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Welcome to the School of Health

NHS Bursary Information

What Happens When I Start The Course?

Reapplying for your Bursary Each Year

Social Media & Home Groups

Student Loans & Booking a DBS Appointment

Occupational Health

Enrolling onto the Course

Uniform Measure Day & helpful Links

Frequently Asked Questions

Checklist

Links to content

Welcome to... UCLan

Inside this issue

Bursary Information .................... 2

NHS Bursary ................................ 2

NHS Bursary ............................... 3

DBS Information.......................... 4

Occupational Health ................... 5

Enrolment ................................... 6

Uniforms Measurement .............. 7

Helpful Links ............................... 7

Checklist ..................................... 8

Welcome to the School of Health On behalf of all the staff within the School of Health I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the BSc Honours Pre-Registration Nursing course which commences on

Monday 8th September 2014. We sincerely hope you enjoy your studies, however there is a lot of important information contained within this brochure that you need to read through and act upon so that you are fully prepared for the start of the course and your future Nursing career. Please Note: “If the offer that you are holding is conditional upon

passing academic qualifications, then it will remain conditional un-til we have been notified that you have achieved the necessary qualifications - you will only be able to commence the course when we have confirmed, via UCAS, that your offer is unconditional” Please continue to make preparations to commence the course.

Included in this e-brochure:

1. Important DBS (formerly CRB) and Occupational Health information that needs to be actioned before you can access any clinical place-ments.

2. NHS Bursary Information

3. How to enrol onto the Course

We look forward to meeting you and send you our good wishes

Ann Foley Ann Foley Principal Lecturer Divisional Leader Pre- Registration Nursing School of Health

“Please see our handy new student checklist on the back page of this brochure “

Summer 2013 Volume 1, Issue 1

We will notify the NHS Bursary that you have started the course, providing that you have enrolled on the course and have signed to say you are here.

After we have notified them (usually on day 2 or 3 of the course)

your first bursary payment will be made to you within 10 days (provided the NHS Bursary have received your completed BOSS forms and all supporting evidence).

New students, apart from Medical/Dental, always receive a dou-

ble bursary instalment in the first month to assist with those initial costs when starting your course with the next payment following in month 3.

Bursary payments (apart from your first) are made on the third

Friday of each month directly into the bank account details you supplied on BOSS.

There is no need to wait until you have a confirmed place, apply for your finance now by registering here: http://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/Students/4002.aspx

NHS Bursary Funding

What Happens when I start the Course?

You can make an application for your NHS Bursary NOW. Please click here Bursary Online Support System (BOSS) YouTube Tutorial

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Download

“Your Guide To

student Bursa-

ries here

Reapplying for your bursary next year

All students must reapply for their bursary each academic year.

You will be informed of your deadline in the future. This infor-

mation will also be available on the NHS Bursary website and

NHS Bursaries Facebook page nearer the time.

Once you have created a BOSS account you should never create

a duplicate as this could result in your course fees not being

paid. To reapply for your bursary next year you should log onto

your BOSS account using your existing log in details and then

click on the link “apply/reapply for an NHS bursary”.

• If you do not reapply for your bursary each academic year, your

bursary payments will not continue automatically.

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£

Gov.uk

Guide to student

Finance

Click Here

Frequently Asked

Bursary Questions

Click Here

Due to the number of students starting per intake, we have to break you down into small teaching groups. You will be in these groups for the full 3 years of the course.

We set groups up based on your current location where possible. We aim to have your small group set up for you prior to the start

of the course so that your full on-line timetable is correct. If you are already making car share arrangements or wish to be in

a group with someone else you know who is starting the course please contact us on preregnursing@uclan.ac.uk and we will put you on the group allocation waiting list and try to accommodate your request.

Please check out the University’s car share scheme here: https://www.uclan.ac.uk/students/life/travel.php

“Follow us to get the latest information “

Social Media

Small Home Groups.

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If for any reason you

cannot start the

course please contact:

Janet Cooke in admis-

sions on 01772 892415

To go out on clinical placement you must have an enhanced DBS

check completed by UCLan. This needs to be completed prior to

starting the course.

Please click the following link to make an appointment.

The appointment should take no longer than 20/30 minutes.

You will need to bring identification to the appointment.

Please bring as many (all if possible) of the following documents:

Original Birth Certificate / Passport / Full Drivers Licence

2 x Proof of Address (e.g. bank statement /utility bill)

Proof of any Name Change (e.g. marriage cert / deed poll)

Proof of National Insurance Number

If you live outside of the North West and travelling to the appoint-

ment may be an issue, please speak to a member of the team.

Tip: When you receive your copy of the Enhanced DBS Certificate

keep it safe. You will need to produce it on placement.

There is no need to wait until you have a confirmed place, apply for your finance now by registering here: http://bit.ly/WLKUdg

Student Loans

IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE & BARRING SERVICE (DBS) INFORMATION

If you are eligible for an NHS student bursary, they will pay your course tuition fees. This will be paid directly to your Local Education Training Board (LETB).

As you won’t need a tuition fee

loan you can apply for Mainte-nance Loans.

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Click

here to

book

Gov.uk

Guide to student

Finance

Click Here

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To go out on Clinical Placement you must be cleared as fit for practice by

The Occupational Health Unit.

Please read carefully the “User Guide” and then complete as fully possible

the “Health Assessment form”. We strongly recommend that you send

the completed form via e-mail to occupational.health@bfwhospitals.nhs.uk

You may or may not be called in for an appointment based on the infor-

mation you provide.

Note: The main Occupational Health Office is in Blackpool, this does not

reflect where your placements or any appointments will be. Should you

have any queries regarding the form please make contact with Occupa-

tional Health using the contacts on the form.

UCLan staff will not be able to help in completing the form.

If you are called in for an appointment it is essential that you attend.

Failure to do so will result in you being charged a £40 non-attendance fee.

If you need to re-arrange your appointment you must do this 24 hours in

advance,

otherwise you will still be charged the £40 fee. You will be charged each

time you miss an appointment. This charge also applies if you are offered

a place on the course but fail to enrol following either attending or missing

an appointment.

Main Occupational Health Telephone Number:

01253 657950

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Not completing the

Occupational

Health form could

lead to being with-

drawn from the

course.

ACT

NOW

To work with vul-

nerable people you

must be cleared as

fit

“Please remember

to enrol to release

any funding and al-

so gain access to all

the facilities UCLan

has to offer. “

“Enrolment Opens

4th August 2014”

ENROLMENT ONTO THE COURSE You will need to enrol online

with the University, but you cannot do this until you accept your place with us. When your account is all set up by admis-sions, we will e-mail you and ask you to validate your per-sonal e-mail. This will then cre-ate you a UCLan account.

When the account is created it will send you a unique Username and Password so that you can access the system and enrol.

You are invited to enrol on

your course online from 04/08/2014 To access the sys-tem go to http://www.uclan.ac.uk/students/study/enrolment_online.php

where you will be guided through an enrolment check-list.

It is important that you com-

plete your enrolment as soon as possible, preferably before you arrive on campus, so you have immediate access to all of UCLan’s facilities.

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More information on enrolment….

More detailed step-by-step instructions, along with further trou-bleshooting information, are available at www.uclan.ac.uk/enrol . If you experience problems and require support, please telephone 01772 894646 or email preregnursing@uclan.ac.uk for advice.

Click Here

to enrol

Click here

for help

to enrol

Uniform: “You will be supplied with 4 tunics and 3 pairs of trousers”

You will be measured for your uniform on 12th September 2014 We use an external company called Dimensions who will be in attendance on the that day only, so please ensure you are in on this day and make any necessary arrangements now. You can book you appointment using the link below: You do not need to pay for this first set of Uniforms. You can pur-chase further tunics or trousers if required. Uniform Collection is planned as 16th December 2014, so please

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UNIFORM MEASUREMENT

HELPFUL LINKS

Accommodation @ UCLan

Students Union

SU Advice Centre

NHS Student Bursaries

NHS Student Bursary Facebook Page

Dimensions (Uniform provider)

Student Finance England

UCLan Main Page

UCLan Placement Learning Support Unit (PLSU)

DBS Tracking Page

UCLan Facebook Page

Frequently Asked Questions:

“I'm already undertaking a DBS do I need to complete another?”

Yes you will need to complete a form which shows that you are a student Nurse.

“The Health Assessment Form is in Blackpool, will my placements be in Blackpool?”

No, the Occupational Health Main Office is situated in Blackpool and does not reflect where your placements will be.

“I’ve not had a validation e-mail?”

The University system automatically sends out validation e-mails when your offer on a place is made firm. Sometimes if your e-mail has been on the system a while it does not generate a validation e-mail automatically. Please e-mail preregnursing@uclan.ac.uk and we will re-add your e-mail address to generate the validation e-mail.

“I haven’t got my exam results yet, should I start preparing?”

Yes, it’s helpful to start to prepare for the course early. You can apply for Student Finance & NHS Bursary funding now.

LINKS

E-mail Address : preregnursing@uclan.ac.uk Telephone us: 01772 893395

Created by Paul Jackson : Pre-Registration Nursing Programme Administrator

CHECKLIST

Booked a DBS Appointment?

Completed and returned the

Health Assessment Form ?

Applied for NHS Bursary ?

Applied for Student Finance?

Validated your personal e-

mail?

Enrolled on-line 6