Insight placements
During your placement, please take the opportunity to arrange insight visits.
Booking a placement
Interest in booking an insight visit should be discussed with your supervisor or assessor and be relevant to the area you are on placement.
Evidence
Evidence such as a witness statement or observed learning record should be produced during your visit and what you have written should be discussed, checked, and signed by the person you have been working with or observing. This can then be used as evidence of achieving proficiencies.
Placement options
This list is not exhaustive and is intended to guide you only.
- Length of visit: Flexible timing, as much or as little time as you would like to spend with the team.
- Offers: A look into what chaplaincy is it is and how it works. Depending upon the day depends on the activities available, options include May go out to visit patients or take part in what is happening in the faith centre.
To arrange a visit please contact sfh-tr.spiritualpastoralcare@nhs.net or call extension 3047.
Length of visit: One-day visit recommended.
To arrange a visit with the team, email Adele.steel@nhs.net.
- Length of visit: One-day visit recommended.
- Offers: An insight into Dialysis unit, Gain and understanding about the process of dialysis, AV fistula.
To arrange a visit, contact Michelle Wagstaff or Amy on extension 3682 or 3683.
- Length of visit: One-day visit recommended. They do also offer a placement for special interest in DALT.
- Offers: Overview of substance use, management of substance use. Ward based assessment process and follow up.
To arrange a visit with the team, please call extension 3935.
- Length of visit: Half day visit, around 5 hours.
- Offer: Days will vary depending on what the team has going on. Looks at ward visits, patient and staff support and education, provides learning to takeaway.
To arrange a visit, contact Sarah Orwin on extension 4571.
- Length of visit: Any time, including four-week elective placement.
- Offers: A look into what infection prevention and control is and how they work.
To arrange a visit with the team, please call Heidi Macmillan on extension 6313.
- Length of visit: One to two days recommended.
- Offers: An overview of learning disability and what the specialist nurse does daily. Possible ward visits.
Arrange time with Lisa Richmond by calling extension 6091.
- Length of visit: One-day recommended.
- Offers: An overview of what the lung cancer nurse specialists do daily, seeing patients in clinic and getting a good understanding of lung cancer and treatment.
To book a visit with the team, please email
sfh-tr.lung.nurses@nhs.net.
- Length of visit: Half day or full day visit.
- Offer: Care of adult patients (from age 18 years), day patient service procedures including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, flexi sigmoidoscopy, bronchoscopy and cystoscopy. Care of patient from providing bowel preparation to providing aftercare.
To arrange a visit with the team, please contact Alison Liptrot or Jane Cartwright on extension 5839 or 5877.
- Length of visit: One-day visit recommended. Must be a second or third year student.
- Offers: Consists of a 9 to 12 day with the team and then study time afternoon. pain management alternatives, reviews on the ward.
To arrange a visit with the team, please call extension 4047.
- Length of visit: One-day visit recommended.
- Offers: Overview of the rapid response liaison team, possible ward-based assessments, better insight into mental health.
To arrange a visit with the team, please email Donna.marriot@nottshc.nhs.uk.
- Length of visit: One day visit recommended by the research team.
- Offers: A window into research nursing, across all specialties. Includes visits to areas such as clinics, ED and more to recruit for the clinical trials.
To arrange a visit please contact rachel.johnson20@nhs.net or call extension 6304 (email preferred).
- Length of visit: Any length of time, but ideally two weeks or less.
- Offers: An overview of the safeguarding team and what they do daily.
To arrange a visit with team, please call extension 3357.
- Length of visit: Flexible visit time. Second and third-year students only.
- Offers: An insight into theatre and recovery. Surgical procedures.
Induction needed before visit, cannot be completed on the same day as visit.
To arrange a visit, contact Judy Butler on extension 3717.
- Length of visit: Any time, including four-week elective placement.
- Offers: A look into tissue viability team, dressing types, wounds and ward-based assessments.
To arrange a visit with the team, please call extension 4565.
