Student/Employee
The role of the student/employee is to engage with staff, patients, and other students/learners in their area and embrace the learning opportunities that present themselves during the course of their placement.
Responsibilities…
- Provides their educational institution/employer with proof of all required immunizations listed in Capital Health’s Pre-placement Immunization Requirements CH 100-026 policy.
- Provides their educational institution/employer with their Criminal Record Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search. (Note: the Vulnerable Sector Search must be specifically requested when applying for a Criminal Records Check)
- Returns a signed and dated placement agreement with their signature witnessed and the name of their educational institution/employer and program stated
- Reads Capital Health’s Pledge of Confidentiality and then detachs it and keeps it in their files for review prior to and during, their placement at Capital Health
- Reviews all information in the Student/Learner Orientation section relevant to their type of placement before beginning their placement.
- Follows the guidance of the clinical instructor or staff preceptor and the policies and procedures of Capital Health
- Introduces him/herself as a student/learner to staff, patients and their family and provides the name of the preceptor or Nursing Clinical Instructor who is supervising them.
- As appropriate, documents all patient/client care activity on the patient/client record and report it to the preceptor.
- Ensures the preceptor oversees any skill/activity in which the student has not been deemed competent by the preceptor.
- Notifies the unit/department and their educational institution/employer of any absence from the placement.
Evaluation
We would appreciate hearing your views regarding your clinical/work term placement and the placement process. At the end of your placement we encourage you to take a few moments to fill out our Placement Evaluation Form and fax to 902-473-7590.