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 - ICU, Stratford Ward, Heather Ward, Silvertown

Whipps Cross Hospital - ITU, AAU, Peace, Faraday, Nightingale 

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

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

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 adult Tracheostomy patients: non-paediatric nursing, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, Physician Associates,  Advanced Practice Practitioners

• Provide evidence of attending Foundation Tracheostomy course in last 3-5 years
• Provides evidence of completed Tracheostomy competencies

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

 The course is conducted in the medical simulation centres for staff on designated ward areas that care for patients with tracheostomies on a regular basis. Candidates will build confidence in becoming a colleague mentor and contributing to developing Tracheostomy competencies in other staff. This will involve discussions regarding the current Tracheostomy competency framework, methods of enabling competency and task practice, delivering formal tracheostomy teaching and utilisation of Teaching resources. Tracheostomy Champions will become proficient mentors and promote future Tracheostomy training within their specific clinical areas.

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.

Epidural Study Guide -   assets/Barts-Health-Epidural-face-to-face-study-guide-2020-no-troubleshoting-converted.pdf   You will not be permitted to attend if the Study Guide has not been completed, the completion of the study guide is compulsory!

Adult Epidural Infusion Troubleshooting guide -  assets/Adult-Epidural-Infusion-Troubleshooting-guide-converted.pdf

Competency Document - to be completed after training on Epidurals - assets/Competency-Assessment-of-Safe-Practice-Epidural-Infusion-2020.docx

Attendance to the face-to-face teaching is preferable and gold standard. However, during the pandemic phase this may not be available. In this eventuality, please book yourself onto the ‘e-assessment adult epidural infusion module’ accessed via Wired.

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

Barts Health Musculoskeletal health in the Workplace Virtual Conference

This is a Webinar and will take place virtually.

Learn a safe, methodical approach to peripheral intravenous Cannulation and venepuncture

Please read 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.

 Contact ana.santos12@nhs.net or Irene.Martinez@nhs.net for more information

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.

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

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 is carried out as both a face to face session and a Webinar - please only book one.

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the essential principles of end of life care. With focus on the  importance of getting the basics right and what is required to achieve patient centred care.  Highlighting how this can be applied in the acute setting to compassionately support patients and their loved ones.  

Fire Wardens Training (Clinical)

These sessions are for Royal London, Mile End, Whipps Cross and St Barts only.

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.

The Fundamentals of Care Development Programme is a personal development programme for  Support Workers who wants to develop their themselves 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 behaviours 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.

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.

Interim OSCE Programme for International Nurses

OSCE Practice for International Nurses

• 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 new Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) are commencing from September 2019.

This training is for registered Nurses and Midwives that have been a Practice Supervisor for more than six months and will be supporting any undergraduate student nurse.

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.

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.

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

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.

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)

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.