Adult Nursing at City Campus Placement Information

You will have the opportunity to train in a variety of placement types and locations. Placements work on a hub and spoke model. You will have a Trust that will be your ‘hub’ and you will be placed with them for the majority of your placement hours. You will also have ‘spoke’ placements with PVI (private, voluntary or independent) providers in the same area or a neighbouring Trust. Before choosing Trust, you should consider if another campus location with other Trust options might be better. You will need to be able to make your way to your placements to train at the times given. Many placement areas operate shift patterns 24/7. You should consider how you will get to placements and back home if you have early or late placement patterns. Each Trust has a main hospital, but you will not always be located at that hospital. You will need to consider how you would travel to all areas where the Trust has sites at. 

You must complete at least 2300 hours in clinical placements during your course. You will be in placement up to 40 hours per week during your placement blocks. Once you have accepted a place with a particular Trust there is limited opportunity to change your mind. After you have enrolled it is unlikely you would be able to change placement location for the duration of your course. It is therefore important that you research the area fully and then check that the placement area given as part of your offer is the correct one for you. You will find this in the offer letter. If it is not correct or you cannot see it, you should not accept the offer and contact admissions straight away to see if there is availability for the Trust that you require. We would advise that if there are no spaces for your chosen placement you wait for the next available intake rather than choosing a Trust that you will struggle to travel to. 

Theoretical studies will take place at Wolverhampton City Campus and you have the choice of three placement areas.  

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical placements could be anywhere within and around the Dudley catchment areas. Based in the heart of the Black Country, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of hospital and adult community services to the populations of Dudley, significant parts of the Sandwell borough and smaller, but growing, communities in South Staffordshire and Wyre Forest. The Trust provides the full range of secondary care services and some specialist services for the wider populations of the Black Country and West Midlands region. Currently, the Trust serves a population of around 450,000 people from the following locations;  

• Russells Hall Hospital,  
• Guest Outpatient Centre in Dudley  
• Corbett Outpatient Centre in Stourbridge  
• The Trust also provides specialist adult community-based care in patient's homes and in more than 40 centres in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council community, including Brierley Hill, Stourbridge and Halesowen 

The Royal Wolverhampton Trust

Clinical placements could be anywhere within and around the Wolverhampton and Cannock catchment areas. RWT are one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands having more than 850 beds on the New Cross site. They also have 56 rehabilitation beds at West Park Hospital and 54 beds at Cannock Chase Hospital. They are the largest employer in Wolverhampton, employing more than 9,400 staff, covering more than 350 different roles. RWT provide services from the following locations; 

• New Cross Hospital - Secondary and Tertiary Services, Maternity, Accident and Emergency, Critical Care and Outpatients 
• West Park Hospital - Rehabilitation Inpatient and Day Care Services, Therapy Services and Outpatients 
• Cannock Chase Hospital - General Surgery, Orthopaedics, Breast Surgery, Urology, Dermatology/Plastic Surgery and Medical Day Case Investigations and Treatment (including Endoscopy, Rheumatology and Dermatology) 
• More than 20 community sites - Community Services for Children and Adults, Walk-in Centres and Therapy and Rehabilitation Services 

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

SaTH is the main provider of district general hospital services for nearly half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and mid-Wales. The main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in Shrewsbury. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care, and critical care. Together the hospitals have just over 700 beds. Alongside their services at Princess Royal and Royal Shrewsbury, they also provide community and outreach services such as Consultant-led outreach clinics, Renal dialysis outreach services, and Community services including Audiology and Therapies in areas covering Wrekin, Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Oswestry. Placements will also be undertaken with Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, which provides a range of community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, and runs four community hospitals in Bishop's Castle, Bridgnorth, Ludlow, and Whitchurch, as well as the new Oswestry Health Centre. Placements may also be at The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust based on the outskirts of Oswestry, Shropshire. 

This geographical area is the biggest placement area we have. It is very difficult to travel to some areas that the Trust covers as it is very rural. Public transport is very limited and does not cover all placement locations.