Preparation for Practice Year 3 B Nurs (Hons)

1. Preparation for Practice Year 3 B Nurs (Hons)

2. Please note: You only have two attempts at practice; if you fail practice twice you will be discontinued from the course It is important that you are aware of all areas that could result in a fail grade being awarded for practice so these are highlighted in this presentation

3. Flowthrough • Available on Pre-registration Nursing Placement Learning Support WOLF topic • In year 3 ALL STUDENTS MUST WORK IN THE FINAL 4 WEEKS OF THE COURSE. This is an elective placement. DO NOT PLAN ANY HOLIDAYS, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THESE 4 WEEKS YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO QUALIFY • You will be asked where you would like to work during the elective. It is not guaranteed but the Practice Teams/Link Tutors will try to accommodate your request wherever possible

4. Year 3 Mandatory Requirements • Complete online self declaration for DBS and Occupational Health clearance – must declare any cautions or convictions since starting the course • Attend and complete mandatory requirements as listed in your Ongoing Achievement Record: BLS, manual handling, information governance, infection prevention and control, fire lecture

5. Communication • You will be contacted via your University email address and WOLF notices for any communications related to practice. • Please maintain your University email account or forward emails to an alternative address

6. Allocations • Allocations are input by the Practice Learning Unit (PLU) • The PLU inform the placement areas which students to expect • If your placement details are not available on e:vision 4 weeks prior to the placement start date contact PLU • Change of placement request form must be completed from e:vision if this is requested • Taking holiday during placement time is not allowed and may affect your continuation on the course

7. E:vision Placement Profile: • Speciality • Off duty • Pre-reading • Whether an introductory visit is required • Any specific uniform requirements Also, read the Placement Handbook on the Pre-registration Nursing Placement Learning Support WOLF topic

8. Off Duty • You are required to participate in all shifts dependent on your placement area. • Early, Late, Weekends and Bank Holidays, nights (nights - from second semester in year 1 onwards). • Off Duty is generally available three weeks in advance. • Phone or visit your placement area for this.

9. Requesting Off duty • Many areas have a system for requesting particular shifts. • These are for special occasions only. • Making a request does not guarantee receiving it. • Be fair and reasonable. • Remember, if you request every weekend off, you may not get the one you really need.

10. Working Bank Holidays Some services do not operate on bank holidays. - generally 5 day week services, either in the hospital or community placements. If your placement area is closed on a BH you will be given study time with some specific work to complete. If you do not complete the work you will be marked absent for the shift. If you work in a 24 hour service you will have to work the BH if rostered, as your holiday leave is already taken into account in the flowthrough

11. Working Nights • Expected to work some nights during your course – NMC requirement, but this should not be on a regular basis • You should be given adequate notice to make childcare arrangements • You may be rostered to work nights • from year 1 semester 2 onwards • if your mentor is working nights

12. Evidence Weeks Evidence weeks allow time for you to complete practice related study: • Each domain requires completion of a written piece of work to pass the domain • Other ESCs may also require the collation of some written work to demonstrate your understanding • The amount of work required will depend upon the requirements of your mentor e.g. your mentor may ask you for some written evidence to demonstrate your knowledge on a particular subject

13. Reporting sickness – who to contact? • Phone: • Placement – failure to notify placement of sickness/absence in accordance with the local policy is unacceptable and may result in the commencement of an action plan • University – Practice Learning Unit (PLU) • Submit sick note to PLU after 5 days of continuous sickness • Any sickness not supported with a valid sick note will be classed as absence

14. Sickness/absence on Placement • If you have more than 3 occasions of sickness/absence your mentor will meet with you to assess whether you have any health problems. • You do not have to disclose the specific details of health problems to your mentor but if your health is affecting your performance you must contact the Practice Team/Link Tutor or your personal tutor immediately. • If you fail to disclose any health problems that do affect your performance you may not be able to claim mitigation for these after the placement is completed.

15. Sickness/absence • If you do not identify any significant health problems to your mentor, your mentor will commence an action plan related to your repeated sickness/absence. • Failure to address this may result in a fail grade for practice

16. Completing your Timesheet • It is your responsibility to ensure that you work an average of 37.5 hours per week and that this is clearly documented. • If your mentor does not roster you for enough hours you must discuss this with your mentor and, if this does not resolve the problem, speak to the Practice Team/Link Tutor • If you do not complete the required number of hours in year 2 you will be required to retrieve these hours in the retrieval period • An evidence week should be recorded as 37.5 hours and must be signed by your mentor - indicating that you have completed the work

17. Practice Support • Information available on e:vision and WOLF • Practice Team/Link Tutor • Placement preparation, support, evaluation sessions – these are mandatory sessions • Dates of all sessions should be available on the WOLF topic. If they aren’t available for your area please contact your Practice Team/Link Tutor asap.

18. Learning Zones • Some areas provide study sessions known as learning zones • You will be informed at induction if your area offers learning zones

19. Placement Evaluation • September 2013 - placement evaluations will be completed online • Choose placement evaluations tab in e:vision and complete online evaluation after each placement has completed • This is a mandatory requirement. Failure to complete evaluations may result in future placements being withheld which will affect your progression

20. Placement Evaluation • Once you have completed a placement the evaluation form will appear in evision. • If you were off sick/absent for the whole placement please contact PLU so that this can be recorded • Informal, verbal evaluation sessions may still occur whilst you are on placement so that issues can be discussed within the group. However, these sessions do not replace the formal online evaluations, which are mandatory

21. Escalating Concerns • If you witness or think you have witnessed poor practice you must escalate this in accordance with the Escalating Concerns policy on WOLF. Inform your Personal Tutor/Practice Team immediately • If you are asked to write a statement, or attend a meeting, by the Trust/organisation regarding an incident you should contact your Personal Tutor immediately for support

22. Working with your Mentor • 40% time • Supervision by mentor • Supernumary status • You are allocated one evidence week in semester 1 and one in semester 2. These are planned for you, you cannot choose when to take them

23. Sign-off Mentor • The role of the sign-off mentor is to make judgments about whether you have achieved the required standards of proficiency for safe and effective practice for entry to the NMC register. • The sign-off period is assessed during the twelve week allocation to the hub placement in year 3

24. Professionalism – see policies and guidance on the Pre-registration Nursing Placement Learning Support WOLF topic • Social websites • Confidentiality • Challenging appropriately • Reporting sickness and absence • Time keeping • Bursary fraud • Escalating Concerns

25. Suitability Panel – a panel of senior academic staff and senior practice partners who consider any action or omission by a student that could bring the reputation of the profession into disrepute Examples: • Forging signatures/information in Practice Assessment Documents • Suspension from placement • Inappropriate use of social media sites

26. Your Practice Documents • An Ongoing Achievement Record (OAR) – must be kept up to date • A Practice Assessment Document (PAD) • Hub placements and Pathways (spokes) • Loss / damage – report immediately • Do not use tippex

27. Submission of Practice Documents • Submission of PAD – dates on WOLF, must submit to Student Office with barcoded sheet from evision • Advised to photocopy the Practice Learning Plan, interview meeting notes and your timesheet prior to submission

28. Submission of Practice Documents • PAD must be submitted on the date specified • Cannot pass if everything is not completed, including signatures/ticks – students responsibility to ensure all is complete before submission. A one week extension can be requested via e:vision if need to meet with mentor to complete document • Non submission of PAD = fail grade for practice being recorded. • Mitigation should be submitted via e:vision PRIOR to the submission date

29. Practice Requirements • Complete Practice Development Plan – see ESCs table on WOLF topic • Print off a copy of your schedule of placements for the year from e:vision and attach to the relevant page • Meet with personal tutor after progress review and again after final interview • OAR do not submit with PAD, take to meeting with your personal tutor

30. Other Field Outcomes – Year 3 • See details in your Practice Development Plan for your field • Each field will be allocated an maternity one day placement or simulated experience. This will be communicated via your University email address • Details of these must be recorded in the PAD and OAR • Your personal tutor will verify that this is complete in your OAR

31. EU Directive – Adult Field only • Required to experience the following placement areas at some point during the three year course: • Surgical nursing • Medical nursing • Community nursing • Older adult nursing • Evidence of this must be verified and recorded in your OAR by your personal tutor

32. Retrieval of Practice Hours – Year 3 • All sickness must be retrieved, regardless of reason. Must complete a retrieval of hours form from e:vision and submit to PLU • Must be retrieved during your holiday weeks. You need to negotiate this with the PPM/CPF or placement manager where there is no PPM/CPF. No allocated time to retrieve hours other than holiday weeks or at the end of the course, which will delay your registration • For further guidance regarding retrieval of hours see Pre-registration Nursing Placement Learning Support WOLF topic

33. Retrieval of Practice Hours • All sickness must be retrieved, regardless of reason • Must be retrieved during the 4 week retrieval period. Must be worked on a full-time basis until all hours are retrieved even if this falls on Christmas weeks – you cannot choose how many hours you work each week • Must complete a retrieval of hours form from e:vision and submit to Practice Learning Unit • DO NOT BOOK HOLIDAY DURING RETRIEVAL WEEKS • If you have more than 4 weeks to retrieve you must use holiday weeks. N.B. In year 3 everyone works the final 4 weeks

34. What happens if you do not achieve in practice? • If your mentor indicates that there is a problem with your performance contact the Practice Team/Link Tutor immediately • You will be given an opportunity to retrieve any non-achieved outcomes during the 4 week elective period – this means that you will not be able to attend your elective placement as planned. All information will be sent to your University email address • Two referrals in practice will result in discontinuation from the course

35. Your Elective Placement During your elective placement you are expected to work to the same level of competence and professionalism achieved during your sign-off placement. Failure to achieve this standard may result in referral to the Suitability Panel, as the Subject Head would have difficulty confirming to the NMC that you have reached the required level to qualify as a registered nurse. If you are referred to the Suitability Panel this may delay your qualification.

36. Overseas Elective Placement • There are opportunities for you to undertake a 4 week overseas elective placement in year 3 or outside our usual placement region • This has to be organised and funded by you • See guidance on Pre-registration Nursing Placement Learning Support WOLF topic – Placement Information – Elective Placements folder

37. Claiming Expenses http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Students/1181.aspx (then click on ‘download a practice placement travel claim’)

38. For further information • Go to the Pre-registration Nursing Placement Learning Support topic on WOLF • Refer to the guidance on this topic and the Placement Handbook

39. If you have any concerns regarding practice you should contact your Practice Team/Link Tutor in the first instance or talk to your personal tutor. If you do not feel that this has fully addressed the issue(s) please contactSharon ArkellHead of Practice & Innovationsharon.arkell@wlv.ac.uk01902 518933/7966920208