Mobile skills unit
Venues
In 2009 the unit was stationed at:
Belford Hospital, Fort William
Caithness General Hospital, Wick
Lorn & Isles District General Hospital, Oban
Galloway Community Hospital, Stranraer
Shetland (Lerwick and Yell)
Kelso Hospital, Borders
Orkney (Kirkwall)
Western Isles (Stornoway and Benbecula)
Paisley (Ambulance Station)
Visits for 2010 include:
Galloway Community Hospital, Stranraer: 12th - 30th April
Kinlochbervie Fire Station, Kinlochbervie: 7th May
Isle of Barra: 17th - 21st May
Uist & Barra Hospital, Isle of Benbecula: Monday 24th - Thursday 27th May
Montfield Hospital, Shetland Isles: 3rd June - 3rd July
Scottish Multiprofessional Maternity Development Programme: 12th July
SORT: 23rd July - 13th August
Balfour Hospital, Orkney Isles: 14th - 27th August
Cowal Community Hospital,
Dunoon: 28th August - 4th September
AMEE Conference, Glasgow: 5th - 8th September
Mobile Unit Faculty Development, Larbert: 13th & 14th September
UKCEA Conference, St Andrews: 15th & 16th September
Bowmore Hospital, Isle of Islay: 17th September - 5th October
Borders General Hospital, Melrose: 7th - 22nd October
Isle of Tiree: 23rd - 1st November
Mobile Unit Faculty Development, Larbert: 4th and 5th November
Mid-Argyll Hospital and Intermediate Care Centre, Lochgilphead: 6th - 22nd November
Isle of Mull: 27th November - 4th December
Monklands Hospital, North Lanarkshire: 5th - 11th December
Role of the Venue
For the mobile unit to work effectively, it needs to be in partnership between the Clinical Skills Managed Educational Network, local venues and the HBs responsible for staff development. A person to act as a ‘Host’ for the visit is identified by the venue and this host is the first point of liaison with the CS MEN office. The host identifies where the unit should be located, organises practical aspects of the visit (advertising the programme and taking bookings, having the unit cleaned and bins empted, making sure it’s set out appropriately for each skill, taking care of the keys and security, health and safety, working with others at the venue to identify the programme etc). A guide for hosts/potential hosts is available to download or by email from MENoffice@dundee.ac.uk.
NHS Education for Scotland are funding the logistics of transporting the unit until 31 March 2011. However the project does not have a budget for consumables or back-filling staff. Staff costs incurred in using the unit need to be met locally.
A form to request a visit of the unit, or to use the unit to deliver a particular course is available to download or by email from MENoffice@dundee.ac.uk.
