Clinical Skills
What do we do?
- Provide opportunities for students and staff to develop the underpinning knowledge required for clinical skills and to practice them in a safe environment.
- Enable students and staff to develop their confidence and demonstrate competency at performing clinical skills before applying them within practice settings.
- Allow fair, reliable and practical assessment of clinical skills including health assessment and essential care skills.
What do we teach?
Training for the above courses must be booked by your line manager or the responsible training lead for your clinical area. Email sally.turner@glos.nhs.uk or telephone 0300 422 5667 and await confirmation via email.
Please note :- For most of the courses there will be a pre-course workbook or other preparation material. If the candidate has not received any information by approx 2 weeks before they are due to attend, please contact the dept immediately.
Ward-based training
All of the following courses are provided within your ward environment by specialist teams throughout the trust. Please contact the lead specified below to arrange training:
CVC Non-Tunnelled Lines (Katrina.hawkins@glos.nhs.uk)
Port Care Training (Katrina.hawkins@glos.nhs.uk)
Acute Pain Training