher for staff on common winter illnesses in paediatric patients
- To reinforce the structured systematic assessment approach to nursing
- To highlight respiratory infection prevention and control measures over the winter period
- To enable staff to refresh themselves on key pieces of equipment used primarily in the winter period.

Post Falls Management Workshop
This half day workshop will enable delegates to develop appropriate Moving and Handling techniques for themselves and the patient following a patient fall. Delegates will also have the opportunity to review their clinical post fall care in a simulation area.
NB: Suitable clothing and shoes must be worn for practical sessions (shoes must be flat and cover toes, no flip flops). For Health & Safety reasons delegates will not be permitted into the session without appropriate footwear

Practical speech therapy skills for paediatric nurses
To provide paediatric nurses will core knowledge and practical skills to support children with feeding, swallowing and communication impairments during hospital admissions.

Practice Assessor training to support undergraduate/student nurses
The new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) are commencing from September 2019.
This training is for registered Nurses, Midwives and AHPs that have been a Practice Supervisor for more than six months and will be supporting any undergraduate student nurse.
Please note: you must complete the e-learning before attending the face-to-face session (https://plplg.uk/e-learning-resources/).
Please note: you must have been a Practice Supervisor for six months or more.

Practice Supervisor training to support undergraduate learners
The new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) are commencing from September 2019.
This training is for registered Nurses, Midwives and AHPs that will be supporting any undergraduate learners.

Principles of Cancer Care
Your participation on this three-day course will improve your knowledge and understanding of cancer, enabling you to care for and communicate more effectively and confidently with cancer patients.
This course is for practitioners who are working in general settings, including community and hospices, who meet patients being investigated, diagnosed and treated for cancer.

Ready Steady Go and Hello to Adult Services Programme – Roll out
To support with the rollout of the NICE accredited programme

Risk Assessment and Incident Management training
1 hour presentation taking delegates through legislative requirements, what is deemed suitable and sufficient, and what to do when risk assessments have been written. How to ensure correct details of incidents are recorded

Safeguarding Adults Level 3
In line with the intercollegiate document it is now mandatory for staff to complete 8 hours safeguarding training which is to be renewed every 3 years.
PLEASE NOTE - This training is aimed at staff who work in Band 7 and above roles including therapists, Nurses and Doctors.
This full day session discusses
-Safeguarding (including domestic abuse, modern slavery and self-neglect)
-PREVENT
-MCA
-DoLS (Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards)

Safeguarding Children Level 3
StatMand Safeguarding Children Training for those needing Level 3
Please note sessions held at Mile End Hospital are for Community Based Staff ONLY.

Spinal Study Day
Increase nurses awareness and knowledge about spinal conditions
Optimise nursing care for patients with spinal conditions
Optimise nursing care in patients with cord injury
Nurses only (All Bands)

Understanding End of Life Care for HCSW
This course is specifically for HCSW and will improve knowledge, skills and confidence when dealing with end of life care.

We Can Talk Children and Young People Mental Health training
This training has been developed directly in response to the views, experiences and needs of young people and healthcare workers.
It was developed with funding by Health Education England at Barts Health NHS Trust in collaboration with the Common Room, the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC) and Healthy Teen Minds.
It has been developed by a partnership between young people and adults with lived experience of mental health difficulties, health care professionals and mental health professionals.
Healthcare workers often report that they feel they lack the knowledge, skills and confidence to support young people with mental health problem.

Workshop – Preparation for the FSRH Letter of competence in Subdermal Techniques (insertion only)
Providing a first step to support doctors and midwives working in maternity services and doctors and nurses working in abortion services who are embarking on their journey towards gaining the FSRH Letter of competence in Subdermal Techniques (insertion only)
Improving clinical practice to enable these professionals to follow current best practice guidelines.
The following online training MUST be completed before the study day
1. FSRH Contraceptive counselling course https://www.fsrh.org/education-and-training/fsrh-contraceptive-counselling-online-course/