WUTH Clinical Skills

Welcome to Clinical Skills at Wirral University Teaching Hospital!
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Have you completed training for a Clinical Skill and been signed off as competent? If so please make sure you have completed the competency form on our intranet page, accessible via: Your WUTH -> Completion of Clinical Skill Competency

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Did you know that all of our staff have access to https://t.co/68IwgcIKLV ? It's a fantastic resource for up to date information on clinical procedures. Register for an OpenAthens account today via https://t.co/l11WXhLRRb to gain access!

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Our brilliant Clinical Skills and Blood Transfusion staff have teamed up to create our 1st ever blood transfusion roadshow to educate staff on the correct way to label blood samples. These will be hands-on events to practice your new skills on real-life labelling equipment.

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Clinical staff! We appreciate all that you do for our patients, and we'd love to help with your development. We will be visiting clinical areas over the coming days with a small token of our appreciation and some information about how we can support you to achieve competence.

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This week you might have seen our team out and about showcasing some of our training as part of the Save the Vein campaign with the IV and OPAT teams. We will be working on delivering more of these events soon so please keep a look out!

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We have been running Chest Auscultation for our registered nurses today with the help of SAM, our Student Auscultation Mannequin! If you'd like to come and meet SAM and learn some new skills our next session will be held on 17/11/23. Places can be booked via ESR under 408%Chest

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As promised we have a new course open for bookings! ECG Recognition (Interpretation) is for staff who already record ECGs and would like to learn how to interpret findings.

The first session will be held on 15th November from 1pm-4pm in Clinical Skills and is bookable via ESR.

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Hope everybody enjoyed their summer! Now that we're well and truly into Autumn we're developing even more skills sessions for our staff. As well as Chest Auscultation we will have more opportunities for training in the coming weeks so keep an eye on our page!

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Chest Auscultation training is now available for registered nurses. Booking for this training is available via ESR under 408%Chest.

The dates are as below ⬇️

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The Clinical Skills Team have been hard at work creating new skills demonstrations videos for training, with the help of the very talented (and patient!) @alstirlingUK

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A successful day training all of our new F1 Doctors on ANTT Tiers 1, 2 & 3 @WUTHstaff

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As your Care Certificate Lead, we would like to say ‘Thank You’ to all Ward Managers, Staff and Educators in supporting our HCSW’s with completing their Care Certificate! With this dedication continuing, we hope to continue to support more HCSW’s in future!

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Calling all CSWs! Did you know you can access a free handbook full of useful learning resources? Just scan the QR code below and create an account to get started!

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We had an excellent turn out for the ANTT drop in sessions at APH today! These sessions are an easy way to maintain compliance by simulating procedures. We will be announcing further dates for APH/Clatterbridge shortly so please keep an eye on our page!

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We will be providing a full day drop-in for clinical staff who are outstanding with their ANTT annual competency assessments on Friday 14th July, 08.00hrs-16.30hrs. The venue is Clinical Skills Centre, APH. The sessions will cover the 3 tiers of ANTT.

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Have you completed training for a Clinical Skill and been signed off as competent? If so please make sure you have completed the competency form on our page: https://t.co/JBz5OUgJ6j

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Following a clinical need the Acute Kidney Injury Specialist Nurse will be holding standalone one hour sessions for nurses on a monthly basis. Booking for this training is available via ESR under 408%Acute Kidney Injury.

The dates are as below ⬇️

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This is a transferable certificate that will enable our CSWs to develop their skills and keep delivering safe and effective patient care. If this is something you would be interested in please speak to your line manager to book a place!

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Over the next two days Vicky will be delivering our Core Skills and Care Certificate programme alongside some of our colleagues from Infection Control, Smoking Cessation, AKI, Dietetics, and End of Life care to name a few!