PRACTICE PROFILE
Area
Location
Contact Number
School Nursing
3 Daish Way Newport Isle of Wight
01983 821388
Directorate
Community Health
Annual Review of Profile due September 2016
Professional Lead
Rachel Amos
Department Manager
Rachel Amos
Education Lead
Donna Baker
Education Lead Contact Details
Donna.baker@iow.nhs.uk
HEI Representative
Lorraine Ireland
HEI’s using this Learning Environment
University of Southampton
Learning Environment Mission Statement
The team believes in using a holistic model of Health
which enables them to both consider and improve the
emotional Health and well being of school aged children.
The Safeguarding of children is paramount to the role of
the School Nurse team.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
General Information
http://www.iow.nhs.uk/Working-With-Us/learning-zone/studentwelcome.htm
Description of Service and Client Group
The school nurse team is a preventative health service for school aged children
offering services support and sign posting to maximise their health and wellbeing.
Description of related services & Client
group
Our team integrate with many community practices which allow our students to
visit ie. Audiology; ophthalmology; dietician etc
LEARNER INFORMATION
Work Pattern (Start, finish times)
Flexible to serve the service provided
Dress Code
IOW NHS Trust dress code policy smart office wear no jeans
Induction/Orientation programme
Organisational induction by Clinical Education Team followed by local induction
within clinical area
Staff / rest room facilities
None available on site
Expectations during placement
The expectation is that the student will contact the team lead
rachel.amos@iow.nhs.uk or 01983 821388 (please leave mobile contact if
unsuccessful) 2 weeks prior to commencement of placement.
To behave in a professional manner at all times, treating all children young
people and families with dignity and respect.
To gain the most out of the placement by asking questions and making the
best opportunities of the practice experience offered
During the placement the student will be given a project to be undertaken
when office based (at the end of the day) as many of the school nurse
team work part time hours. This will be presented to the team at their
team development meeting as close to the end of the placement.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES
Recommended reading/Websites
The Healthy Child Programme http://dera.ioe.ac.uk/11041/1/dh_108866.pdf
This will be covered during placement
Common Abbreviations
All relevant policies and procedures relevant to the learning environment can be accessed via the Intranet
Specific learning opportunities
The learning opportunities are many and varied and open for discussion on your
induction
Specific areas of expertise/clinical
skills
Common Assessments /
Interventions/Care pathways
Communicating with children and young people and multiple professionals
Working alongside diverse issues.
Universal screening
Universal plus (short pieces of intervention)
Please find attached some common conditions you may encounter
Health Issues
Encountered.doc
Models of practice experience e.g
Hub and Spoke, Care pathways,
Patient Journeys
The Hub and Spoke placement model is in place where you will get the
opportunity to spoke out to services relevant to your learning outcomes.
MULTIAGENCY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES / RESOURCES
Multiprofessional learners accessing Please see attached for previous students’ experiences of spoke visits
the environment
Visits.docx
Professionals working in the
environment
Opportunities to meet EU directives
(Nursing)
Health Services
Visited.doc
Adult and paediatric nurses from various backgrounds
Working in the community
Looking at the developing child
All relevant policies and procedures relevant to the learning environment can be accessed via the Intranet