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.

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

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, Faraday, Nightingale, Elizabeth, Brecken & Curie 

St Barts Hospital - 3A & ACCU

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

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

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

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

Suitable for staff without previous training on Venepuncture and Cannulation

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

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.

Capital Nurse Module (IV Therapy)

The Capital Nurse Module is e-learning version to enable health care professionals to either upskill or refresh your knowledge and skills in IV Theory.

 The content of the e-learning is aimed at health care professionals from adult or paediatric fields of nursing, midwifery, and other allied health professionals, whose role requires the administration of intravenous medication for patients.

 This programme of e-learning provides the full curriculum and is the preferred route to access the learning required for the passport.

To access the e-learning follow the link e-LfH Hub. 

To record your learning for IV Therapy, remember to register with e-LfH.

For further information or to access Step 3 IV Practice Learning and Assessment document (IV PLAD) visit IV therapy passport.

For Pump Training, the medical devices team has developed training videos available on the Trust Website:

https://weshare.bartshealth.nhs.uk/medical-device-training

In order to become IV therapy competent you are expected to complete all the e-learning​ modules+IV Practice Learning and Assessment document+Pumps competence documents.

For more information please contact ana.santos12@nhs.net.

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.

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.

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.

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 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

The higher development programme aims to build on the expansion of the existing Health Care support workers, who have already completed the Care Certificate, and to increase their awareness and improve patient experience for effective patient outcomes. This is a continuing professional development programme to equip the HCSWs with knowledge skills and behaviors to effectively provide safe and compassionate care. More importantly this programme gives the participants the opportunity to proficiently undertake Enhanced Care to patients who require closer monitoring or those patients who are at risk of harm to self or others.

Additionally, this programme will provide the HCSWs with the opportunity to undertake and lead a Quality Improvement project in their service clinical areas.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

• 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

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.

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).

Caring for children with tracheostomy or non invasive ventilation

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 

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.

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.

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

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/