Physiotherapist Apprenticeships | South West Employer Forum

How can you set up physiotherapy apprenticeships in your local area?

Look no further than HEE’s Physiotherapist Apprenticeship Employer Forum

To be held on Teams on Wednesday 18 November, from 10.30 to 13.00, this will be an opportunity for physiotherapy leads and apprenticeship / education leads to:

Ensure that service leads understand the apprenticeship model and how to implement it within their service area
Explore how to set up apprenticeships in physiotherapy, looking at examples from established provision nationally
Link you with your apprenticeship / education leads, to discuss how to implement locally
Link you with regional colleagues to share best practice and discuss ideas
Establish what provision we would like regionally, and how to procure this
Offer support from HEE and CSP

To book your place, please send a message to james.orpin-wright@hee.nhs.uk.
Include your full name, job title, organisation, email address, and the names of any other contacts you wish to be in attendance.

October 2020 newsletter out now

October 2020 newsletter

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Published on 6 October 2020, this issue of our newsletter includes links and signposts to:

Best Practice Live 2020
An 80-session virtual show covering a range of topics for general practice

C&SW Autumn Workshops
Two new workshops from Care & Support West, running this month

South West ARRS Workforce Summit
An all-day event principally for discussing the additional roles reimbursement scheme

Advanced Practice Virtual Conference 2020
HEE’s annual advanced practice conference is back this November

GPN Toolkit
New to BNSSG Training Hub’s site

Structured Medication Reviews
Read about the structured medication review, coming into effect this month

Virtual Group Clinics
What can we take away from the implementation of virtual group clinics?

GP Patient Survey 2020
In case you missed it back in July!

Flu Clinic Symposium recording
NHSE / I’s Flu Clinic Symposium is ready to be re-watched

Celebrating Black History Month
A brief look into Mary Seacole’s life

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(Re)Watch the Flu Clinic Symposium

Missed NHSE / I’s Flu Clinic Symposium last month?

No worries. Watch the recording today.

Last month, NHS England & Improvement held a Flu Clinic Symposium, to enable general practice nurses from across the South West to share best practice and pose questions to a panel of experts.

If you weren’t able to catch it last time, or want to re-watch it, then you can absolutely do so. Just click the button below to watch it via Teams.

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GPN Toolkit

A landing page for GPNs, featuring links to relevant events and guidance

GPN Toolkit

A landing page for GPNs, featuring links to relevant events and guidance

Advanced Practice

Becoming an Advanced Practitioner

Resources for advanced practice

Clinical Supervision Training

Training information

Different Experiences

Nursing Whilst Black

Extended Role Training

Dermatology skin club

Non-medical prescribing

Flu Clinics

Flu Clinic Symposium recording

Tackling misinformation in LD

GPN Forums

Monday 19 April

Inclusion Health

All Our Health: Inclusion Health

Leadership

Leadership & Management training

Well-Being

Our well-being & peer support group

Women's Health

Gynaecological cancers

LARC Fitter Guidance

Menopause

Sexual health

Becoming an advanced practitioner

To become an advanced practitioner, you will need to work towards a Masters degree in advanced practice — this will require support from your employers, as the course is based on having a clinical mentor to teach and supervise you.

Many universities and Higher Education Institutes have advanced practice courses, enrolment on which needs to be funded by either the student or their employer. Several institutions offer distance-learning courses; the University of Cumbria’s is not only fully distanced, but also accredited by the RCN.

To learn more about it, please click here.

UWE also have a Masters in Advanced Practice course, and provide a local apprenticeship in advanced practice, which awards successful graduates with a Masters’ degree.

For more on the Masters’ course, please click here, and for more on the apprenticeship, click here.

Additionally, there are a limited number of funded module places available for non-medical prescribing and PACR (Patient Assessment and Clinical Reasoning).

For information on these, please contact Avon LMC. Clicking here will take you to their contact page.

Resources for advanced practice

Avon LMC run various courses, free for general practice staff in Avon, and many of which are suitable for advanced practitioners.

Please click here to go to their site.

And the ACP Forum, open to all advanced clinical practitioners working in Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, holds regular meetings with and offers support to its members.

To visit their site, please click here.

All Our Health: Inclusion Health

HEE has collaborated with Public Health England to add a new session on inclusion health to the All Our Health e-Learning programme. It is a bite-sized session to give health and care professionals an overview of inclusion health, including key evidence, data, and signposting to trusted resources to help prevent illness, protect health, and promote wellbeing.

Inclusion health refers to socially excluded peoples, such as vulnerable migrants, sex workers, and people who experience homelessness. These individuals usually experience overlapping risk factors for poor health, including poverty, violence, and discrimination, all of which can prove to be barriers to accessing healthcare services and lead to very poor health outcomes.

Read more

Leadership & Management training

Avon LMC provide free training for practice staff in Avon, including sessions on appraisals and other management tools.

For more information, please click here.

BNSSG Training Hub runs courses intended to develop delegates’ leadership & management skills; make sure to keep an eye on our communications (we signpost to other bodies’ programmes, too).

NHS Leadership Academy organises and delivers a range of relevant courses, too, including the renowned Rosalind Franklin programme, designed for clinicians or managers who lead from mid-level health and care systems and aspire to directing large, complex programmes, departments, services or systems of care.

Please click here to visit the Leadership Academy’s site.

Our well-being & peer support group

BNSSG Training Hub is pleased to offer a monthly 1- / 1.5-hour online peer support group for those new to general practice nursing. This session will be limited to 4 places on a first-come, first-serve basis, but we welcome all expressions of interest as we endeavour to provide further sessions soon.

The initial session will be running on a Thursday afternoon, once a month, with the final date to be confirmed, and it will be facilitated by a clinician with a special interest in the health and well-being of health professionals.

For more information, please click here.

Gynaecological cancers

The Eve Appeal has a resource pack on gynaecological cancers, ideally suited for primary care staff. It can help you in promoting early diagnosis and long-term management.

To download the resource pack, please click here to go to The Eve Appeal’s site.

Menopause

The British Menopause Society (BMS) holds a variety of events across the country each year, ranging from professional development courses to women’s health symposiums.

To view all the BMS’s upcoming events, please click here.

Sexual health

The Faculty of Reproductive and Sexual Health (FRSH) of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have a diploma course considered to be the gold standard in sexual health care training.

For more, visit their site by clicking here.

In addition to comprehensive pages on contraception, pregnancy, STIs & HIV, and sexual abuse, Unity Sexual Health has a range of training events on offer, with an annual update day scheduled for next May. They can even help provide clinical placements for nursing students and qualified nurses.

For more, please click here.

Avon LMC occasionally run relevant courses, too — keep an eye on their events calendar for more information, or on our communications for signposts.

To view Avon LMC’s event calendar, please click here.

Dermatology skin club

South West Dermatology regularly hold meetings, at which consultant dermatologists share photos of dermatological conditions for discussion, for staff in Bristol.

For more information, please send an email to sarah.carter@dermal.co.uk.

Non-medical prescribing

UWE run a non-medical prescribing course here in BNSSG — as a degree-level short course, for nurses. Funded places may be available via Avon LMC. Please contact them for further information.

To read up on the course, please click here.

To contact Avon LMC, please click here.

Flu Clinic Symposium recording

In September 2020, NHSE / I held a Flu Clinic Symposium, to enable general practice nurses from across the South West to share best practice and pose questions to a panel of experts.

You can (re)watch it any time by clicking the button below, to watch it via Teams.

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Monday 19 April

The next BNSSG General Practice Nurse Forum will be held on Monday 19th April, from 13.00 – 14.00. To be run virtually and open to all GPNs, the agenda for this month’s Forum will feature updates on:

Screening and Immunisations, from Annette McHardy (South West Screening & Immunisation Team, PHE)
The Child Health Information Service (CHIS), from Rachel Todd (Deputy Head of Operational Service) and Tracy Cook (GP Engagement Manager)
Active Weston, from Rebecca Stathers (Healthy Lifestyle Service Manager, North Somerset Council)
Avon LMC, from Lucy Murrell (Director of Nursing)
And on BNSSG CCG, from Liz Mallett (CCG GPN Lead)

These updates will be followed by an opportunity for attendees to raise any other matters of business and network.

For further information and an invite, please contact elizabeth.mallett1@nhs.net.

Contact Liz

Tackling misinformation in LD

On behalf of the NHS, Misfits Theatre Company features in the video addressing the misinformation surrounding the flu vaccination below.

It encourages people with learning disabilities and their carers (family member or support worker) to not delay and get their free flu vaccine today.

Nursing Whilst Black

The RCN’s podcast Nursing whilst black invites nurses, healthcare support workers, and students from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds to share their reflections of and experiences of working in healthcare, along with insights into how we can all address the issue of racism.

All episodes available via the button.

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LARC Fitter Guidance

This guidance document, compiled by Lucy Murrell (Director of Nursing, Avon LMC) and Unity Sexual Health, is intended to help healthcare professionals and their employers in general practice within BNSSG navigate their way through the LARC fitter training process.

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Clinical Supervision Training for GPNs

We are looking for 1 GPN per PCN to undergo training to become workplace Clinical Supervisors. The training will involve undertaking an e-Learning module, participation in a half-day training course, and committing to re-evaluation over regular intervals for the following 12 – 18 months.

Applications are welcomed from GPNs with at least 2 years’ experience and postgraduate study in a particular field (e.g., diabetes). Applicants will need to have the support of their practices and sufficient time to carry out the role.

Dates

Tuesday 20 April | 09.15 – 12.30
Wednesday 23 June | 09.15 – 12.30
Wednesday 8 September | 13.00 – 16.15
Wednesday 10 November | 13.00 – 16.15

See these dates on the calendar by clicking here.

Training Benefits

Individual Benefits:

Improved patient care
Increased morale
Greater confidence
Stress relief / prevention
Valuing and learning from success
Opportunity to share and develop relationships and network
Developing individual responsibility

Organisation Benefits:

Improved practice from confident practitioners
A culture in which practitioners and patients are valued
Improved recruitment and retention of staff
Increased accountability and motivation
Enhanced wellbeing and reduced sickness rates
Improved communication among team members

For more information and to send an expression of interest, please use the buttons below.

Download flyer

Register interest

Additional resources

Videos

A day in the life of a general practice nurse

Best Practice Live 2020

“How can I avoid burning out in primary care?”

“What have respiratory services learning during COVID-19?”

“What’s being done to fix health inequalities?”

Find answers to these questions and more at Best Practice’s virtual conference this October. Running over three days, with multiple streams each day, and over 80 sessions covering a range of topics relating to general practice, be sure to register your place soon.

Attendance is absolutely free, with training sessions available for every member of your practice — be it the GPs looking for the most up-to-date methodologies, or a practice manager interested in learning how best to harness the talents and scope of the additional roles (e.g., physician associates, social prescribing link workers, etc.).

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Advanced Practice Virtual Conference 2020

How is Advanced Practice helping to deliver the national healthcare agenda?

Find out this November at HEE’s Advanced Practice Virtual Conference 2020

This annual, free-to-attend event is the perfect opportunity to share best practice, network, and hear the latest news about advanced practice; practitioners, educators, employers, and researches from across the country will be in attendance, contributing to a range of live, pre-recorded, and interactive sessions.

Places have been snapped up — act now to snag a spot on the reserve list!

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South West ACP Survey [Expired]

If you work in the South West, as an ACP or in association with advanced clinical practice, consider supporting HEE South West’s regional workforce planning efforts, by completing the survey linked below. Responses must be in by Friday 25 September.

The survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes and will inform how future workforce development funding can beest be put to use, whether that be by providing training for non-medical prescribing, designing new rotational posts, or commissioning South West-wide training.

To complete the survey, please click here.

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South West ARRS Workforce Summit

Discuss the future of primary care

On Thursday 15 October, NHS England & NHS Improvement ran a South West workforce summit to discuss and share some of the opportunities and challenges for general practice and the wider system, and to strength workforce planning linked to the introduction of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), alongside other initiatives focused on general practice recruitment and retention.

The summit brought together PCN Clinical Directors and other PCN leaders; workforce leads; Primary Care leads; Training Hubs; representatives from community services, mental health, and urgent care providers; and other key stakeholders from across the wider health and social care system in the South West.

The event was delivered via a series of MS Teams sessions and delegates will be able to choose whether to attend the whole event or to select sessions that are of most interest to them. The day was be recorded, and you can watch any of the sessions now, at your leisure.

Session 1: 09.30 to 11.30
Presenting case studies on AHPs, social prescribing link workers, health and well-being coaches, and care co-ordinators

To watch this session, click here.

Session 2: 12.00 to 14.00
Presenting case studies on clinical pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, first contact physiotherapists, and physician associates

To watch this session, click here.

Session 3: 14.30 to 16.30
Presenting cast studies on mental health practitioners, community paramedics, and nursing associates (inc. trainees)

To watch this session, click here.

Please note: you can download the full agenda for the day, with more information on what each session covered, here.

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Medicine & Dentistry Careers Showcase [Expired]

On Wednesday 23 September, Healthier Together, Sirona Health & Care, NBT NHS, UHBW NHS, and BNSSG Training Hub invite students to speak with doctors and dentists, including graduates and students, at our Medicine & Dentistry Careers Showcase. To be delivered online, attendees will be able to:

Learn about local medicine and dentistry career pathways
Engage with first-hand stories from current professionals, and ask questions about their experiences
Receive guidance on how best to complete UCAS Personal Statements

The showcase will run from 13.00 to 15.30 on the day, and whilst it is best-suited for years 11, 12, and 13, it will be an informative event for other students, too.

To register a place, please click here.

To download the poster, please click here.

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Motivational Interviewing training [Fully booked]

General information:

In conjunction with BNSSG CCG, we have arranged for a motivational interviewing training course to be run for all GPNs in Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire this October and November. It will be delivered and facilitated by Behaviour Change Training (BCT).

Open for up to 18 individuals, the course will consist of:

2 x self-directed, 2-hour-long online modules
3 x 1-hour-long facilitated workshops

This will all focus on skills development and encourage you to reflect on current practice, making it appropriate for all general practice nurses, regardless of experience.

The online modules:

These can be completed at your leisure, at a time of your choosing — so long as the first module is completed in October, and the second in November.

The workshop in October focuses on Patient-Centred Communication, and upon completion, you will be able to:

Explain how good communication skills can influence everyday practice for both practitioners and patients, thereby improving outcomes
Observe and accurately label related skills within a well-defined model
Plan next steps to implement the skills learnt in practice
And more…

The November workshop will revolve around Enhancing Patient Motivation, and will aid participants in:

Defining motivation and motivational interviewing
Identifying the skills and strategies required to use motivational interviewing
Acknowledging the complexities of influencing motivation
And more…

The workshops:

As to the workshops, these are all due to take place in November. You will be split into 6 groups of 3, with the following times to choose from:

Group 1:
Workshop 1 – Monday 2 November, 9.00 – 10.00
Workshop 2 – Tuesday 3 November, 9.00 – 10.00
Workshop 3 – Monday 9 November, 9.00 – 10.00
Group 2:
Workshop 1 – Monday 2 November, 10.15 – 11.15
Workshop 2 – Tuesday 3 November, 10.15 – 11.15
Workshop 3 – Monday 9 November, 10.15 – 11.15
Group 3:
Workshop 1 – Monday 2 November, 11.30 – 12.30
Workshop 2 – Tuesday 3 November, 11.30 – 12.30
Workshop 3 – Monday 9 November, 11.30 – 12.30
Group 4:
Workshop 1 – Monday 2 November, 13.30 – 14.30
Workshop 2 – Tuesday 3 November, 13.30 – 14.30
Workshop 3 – Tuesday 10 November, 9.00 – 10.00
Group 5:
Workshop 1 – Monday 2 November, 14.45 – 15.45
Workshop 2 – Tuesday 3 November, 14.45 – 15.45
Workshop 3 – Tuesday 10 November, 10.15 – 11.15
Group 6:
Workshop 1 – Monday 2 November, 16.00 – 17.00
Workshop 2 – Tuesday 3 November, 16.00 – 17.00
Workshop 3 – Tuesday 10 November, 11.30 – 12.30

These workshops will provide a productive environment in which to practice and develop patient-centred communication skills:

Focusing on the beginning of the consultation — meeting and greeting using first contact skills
Practising the skills of paraphrasing and questioning, and if appropriate providing information effectively
Practising the skills of reflecting feelings and summarisation

Booking:

If you are interested in joining this course, please click on the link in the box below.

If you will be unable to attend on the dates presented, it is worth sending us an expression of interest to us at zach.barber@nhs.net, as we may be able to move some dates / times.

To send an expression of interest, please click here.

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How can you set up physiotherapy apprenticeships in your local area?

Look no further than HEE’s Physiotherapist Apprenticeship Employer Forum

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October 2020 newsletter

Download it today

Recent news

Missed NHSE / I’s Flu Clinic Symposium last month?

No worries. Watch the recording today.

Recent news

Becoming an Advanced Practitioner

Resources for advanced practice

Training information

Nursing Whilst Black

Dermatology skin club

Non-medical prescribing

Flu Clinic Symposium recording

Tackling misinformation in LD

Monday 19 April

All Our Health: Inclusion Health

Leadership & Management training

Our well-being & peer support group

Gynaecological cancers

LARC Fitter Guidance

Menopause

Sexual health

Becoming an advanced practitioner

Resources for advanced practice

All Our Health: Inclusion Health

Leadership & Management training

Our well-being & peer support group

Gynaecological cancers

Menopause

Sexual health

Dermatology skin club

Non-medical prescribing

Flu Clinic Symposium recording

Monday 19 April

Tackling misinformation in LD

Nursing Whilst Black

LARC Fitter Guidance

Clinical Supervision Training for GPNs

Dates

Training Benefits

Additional resources

“How can I avoid burning out in primary care?”

“What have respiratory services learning during COVID-19?”

“What’s being done to fix health inequalities?”

Recent news

How is Advanced Practice helping to deliver the national healthcare agenda?

Find out this November at HEE’s Advanced Practice Virtual Conference 2020

Recent news

Recent news

Discuss the future of primary care

Recent news

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General information:

The online modules:

The workshops:

Booking:

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