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NW Student Forum Engagement Event 29/09/26

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NW Student Forum Engagement Event 29/09/26

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Engagement event for all NW Nursing, Nursing Associate and Midwifery learners. Have your say!

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Keeping MFT secure: six simple steps

Last week, the UK’s terrorism threat level was raised to Severe. MFT’s Security teams are working closely with Greater Manchester Police and continue to take appropriate action to keep our sites safe. While strong security measures are in place, everyone plays a part in maintaining a safe, secure and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and colleagues.

Here are six simple steps all staff can take every day to help:

Wear your ID badge clearly and visibly

Don’t allow tailgating into restricted areas

Challenge politely with a friendly, “Hello, can I help?”

Keep security doors closed

Lock cupboards and cabinets when not in use

Report concerns promptly to a senior colleague or Security

Security teams are carrying out regular monitoring to support good practice. Further guidance, resources and support on security is available on the Intranet

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AWAITING FUTURE DATES

Who is this for:

Learners of all professions including Nursing, SNAs, Midwifery and AHP

on placement within the Trust

Facilitated by:

PEF Team

The Aim of the session is:

To empower learners to be able to work collaboratively thereby placing service users/patients and their families’ perspectives, interests, and concerns at the center of health and social care practice.

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Your well-being matters. As a team, we are committed to ensuring your safety by fostering awareness, staying connected, supporting one another, trusting your instincts, and seeking help when needed.

If you experience anything concerning, please contact the PEF team and your university, who can provide debriefing and well-being support.

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Support for Pre-registration LGBTQIA+ Learners poster

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Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO)

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Manchester Local Care Organisation (MLCO)

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North Manchester

Ancoats, Bradford and Clayton

Miles Platting & Newton Heath, Moston and City Centre

Higher Blackley, Harpurhey and Charlestown

Cheetham and Crumpsall

Central Manchester

Ardwick and Longsight

Gorton and Levenshulme

Chorlton, Whalley Range and Fallowfield

Hulme, Moss Side and Rusholme

South Manchester

Withington and Old Moat

Didsbury, Burnage and Chorlton Park

Wythenshawe (Baguley, Woodhouse Park and Sharston)

Wythenshawe (Brooklands) and Northenden

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North Trafford

Clifford, Gorse Hill, Longford, Stretford

Central Trafford

Ashton Upon Mersey, Brooklands, Priory, St Mary's, Sale Moor

West Trafford

Bucklow-St-Martins, Davyhulme East, Davyhulme West, Flixton, Urmston

South Trafford

Altrincham, Bowdon, Broadheath, Hale Barns, Hale Central, Timperley, Village

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School nurses are specialist community public health nurses (SCPHN) who work with school-aged children and young people and their families to improve health and wellbeing outcomes and reduce inequalities and vulnerabilities.

You’ll work in partnership with schools, children’s social care professionals, GPs, health visitors, allied health professionals, and voluntary services to meet the needs of children and young people.

The school nurse’s day-to-day role varies from area to area, but will typically, include:

working with other professionals to keep children safe, support local safeguarding arrangements, and ensure that the voice of the child is considered

supporting holistic assessment of children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing needs, and providing mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention approaches

carrying out health assessments to identify risk-taking behaviours and supporting children to keep safe

supporting development and delivery of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in education, schools and other settings

offering individual support to children, young people and families to manage lifestyle concerns and change behaviours, for example related to healthy weight

early identification of vulnerability that may impact on the child or young person’s education or school attendance. This may include being a young carer, being a child in care, experiencing domestic or emotional abuse or parental substance misuse

supporting children and young people who have complex and long-term health needs

helping children and young people to develop a knowledge of self-care, autonomy and decision making, including how to access health services

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Two weeks prior to starting we recommend that you do the following:

1. Read and action the welcome information from the PEF team. Email is sent 2 weeks before your start date.

2. Contact your learning environment (details can be found on InPlace) - find out where you need to go / what time to arrive. Check what IT access you will require, if you need an ID badge and car parking. Check you have a contact number for the team! If you have any health conditions/reasonable adjustments, now would be a good time to let them know so they can prepare for your placement. Let your PEF team know if you are struggling.

3. Await your log in from the PEF.inbox for the Kallidus Learning Hub. Once you have this, please complete the relevant training and book to attend your MFT induction and fire safety if necessary.

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If you are new to MFT and it's your first time on placement with us, IT access is requested two weeks prior to your start date. Please look out for an email from our admin team!

If you are returning to MFT for another placement, your IT access will need reactivating - please let HIVE.studentsqueries@mft.nhs.uk and/or your PEF team know as soon as possible so we can get this reactivated in time for your placement to start.

It is important that you complete the relevant training modules as soon as possible to enable your IT access to be ready for your placement start date!

Always check your junk inbox!

If you are having any difficulties with gaining IT acess AFTER following the correct steps - please contact: HIVE.studentsqueries@mft.nhs.uk

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District nurses make a difference everyday to the lives of the people they visit at home and in residential care homes. They provide increasingly complex care for patients and support for family members.

As a district nurse, you'll

assess the healthcare needs of patients and families

monitor the quality of care they're receiving

be professionally accountable for its delivery

Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities.

You'll be visiting patients every day or more than once a day, offering help, advice and support. You may work on your own or with other groups, such as the social services, voluntary agencies and other NHS organisations and help to provide and co-ordinate a wide range of care services.

As well as providing direct patient care, you'll have a teaching and support role, working with patients to enable them to care for themselves or with family members teaching them how to give care to their relatives.

You'll play a vital role in keeping hospital admissions and re-admissions to a minimum and ensuring that patients can return to their own homes as soon as possible.

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Please ensure you are following the uniform policy whilst on placement.

If you are not following the correct uniform policy, you may be asked to leave placement and return when you are adhering to policy.

If you are unsure about this, please reach out to your PEF team who can answer any queries.

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Always ensure that documentation is countersigned by your educator or supervisor.

To get your account reactivated - please email HIVE.Studentsqueries@mft.nhs.uk

REMINDER:

You cannot use an existing support worker or NHS Professionals login when on placement as a student!

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When resetting your MFT computer password, please ensure that your new password meets the criteria detailed here.

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MFT Induction and Fire Safety

Please be aware, you will need to attend the virtual Induction and face-to-face Fire Safety sessions during your time within MFT. This must be attended during your placement and not before. Further information can be found on the links below:

Click Me for MFT Induction Dates!

Click Me for Fire Safety Dates!

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Learning disability nurses work to provide specialist healthcare and support to people with a learning disability, as well as their families and staff teams, to help them live a fulfilling life.

Children identified as having a learning disability are living longer, more fulfilled lives into adolescence, adulthood and older age. Learning disability nurses play a vital role working across the whole life span in both health and care settings.

The main areas of your role as a learning disability nurse involve:

improving or maintaining a person’s physical and mental health

reducing barriers to them living an independent life

supporting the person in living a fulfilling life

Learning disability nurses may also help people to learn the skills needed to find work. This can be significant in helping them to lead a more independent and healthy life where they can relate to others on equal terms.

You'll work in a range of settings and you’ll work as part of a team including GPs, psychologists, social workers, teachers, general practitioners, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and healthcare assistants.

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A pioneering scheme providing care and support to people with complex health and care needs in Manchester. It has reduced unnecessary use of other healthcare services by up to 60%. MCM has been rolled out across the city in 2020 so there is an MCM service in each of our 12 neighbourhoods.

A small percentage (2%) of Manchester people are very vulnerable and have complex physical health, mental health and social care needs. They often find it difficult to navigate and access the standard healthcare system due to the multiple difficulties they are facing.

Some people end up using hospital-based services such as A&E as a default, and more frequently, as they find it difficult to keep themselves healthy, safe and well at home. MCM is designed to support people with the most complex health and care needs in the community so they are less reliant on hospital and other urgent care services.

The MCM teams are led by a GP, working alongside a nurse, social worker, wellbeing adviser and pharmacist. Each team builds links with the local community and works in partnership with primary care services, the integrated neighbourhood team (the team of community health and social care services in the neighbourhood), mental health services and other local voluntary services and community groups. The service offer is tailored to the goals and aspirations of each individual person, joining up care and support to best meet their needs.

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We have a duty of care for your welfare whilst you are on placement with us. All absence must be reported as policy.

It is the learners responsibility to report sickness / absence to your placement area prior to your shift. Upon returning to practice please contact the team to inform them of your return.

Please ensure you follow the university guidance in reporting absence.

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If the team working in your learning environment don’t routinely wear a uniform, please contact them before you start your placement to confirm what you should wear. If you are asked to wear non-uniform, here are some guidelines for you:

Ensure clothes are suitable for work purposes, are clean and in a good state of repair, always maintaining a standard of professionalism.

Clothes should be free from strong smells, for example, body odour, cigarettes and vapes, etc.

Shoes must be closed toe in line with health and safety policy, apart from staff working in an office environment.

Examples of clothing deemed unacceptable for non-uniformed staff

• Jeans*/cargo trousers

• Jeggings/leggings (unless covered by a tunic/dress)

• T-shirts with any offensive logo

• Jogging bottoms

• Shorts*

• Camouflage

• Miniskirts/dresses

• Sun, beach or spaghetti strap dresses/tops

• Any clothing that is overly revealing of the cleavage, stomach, midriff or thighs is unacceptable

• Sweatshirts* or hooded tops

• Flip flops

• Sports wear

• Halter neck or strapless tops or dresses

• Socks with offensive logo

*These items may be acceptable in some circumstances where agreed with the manager, due to the nature of the work

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Please ensure you have an adequate email signature so our team are able to support with your query quickly.

Your Full Name

University

Cohort and Branch

Personal Tutor Name and Email

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For most community placements, you will not be based at a hospital site and won't require a parking permit. Therefore, please check with your placement area if you require a car parking permit.

If you are using your own vehicle for transport during placement, please ensure you have correct business insurance cover.

A parking permit needs to be applied for directly with the Car Parking team - please see poster for further information.

Car Parking Permit System

Please note, until you have a valid parking permit, you cannot park on a hospital site unless you are parking as a visitor in one of the pay and display car parks. As a learner without a valid permit, you can pay the non-permit discounted rate of £6 per day (please contact the car parking team for more information). If you park on the hospital site without a valid permit or without paying, you could be issues with a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN).

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Please contact your placement LEEL for your off duty.

All learners are expected to partake in the service hours of your placement environment (e.g. the 24 hour / 7 days a week shift pattern)

Please be respectful to the LEELs who complete your off duty.

Any changes to the off duty need to be discussed with the LEELs or Team Lead to ensure adequate supervision and support for learners on each shift.

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plan your meetings

let placement know of any deadlines prior to the end of placement

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🚗 Using Your Car for Placement – Business Insurance

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🚗 Using Your Car for Placement – Business Insurance

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If you are planning to use your own car for purposes related to your placement, it is important that you have the appropriate business-use insurance in place.

If you use your car for business travel as part of your placement you must have appropriate business insurance cover.

Standard social, domestic and commuting insurance will not provide cover for business travel.

If you intend to claim expenses from your university for business travel, you will be required to provide evidence of appropriate business insurance, when submitting any claims.

✅ Check your insurance policy before starting placement.

✅ Confirm that you are covered for business use/work-related travel.

✅ Keep evidence of your business insurance cover.

Do not assume your existing car insurance automatically covers you for business travel. It's your responsibility to confirm this and evidence appropriate insurance cover.

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Security & Safety Information in the Community

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Security & Safety Information in the Community

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Security and Safety information for students on placement

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In most of our community areas, where you are not based at the hospital site, your university ID badge is sufficient, and you do not need an MFT ID Badge. If you are based at a hospital site, please check with your placement team if an MFT ID badge is required.

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It is really important that you take your breaks whilst on placement. Please check with your supervisor or educator about ensuring you have your break.

Typically, this is the working pattern and break allowance across the Trust:

- 8 hour shift - 30 minute break

- 12 hour shift - 60 minute break

- night shift - 60-90 minutes, please check with your placement team

If you require additional breaks, please ensure you have informed your placement team and the PEF team.

*Your break is not included in your hours on your timesheet*

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In most of our community areas, where you are not based at the hospital site, your university ID badge is sufficient. If you are based at a hospital site, please check with your placement team if an MFT ID badge is required.

Please download a copy of this form, fill it in and send it back to PEF.inbox@mft.nhs.uk

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Adapted learn log with NMC template / Gibbs reflective model

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Adapted learn log with NMC template / Gibbs reflective model

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Practice Educator, Practice Supervisor & Practice Assessor

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Practice Educator, Practice Supervisor & Practice Assessor

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Your placement will allocate you to a practice educator who will guide and assess your learning throughout and complete your PAD.

It is important for you to ensure your practice educator is assigned at the beginning of your placement. Please ensure you contact your placement before commencing to ensure an educator has been assigned to you on your first day.

Additionally, you will need to ensure that your orientation and initial interview are completed ideally on the first day. As PARE is your responsibility we encourage you to make sure that this is carried out timely, and that any concerns are raised early enough for your assessor assist.

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As part of the pre-registration education team, we would like to wish you the warmest welcome to your community placements and wish only the best experiences from your community placements.

Within MFT's LCO, we have many different teams, professions and services:

Health Visitors

School Nurses

District Nurses

Learning Disability Nurses

Manchester Case Managers

Specialist Nursing Roles

Scroll down to find out more about these professional and the work they do!

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Evening/Night time Mental Health Support

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Evening/Night time Mental Health Support

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Manchester Local Care Organisation (MCLO) & Trafford Local Care Organisation (TLCO) PEF Team

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Manchester Local Care Organisation (MCLO) & Trafford Local Care Organisation (TLCO) PEF Team

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We are your support for all things placement related across the LCO. It is best to contact us via email as we aren't always at our desks!

Sara Haydri (PEF) - Sara.haydri@mft.nhs.uk

08:00 - 14:00 weekdays

0161 720 2462

Anna Barby-Moule (PEP) - anna.barbymoule@mft.nhs.uk

08:00 - 16:00 weekdays

0161 918 4268 or 0161 291 5644

Graham Taylor (PEP) - graham.taylor@mft.nhs.uk

08:00 - 16:00 weekdays

0161 291 5644

PEF.inbox@mft.nhs.uk

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We offer a number of virtual sessions via MS Teams for you to come along, meet the team and ask any questions! We cover spotlight topics such as Learning Logs, PARE and Spokes, as well as a Q&A Drop In session.

We recommend you attend one of each session. Your practice teams are aware of these events and can release you from practice.

These sessions count towards practice hours!

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A guide to the different staff members within MFT

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The hub informs students about available resources, how to access support and see the study journeys of their peers.

A useful support tool for learners.

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NHS England | Workforce, training and education

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Welcome to the Student Nursing Hub | NHS England | Workforce, training and education

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Supporting your journey from student to registered nurse This hub is designed to support you from the point of thinking of becoming a nurse through to entering the workforce as a newly registered nurse. Whether you are considering nursing as a career, currently studying, or preparing for your first role, this hub is here to help. This student hub has been developed with students, partners in the NHS, higher education and other health and care sectors. It will be regularly updated. What do nurses do?

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Please ensure that you read the relevant MFT Trust Policies that are available via our Intranet page.

Always carry out any clinical skills in line with policy and always under direct supervision.

Some policies you may want to read:

ANTT Policy

Dress Code & Uniform Policy

Adult Urinary Catherisation & Catheter Care Policy

Blood Transfusion Policy

Moving & Handling Policy

Infection Prevention and Control Policy

Point of Care Testing Policy

Injectable Medicines Policy

Lone Worker Policy

Remember: It is your responsibility to work within your scope of practice!

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Please leave your placement area a PARE evaluation at the end of your placement - this is a great way to appraise your learning experience and/or to leave feedback so improvements can be made.

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Health visitors are specialist community public health nurses, (SCPHN) registered midwives or nurses.

They specialise in working with families with a child aged 0 to five to identify health needs as early as possible and improve health and wellbeing by promoting health, preventing ill health and reducing inequalities.

Your day-to-day role may vary from area to area, but will typically include:

supporting parents during their transition to parenthood and in the weeks following the birth of their baby

providing support and advice for the initiation and duration of breast feeding, infant feeding and healthy eating for young children

assessing children’s growth and development needs

delivering health reviews to assess children’s growth and development needs, including the two-year health review and to be ready for school

promoting the best start in speech, language and communication including identification of need and additional support to be ready to learn

supporting maternal and infant mental health

supporting healthy weight and healthy nutrition conversations to prevent childhood obesity through behaviour change techniques.

advising on minor illness, home safety, safer sleep and accident prevention

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Supporting you in your learning and development 

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Spokes within our maternity services are difficult to come by. You can book on to attend one of our Pregnancy & Birth Study days to help meet your mother and baby exposure.

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Celebrate Success – If you have enjoyed your learning experience and received outstanding support from your placement / PA / PS / PE / LEEL or PEF-PEP team please nominate them for an award!

Please download the template above and email your nomination to PEF.inbox@mft.nhs.uk

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Please see upcoming dates for our different virtual events for September - November 2026!

All these events are on MS Teams - please scan the QR code on the poster to attend or click the link below:

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 341 812 671 284 2

Passcode: ek7oJ7Bs

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Pre-Registration Team Newsletter - February 2026

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Pre-Registration Team Newsletter - February 2026

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Pre-registration Education Newsletter - February 2026