Adult Nursing at Walsall 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 which may be with PVI (private, voluntary or independent) providers in the same area or a neighboring Trust. Before making your choice of Trust you should consider if another campus location with other Trust options might be better. You will need to be able to make your own 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. 

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 swap Trusts. 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 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 the Walsall campus and you have the choice of three placement areas.  

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Placements will primarily be within Queen’s Hospital Burton  which is the principal provider of acute hospital services for the residents of Burton upon Trent and surrounding areas including South Staffordshire, South Derbyshire, and North West Leicestershire. There is a full complement of the Emergency Department, outpatient, and direct access services, and all specialties are supported by a comprehensive range of clinical services in therapies, pharmacy, pathology, and radiology, serving a population of approximately 360,000 people and is committed to delivering high-quality patient care. Placements will also be in the Royal Derby Hospital, Samuel Johnson Community Hospital, and Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital Community placements will also be with the Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust. 

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Clinical placements will mostly be at Sandwell General Hospital, Rowley Regis Hospital and when it opens, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. Midland Metropolitan University Hospital stands between Sandwell and West Birmingham. It will be the largest acute healthcare facility within the Trust. It will bring together specialties from all areas of the organisation and provide a hub for emergency care, proudly serving diverse communities.  

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Clinical placements will be anywhere within the Walsall area. The trust provides local general hospital and community services to around 260,000 people in Walsall and the surrounding areas. They are the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, providing inpatients and outpatients at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community from some 60 sites including Health Centre’s and GP surgeries. The Trust’s Palliative Care Centre in Goscote is their base for a wide range of palliative care and end-of-life services, providing high-quality medical, nursing, and therapy care for local people living with cancer and other serious illnesses, as well as offering support for their families and carers.