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

Please log into Moodle https://education.bartshealth.nhs.uk/moodlelive for all Acute Care Skills course pre-reading, modules & e-learning and resources

Designed for clinical staff working within Enhanced care units 1.5 or level 2/3 areas: non-paediatric nursing, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, medics

PRE-COURSE WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE - select More Info tab for Moodle link

 The course is broken into two components; the first component includes an e-learning package that must be completed prior to attending the practical half day session. The e-learning package will include resources on vascular anatomy, advantages & disadvantages, complications, management of invasive lines, and relevant articles.

The practical session of this course is conducted in the medical simulation centres and will enable staff to practice using invasive lines and transducer sets. To conclude the practical session scenarios will be discussed and analysed where complications, trouble shooting and escalations has occurred.

The SIREN course teaches adult 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

Please log into Moodle https://education.bartshealth.nhs.uk/moodlelive for all Acute Care Skills course pre-reading, modules & e-learning and resources

Designed for clinical staff: non-paediatric nursing, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational Therapists, Physician Associates, Apprentice AHP’s, Advanced Practice Practitioners, medical Practitioners

PRE-COURSE WORK MUST BE COMPLETED BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE - select More Info tab for Moodle link

The course is broken into two components; the first component includes an e-learning package that must be completed prior to attending the practical half day session. The e-learning package will include resources on responsibilities of healthcare workers when delivering oxygen, oxygen escalation scales, precautions, oxygen device information, pathophysiology of hypoxia, and relevant articles.

The practical session of this course is conducted in the medical simulation centres and will enable staff to practice and increase their confidence in using different oxygen devices including HFOT. Participants will receive advanced HFOT train the trainer teaching that will equipped them to teach other members of staff within their speciality areas. The course will be concluded by discussing common oxygen scenarios and interventions.

Registered Practitioners assessing Bands 2-4 to complete the Care Certificate

These workshops will give assessors the tools they need to assess healthcare support workers who have engaged with the care certificate programme.

Professionally registered healthcare practitioners (including preceptees), designated assistant practitioners and health care support workers who will be undertaking peripheral Cannulation and Venepuncture/Phlebotomy.

This one day interactive workshop will teach you about cannulation and venepuncture.

Suitable for staff without previous training on Venepuncture and Cannulation.

 Mandatory V&C e-learning

Staff must complete the cannulation and venepuncture e-learning before booking/attending the session.

Please bring evidence of completing both modules to the face to face session.

 Cannulation e-learning:

You will need to create an account the first time you access it and include your NHS Trust, Job Title & Clinical Area as a mandatory field.

Access via this link : https://bbraunmedical.mylearningapp.com/login/signup.php

Once registration is completed, the system will ask you for enrolment key. Please use: Barts2021

 Venepuncture e-learning:

You will need to create an account the first time you access it. The Training consists of 8 modules, you must complete, and you need to achieve an overall score of 70%.

 Access via this link: 

 https://bd.elmg.net/?rc=621a9a4f7e23e646a93d0336e3072dbf

It is mandatory to read all the information in the ‘more information/pre-course work and resources’ section prior to attending the course. Candidates not completing all the required pre-course work will not be permitted into the session.

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

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.

Covid 19- Leading in NUH ICU during Pandemic

NUH ICU and Education Academy is offering  an Interactive session providing excellent opportunity to explore your feelings as leaders during pandemic. Also will include Psychological PPE, Blood Transfusion safety and DKA 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.

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.

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

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

Please note:  We are piloting a new paperless attendance system. Please download the "CATQR" App from your chosen App store prior to attending this session. You will also require your Profile ID number to link your account.

 Using the App is not mandatory, however electronic registration on the day is.

Alternative eLearning Module

 Staff can now complete their basic fire safety training online by clicking the link below:

https://learning.bartshealth.nhs.uk/#/login (Please have your Profile ID to hand to log in)

 From here, select your Job Role, then Statutory and Mandatory Training, Essential Training, and then Fire Safety

Please note that staff at Newham University Hospital at Band 6 and above (plus band 5 clinical staff) need to attend a Fire Warden training session.

Please note below face to face training dates at West Wing Conference Suite at SBH is ONLY for staff that work at SBH.

All other staff should at this present time complete the Fire e-learning module as mentioned above

Fire Wardens Training (Non Clincal)

An advanced face to face training session, which also covers elements of Site Based training. training items to include:

1) Importance of fire compartmentation

2)Evactuation principles/strategies

3) Hazard spotting

Specific fire evacuation strategies will also be covered such as Personnel Evacuation Plans, Fire Warden Check Lists.

Note: this session is for Non-clinical staff Only. Please wear appropriate clothing as there are practical elements to the training.

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

Inaugural ACP Conference

Join our Barts health Inaugural Advancing Practice conference, which is being held online as a virtual event due to the on-going COVID 19 Pandemic.

This collaborative virtual  event, is taking place on Wednesday the 12th of May and will bring together practitioners, educators,  and  researchers  from a wide range of backgrounds and experience to share best practice, co-create, network and to hear the latest news about how advanced practice is helping to deliver the national and local healthcare agenda.

Provisional conference schedule

• National and London Update
• Overview from ED
• ACP career pathway
• New supervision guidelines/supervision update
• Sharing ACP research
• ACP leadership Development

ACP Preceptorship

Intravenous Infusion Therapy and IVT Drug Calculation Workshop

This IVT Moodle webpage is to provide registered practitioners the information required on how to access and complete the Capital Nurse IVT e-assessment and e-passport on the Health Education for England e-LfH website.

It will in addition, provide Drug Calculation Workshop is suitable for all registered practitioners who administer medicines via intravenous route in their clinical practice. The workshop intends to support registered practitioners who require support or further help with the mathematical contents involved in drug calculations.

The aim of the workshop is to improve the drug-dosage calculation skills and knowledge of our registered practitioners with a view of  promoting safety in IV drugs administration in clinical practice.

Medicine Management Policy Launch

Trust wide Medicine quality and safety workshop aims to focus on increasing awareness of updated medicines management policy, and work on competencies, SI’s, case studies and learning from incidents.

On the below dates we aim to Launch the updated Medicines Management policy 2021.

 As it is a huge document, this 4 week series will cover various components of  Medicines management policy, key changes and its implication to practice which will make this more relevant and relatable and interactive

Please join virtually, via MS Teams.

• 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

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

NON MEDICAL PRESCRIBER FORUM

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 Diabetes Study Day

Full day study day on how to manage a newly diagnosed child or young person in an acute ward

Suitable for - Children's Nurses

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to meet the MDT
• Understand what is Diabetes and its management.
• Understand the nursing management of DKA
• How to use the meter and pump devices on the ward
• How to manage a hypoglycaemia as per local guidelines 
• How to manage a hyperglycaemia as per local guidelines 
• How to do carb counting on the ward.
• To understand the emotional impact on the child or young person and their family/carer from a Psychologist and parent vie. 

Paediatric Pain and Diabetes Management – update for experience nurse

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  2 Yearly Update (Must previously attended a full day session)

Update current knowledge and skills in Diabetes Management within acute settings. Practical and written based workshop including pump session, refresher on carb counting and discussion on Datixs.

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

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) were implemented in September 2019.

These standards describe the principles of learner supervision and assessment in practice, including the responsibilities of the practice assessor and preparation for the role of a practice assessor.

This training is aimed at any registered Nurse, Midwife or AHP that will be supporting any undergraduate learners.

Please note: you must complete all e-learning sections via the Barts Health moodle page. Please bring the certificates of completion to the face-to-face session.

Raise awareness of PREVENT.

 How to spot the signs of exploitation/radicalisation.

 How to make a referral.

Suitable for all Clinical Staff

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.

To enable staff who currently do not work in frontline clinical roles and registered nurses returning to practice to restore skills and confidence to work in an in-patient ward area in the capacity of a band 5 staff nurse.

This is a full day course which will discuss the below topics (course open to all staff)

 -Safeguarding including Self-neglect and Hoarding

-PREVENT

-Mental Capacity Act

-Changes from Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DOLS) to Liberty protection safeguards (LPS)

Alternative eLearning Module

Please click on the link below to do the Safeguarding Adults Level 3 training e-learning;

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/level-3-safeguarding-adults

 IMPORTANT - Please email your completion to statandmand.bartshealth@nhs.net or your record will not update.

An inspirational and educational day which offers delegates the opportunity to feel more confident in using therapeutic engagement skills when working with people living with dementia or experiencing a delirium

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

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/