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Whilst on placement here at Abertillery, you can park in the GP surgery car park as you will be travelling in your mentors car throughout. We are located on floor 2.

Shift patterns:

Early- 8-4

Day- 9-5

Late- 12-8

We return to the office around 13.00 for lunch, and handover around 14.00.

Gp surgeries:

Aberbeeg- 01495 320520

Abertillery- 01495 361636

Cwm Calon- 01495 533533

Blaina- 01495 290325

North Celynen- 01495 246531

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Your practice facilitator is Sharon Williams- 01633 234794

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Your practice facilitator is Sharon Williams- 01633 234794

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Clare Parton

Band 7

Clare.Parton@wales.nhs.uk

07976892257

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Band 6

Lauren.Taylor4@wales.nhs.uk

07825863394

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Administration

Elizabeth.Probert@wales.nhs.uk

01495 363191

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Band 5

Abbie.Caswell@wales.nhs.uk

07974890083

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Band 5

Hannah.Chard@wales.nhs.uk

07890548652

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Band 5

Cheryl.Davies20@wales.nhs.uk

07969502580

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Band 5

Wendy.Dayton@wales.nhs.uk

07969507418

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Band 5

Michelle.Keates@wales.nhs.uk

07966511540

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Band 5

Gill.Jones3@wales.nhs.uk

07813369764

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Band 5

Mike.Morgan2@wales.nhs.uk

07890516408

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Band 5

Michael.Murphy2@wales.nhs.uk

07973743378

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Band 5

Paula.Nash@wales.nhs.uk

07931383961

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To deliver the highest quality of care

To deliver holistic and person centred care

To promote health, healing and independence

To actively encourage self participation

To act as an advocate for patients

To safeguard all patients and their families

To work in the patients best interests

To work as a multi-disciplinary team

To communicate effectively

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If for any reason you are unable to attend your placement, please inform your allocated mentor and your university.

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During your placement you should be expected to wear your All Wales uniform and adhere to your universities and health board’s policies.

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Should the fire alarm sound, please make your way to your nearest fire exit using the stairs, and meet at the fire assembly point in the car park. Mike Morgan is the fire safety officer for the team should you have any queries.

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In the community you will come across a wide range of learning opportunities, including wound care which may be simple, or can be complex, such as compression bandaging or post-op wound care, such as suture removal or wound packing. We carry out catheter care and maintenance solutions, including changing male/female and suprapubic catheters. We also carry out continence assessments. We carry out venepuncture and give injections such as b12, flu, prostap or GCSF injections, as well as end of life stat doses. We carry out diabetic care which includes taking blood glucose readings and giving insulin. Treating hypo/hyperglycaemia and escalation if needed. We carry out observations routinely or in emergency situations. We do regular palliative care visits and set up syringe drivers. We manage HICK/PICC lines, and gastrostomy tubes.

We liaise with multi-disciplinary teams such as Gp, out of hours services, hospice nurses, dietitian’s, social workers, tissue viability and lymphoedema and regularly send referrals to these.

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Practice nurse

Tissue viability (3rd years only)

Hospice (3rd years only)

Diabetic nurse

Community resource team

Bone Health Unit/ Fracture liaison service

Clinical photography and medical illustration

Please discuss with your mentor if you would like to attend a spoke and we will arrange.

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A wound is described as a break in the skin and underlying tissue.

Bio-film- a colony of microbes in the tissue.

Colonisation- a mass of bacteria formed by cells, that multiplies in the surface of the wound in warm conditions.

Dehiscence- total or partial separation of the wound edges whilst in the early stages of wound healing.

Eschar- dead tissue that sheds or falls away from the skin.

Excoriation- tissue damage that is often bright red in colour.

Exudate- the amount of fluid coming from the wound.

Granulation- new tissue being formed on the wound surface.

Maceration- cause by excessive amounts of moisture, leaving the skin wet and white in colour.

Necrotic- dead skin/tissue, black in colour. Will often need to be debrided.

Slough- a yellow thick covering over the wound.

Superficial- a cut that does not penetrate the skin.

Oedema- swelling that looks shiny and full of fluid.

Venous leg ulcer- caused by circulatory problems. Slow to heal and causes blood flow to become blocked which then pools fluid in the legs.

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A pressure area is an injury to the skin and underlying tissue.

Moisture lesions- caused by moisture and can cause partial skin loss.

Suspected deep tissue injury (SDTI)- May be purple in colour or have a blood filled blister with depth unknown.

Grade 1- intact skin with non blanching redness.

Grade 2- partial skin loss of the epidermis and dermis layer.

Grade 3- full thickness tissue loss where subcutaneous fat may be visible.

Grade 4- full thickness tissue loss where bone or tendon may be visible, and may be covered by slough or eschar.

Ungradeable- full thickness loss which is obscured by slough and/or eschar.

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We sincerely hope you enjoy your placement with us and find it a valuable learning experience.

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Healthcare support worker

Pamela.Howells3@wales.nhs.uk

07773070865