Clinical Education & Training (CET) Team for Care Homes & Care at Home
The Team
What do the team do?
CET works collaboratively with other specialist teams to supportively plan and provide timely consistent education to Care Homes/Care at Home/Care Home teams across NHS Lothian (NHSL) and also to advise them how to facilitate an effective learning environment for learners and all staff.
- Discuss, develop and facilitate education sessions within Care Homes/Care at Home facilities for all staff.
- Provide opportunities for Care Home/Care at Home staff to attend clinical skills training.
- Support other teams to deliver education sessions. E.g. Train the trainer sessions, Facilitation of learning (FoL).
- Offer support to Care Homes/Care at Homes to become Practice learning environment for learners.
Meet the Team
Team Lead
- Janis Langdale
Administration Assistants
- Joanne Taylor
- Karina Greenan
Care Home Education Facilitators (CHEF)
- Ken Dick
- Iris Lam
Clinical Practice Facilitators/Educators
- Lesley Betts
- Polly Bisset
- Mary Shields
- Tahira Abbas Ali
Falls and Frailty Clinical Educator
- Michelle Watt
Dementia and Delirium Clinical Educator (all NHSL)
- Heidi Pollock Hay
Clinical Educator NHSL including Dementia/Delirium Education
- Liz McPherson
To contact the team please email:
trainingandeducation.carehomes@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Care Homes as Practice Learning Environments (PLE)
Care Homes can provide excellent learning opportunities for nursing students and students from a variety of other healthcare professions.
In providing these learning experiences it also exposes these students to the possibility of a valued career in the Care Home sector on completion of their studies.
Information and useful resources can be found at: PEF CHEF – NHS Lothian | Staff and on the Practice Learning & Support Hub: Practice Learning Hub. (napier.ac.uk)
If you are interested in your Care Home becoming a Practice Learning Environment for students
and/or you require further information please contact:
Ken Dick, Care Home Education Facilitator, ken.dick@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Types of courses
The Clinical Education & Training Team for Care Homes and Care at Home delivers two main types of courses and education sessions.
Knowledge Refresher Sessions – These are bespoke sessions delivered in the Care Homes/Care at Home facilities by Clinical Practice Facilitators.
Knowledge refresher sessions available
Topics Available Include:
- Infection Prevention and Control
- Skin Assessment
- Management of the Distressed Patient
- Food Fluid and Nutrition
- Palliative Care
To book a session or for further information please email the team
trainingandeducation.carehomes@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Courses – These are courses where staff members will attend a venue outwith the Care Home/Care at Home environment for training, at times this will be alongside staff from other Care Homes/Care at Home services.
Courses available
Courses
Clinical Skills
- Catheterisation
- Enteral Tube Feeding
- McKinley T34 Syringe Driver
- Venepuncture
- Vital Signs
Confirmation of Death
Palliative Care
For more information on Palliative Care and courses offered by the Palliative Care Team please see the Palliative Care Team webpages
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Teaching package in development
Please see the education and training calendar for July to December 2023 training dates.
To book a course or for further information please email the team
trainingandeducation.carehomes@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
How to book and FAQs
To book a course or for further information please email the team
trainingandeducation.carehomes@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
For frequently asked questions about courses please see our FAQ’s sheet
