“SIMTRACH” is an educational package for therapy staff designed to explore the technical skills, safety related behaviours and non-technical aspects of tracheostomy care in the acute setting.

REACT is a three day course designed for adult nurses, focusing 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.

Pre course reading and MCQ are mandatory  and MUST BE DONE BEFORE ATTENDING THE COURSE. Staff who do not meet these pre course requirements will be refused attendance.

Staff are assessed through a written paper and must achieve a score of 70% or above to pass.

Please log into Moodle for all Acute Care Skills course pre-reading, modules & e-learning and resources.

All bookings can be done via our new booking system: Barts Health Course Bookings

Adult Pain Study Day (SBH/RLH only)

THIS STUDY DAY IS ONLY FOR STAFF AT THE ROYAL LONDON AND ST. BARTS HOSPITAL - IF YOU WORK AT NEWHAM OR WHIPPS CROSS PLEASE CONTACT THEIR RESPECTIVE PAIN TEAMS.

-         Theoretical and practical aspects of general pain management and assessment

-         Multimodal analgesia and pharmacology

-         Management of PCA, epidural, and regional anaesthesia

All staff are expected to attend the morning. Only those who work in areas which take epidurals or regional blocks are expected to stay for the afternoon.

All new staff should attend face to face training when available, and those who have not done training for more than 3 years.

Staff who have already attended this study day can use the pain e-learning modules accessed via the education academy learning portal to refresh their knowledge.

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.

Barts Health Musculoskeletal health in the Workplace Virtual Conference 2023

 22nd November 2023  - Time: 10.00-12.30 ONLINE

The Moving & Handling Ergonomics Service in conjunction with The Education Academy are offering, for FREE:

A comprehensive evaluation of the MSK risks and what people can do to reduce their MSK risk & issues.

Posturite Display Screen Equipment Session with information on how to avoid backpain plus how to set up your computer work station.

Breathing for grounding and resilience workshop

Feedback of the 2023 Moving & handling audit results

Quizzes and prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place

Bookings are essential for entry!

To book on please follow the link: https://booking.bartshealth.nhs.uk/courses/detail?id=1092

Bookings for this course is done on our new booking system - 

https://booking.bartshealth.nhs.uk/courses/detail?id=1015

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.

Professionally registered healthcare practitioners, designated assistant practitioners and health care support workers who will be undertaking venepuncture/phlebotomy only in clinical practice.

This 2hour interactive workshop will teach you about venepuncture/phlebotomy.

Suitable for staff without previous training on Venepuncture.

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

Venepuncture e-learning:

Completing Venepuncture e-learning before attending the session is compulsory.

You will need to create an account the first time you access it online using the link below. The Training consists of 8 modules, which must be completed, and you need to achieve an overall score of 70%.

 Access via this link: 

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

The Care Certificate is an agreed set of standards that define the knowledge, skills and behaviours expected of specific job roles in the health and social care sectors.

The Care Certificate is made up of the 15 minimum standards that should be covered if you are 'new to care' and should form part of a robust induction programme.

This 4 day programme was specifically created for the development of newly appointed health care support workers/Rehab SW/MSW/Imaging Assistants/Bands 2-4 within the Trust to provide safe patient care. During this training and assessment programme you will be guided and supported to gain the knowledge and skills to provide high quality, safe and compassionate care.

E-learning: to be completed along with attending the course, further info for the E-Learning will be given during the course.

If you have done the programme in another Trust please inform us by scanning and emailing your Care Certificate to: l.development@nhs.net 

Bookings for this course is done on our new booking system - Barts Health Course Bookings

To promote continence and manage incontinence

To be able to provide bowel and bladder care to patients with urinary/ faecal incontinence

Suitable for - Health Care Support Workers

This 2-day course is aimed at equipping health care professionals with core knowledge, skills and attitudes in caring for patients living with life limiting conditions advanced disease and those at the end of life.

This course is for healthcare professionals providing general palliative and end of life care in an acute setting. Registrants at Band 5 and above.

There is pre-reading required - Please read all the information in the more information/pre-course work and resources prior to attending the course.

Dementia Champions have an in depth knowledge of the needs of individuals living with dementia in hospital. Dementia Champions are required to attend Day 1 and 2 full-day dementia training before attending the additional training course and are required to attend all three days of the programme. Dementia Champions will also be offered a quarterly update day which will include further dementia training

Communicating effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues has always been important and never more so than during the Coronavirus pandemic and it’s aftermath. Health Professionals are required to manage challenging conversations in person, over the telephone and also online.

Each medium of communication brings its own communication difficulties of course; conveying sad or bad news, managing expectations and dealing with strong emotions, are just a few examples of situations which Health Professionals face regularly, regardless of which medium is used.

This course creates a safe, supportive environment for working in small groups to explore these challenges and give participants the opportunity to enhance and develop skills and strategies to manage these difficult conversations confidently and effectively.

Suitable for all health care professionals 

Fire Wardens Training (Clinical)

An advanced face to face training session which also covers elements of site based training. Training items to include:

1) Importance of fire

2)Evacuation Principles/Strategy

3)Clinical Evacuation Decision Tree

4) Tabletop Evacuation Scenario Based.

Specific fire evacuation strategies will also be covered such as peronal evacuation plans, Fire Warden Check List

Note: This session is for clinical staff only clinical Band 5-7 (only Red or Amber staff). . There is a practical element involving using an extinguisher on a fire held outside. Please wear appropriate clothing with this in mind.

To book on, click here: https://booking.bartshealth.nhs.uk/courses/detail?id=13

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.

User guide can be found here: https://weshare.bartshealth.nhs.uk/download.cfm?ver=27520

Ligature Training

2 hour practical session using ligature cutters and work sheets on ligature points and discussion on policy.

Suitable for clinical staff members

Mental Capacity Assessment ( MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Training (DoLs) (ADULTS)

Refresher training on MCA & DoLs.

The application of DoLs

DoLs process

 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

 To book on please follow the link: https://booking.bartshealth.nhs.uk/courses/detail?id=1029

NON MEDICAL PRESCRIBER FORUM / CONFERENCE

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.

PCA knowledge and skills study day - Newham Staff ONLY

PCA Workshop 

Learning Outcomes - 

• Update knowledge and competency
• Promote safe environment
• To deliver highest standard of care

Note this session is for PCA only- if you need Epidural, please look under the Clinical courses for "Epidural knowledge and skills study day - Newham Staff ONLY"

Raise awareness of PREVENT.

 How to spot the signs of exploitation/radicalisation.

 How to make a referral.

Suitable for all Clinical Staff

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)

This 3 hour workshop uses a mix of small group work, lectures and rehearsals to teach participants how to have an evidence-based, structured conversation with someone who has concerns or is distressed.

The workshops uses small groups to establish what the participants already know about how to pick up and respond to concerns.

The SAGE & THYME model is introduced as a model to help participants translate the research and policy into their interactions with distressed or worried people.

Bookings for this course is done on our new booking system - Barts Health Course Bookings

Think Families Safeguarding and Learning Disabilities Virtual newsletter

A short introduction to the Think Families Safeguarding and Learning Disabilities Team to hear about their work

During this session you will meet the Team

Learn how to say hello in Makaton

Hear some headlines and top tips from the Team

Hear from Zebina Ratansi the Whipps Cross Director of Nursing about what safeguarding means top her

Hear about some new legislation that will affect our practice

Partake in a quiz

Have the opportunity to ask the Team questions