PRACTICE PROFILE
Area
Location
Contact Number
Orthopaedic UnitLevel C, St. Marys Hospital, Newport,
01983 822099 Ext 4711 (Alv.) or
Luccombe/Alverstone
IoW, PO30 5TG
4717 (Lucc.)
Directorate
Acute & Hospital
Annual Review of Profile due March 2016
Professional Lead
Sue Bradshaw (Matron)
Department Manager
Caroline Moul (Alv.)
Heidi Meekins (Lucc.)
Education Lead
Carena Mason (Lucc.) Louise Drayton (Alve.)
Education Lead Contact Details
Via ward telephone numbers above
HEI Representative
Moira Sugden
HEI’s using this Learning Environment
UoS
Learning Environment Mission Statement
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mission statement.pdf
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
General Information
Description of Service and Client Group
Luccombe Ward: orthopaedic trauma, other non-elective patients who
may be MRSA+ve
Alverstone Ward: elective orthopaedic, confirmed MRSA-ve patients.
Medical/other surgical outliers.
Luccombe provides care to all clients over 16 years of age. Access to unit
is predominately via A and E. All skeletal fractures, or suspected fractures.
Either traumatic or non-traumatic in nature. Treatments for Osteomylitis.
Prosthetic rejection.
Alverstone provides care to all clients over 16 requiring planned joint
surgery ie. Hip replacement, knee replacement, shoulder surgery. Day
surgical procedures, excision of ganglion, arthroscopy, meniscectomy.
Description of related services & Client
group
LEARNER INFORMATION
Work Pattern (Start, finish times)
Dress Code
Induction/Orientation programme
Staff / rest room facilities
Expectations during placement
Early shift= 0730-1530 Late shift= 1300-2100 Long day shift= 0730-2100
Night = 2045-0745
As per UoS uniform policy in conjunction with IOW NHS uniform policy.
Provided by Clinical Education Team-you will be contacted by email
Locker room and break room available. On-site canteen serving
sandwiches, breakfast, lunch and dinner
To show enthusiasm. To be committed to learning. To demonstrate care and
compassion. The unit delivers patient focused care which is achieved through
team working. The student will be encouraged to become an integral part of this
dynamic team.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES & RESOURCES
Recommended reading/Websites
Musculo-Skeletal anatomy
Common Abbreviations
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orthopaedic unit.pdf
Specific learning opportunities
Admission assessments. Care planning. Enhancing Independence. Discharge
Planning. Pre and Post Operative Care. Specialist Orthopaedic Nursing. Team
All relevant policies and procedures relevant to the learning environment can be accessed via the Intranet
working. Hip and knee school. Enhanced recovery programme.
Specific areas of expertise/clinical
skills
Common Assessments /
Interventions/Care pathways
Models of practice experience e.g
Hub and Spoke, Care pathways,
Patient Journeys
Consultants ward rounds. Drug rounds. OT assessments. Physiotherapy Assessments.
Multi-disciplinary team meetings. Clinical Nurse Specialists. Pain Relief Nurse. Interdisciplinary team working.
Mini mental assessment. Care planning. Physio physical ability. Discharge planning.
Waterlow scores. Bartel. MUST . MEWS, Falls risk assessments, Trauma pathways,
Initial Assessments,
Pre- assessment Unit. Diagnostics. Radiology Centre. Operating Theatres.
Physiotherapists. Occupational Therapists. Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse
Specialists. Pain Specialist Nurse. Intermediate Care Team. Palliative Care
Team. Nursing Home Assessments. Fracture Clinics. Plaster room Clinics. Care
Managers.
MULTIAGENCY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES / RESOURCES
Multi-professional learners
Nursing, Medical, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy
accessing the environment
RN’s, OT’S, Physiotherapists, Medical staff including (but not limited to) Surgeons,
Professionals working in the
Anaesthetists, Physicians, Social Workers, other Care Professionals
environment
Opportunities to meet EU directives Obstetric-rarely, Mental Health-yes, LD-rarely, Child-never
(Nursing)
All relevant policies and procedures relevant to the learning environment can be accessed via the Intranet