Reducing placement attrition presentation
- 1. Reducing Placement Attrition at ELHT Andrew Keavey Lead PEF Gillian Cairns Education & Workforce Lead
- 2. Reducing placement attrition at ELHT Attrition at ELHT PEF team structure Listening to our students Getting ready for TLE Has it worked?
- 3. Something feels wrong Original PEF team 3 Band 7’s 2013-14 HENW PEF outcomes 94% Local attrition: ELHT Sep 11 Uclan adult nursing cohort 22% Left the course 32% Did not complete on time after 3 years Trust & student expectations not being met Increasing student complaints High attrition meant insufficient student numbers to meet workforce needs
- 4. ‘’It’s life Jim but not as we know it’’ Mr Spock. Startreck New priorities Increase student contact Local mentor support A consistent approach to improving education quality New PEF team structure Lead PEF PEF Assistant PEF
- 5. Lead PEF Education quality Links to divisional education boards Practice Education Forum Multi-professional mentorship New placement development Quality monitoring reports Education costing LDA submissions
- 6. PEF Mentor development Targeted mentor development Mentor & placement database Local mentor updates Mentor support & problem solving Placement audit End of placement feedback Student allocations HEI link for nursing
- 7. Student support Placement visits Student & mentor support Work alongside students End of placement reviews Student welcome sessions Facilitate student training days Assistant Practice Education Facilitator
- 8. Working together Sense of ownership Meeting students in fresher's week, during prep for placement & at trust welcome Chief exec & chief nurse engagement Students completing trust induction, ID badges, internet access etc Daily placement visits. Visits to all first years in first week of each placement PEF allocation of student placements Listening to our students End of placement reviews Student Friends & Family test. STOP, START, CARRY ON Chief exec & chief nurse attend student feedback sessions Improving quality Student feedback shared with matrons, managers, the HEI & with other students All IR1’s involving students copied to PEF team for action Linking to trust priorities – bed pressures, CQC visits, workforce planning, recruitment etc. Local mentor support (80 mentor updates completed 2014) Multi-learner education audits
- 9. Listening to our students Daily placement visits End of placement reviews Friends & family test Stop, Start, Carry on Feedback shared within trust & with HEI Best Mentor & Best Placement awards
- 10. Shaping the future TLE Closer ties between Cadet, tAP, WBEF, apprentice & pre-reg education A single point of contact Raising the bar Developing bands 1-4 (care certificate) Enhancing pre-reg clinical skills for nursing students Providing quality learning environments for all learners Collaboration Quality Assurance Quality Learning Environment TLE
- 11. Getting ready for TLE Practice Education at ELHT Local engagement Apprentices Cadets Trainee & Assistant Practitioners Pre-reg students Advanced Practitioners
- 12. Getting ready for TLE Eduction & Workforce Lead Lead PEF Work based learning lead Cadet Facilitator Apprentice Facilitator PEF Assistant PEF UCLAN Advanced Practitioner Link Trainee Assistant Practitioners (WBEF) Practice Education at ELHT
- 13. Raising the bar LP PEF Linking practice to theory ELHT Linking theory to practice UCLAN Lecturer Practitioner / Practice Education Facilitator Role at ELHT
- 14. ‘’Developing our own’’ Role of the LP PEF Improve links with UCLAN Emphasise fundamentals of care Prioritise patient safety Develop clinical skills Build student confidence Underpin ELHT values ELHT PEF Team Structure
- 15. Is it working? Student Friends & Family test Care 94% (Sep 12 Cohort UCLAN Nursing Students. 30th June 2015) Education 94% UCLAN Student evaluations 2014 – 2015 88% Student complaints 2014 – 2015 1 Best placement nominations 2015 24 Most supportive staff nominations 2015 84 HENW PEF outcomes 2014 96% Student attrition 8% (Jan 14, Mar 14, Sep 14 & Mar 15 Cohorts UCLAN Nursing Students. September 2015)
- 16. Student feedback ‘’The PEF team saved my nursing career. I felt like throwing in the towel but Karen (Wrigley) & Fran (Clare) helped me so much. They supported me & made me feel like I wasn’t alone’’ March 2015 UCLAN student nurse End of placement review 12/08/2015