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Monthly archives: August 2019

Clinell representatives visiting clinical areas throughout the week

 

Clinell representatives will be visiting clinical areas across all our sites throughout the week offering colleagues refresher training on best practice of cleaning shared patient equipment and use of the Clinell wipes.

For more information please call ext. 5197.

 

The road to Unity – a six week guide: week three

 

All our sites will be fully live on Unity on Monday 23 September. The new electronic patient record will be switched on at City Hospital in the early hours of Saturday 21 September. This will be followed by the switch on at Sandwell Hospital in the early hours of Sunday 22 September with the rest of our sites coming on board on Monday 23 September. There is still much to do to get us ready for this new way of working.

Week 3: Activities to be completed by all managers who will use Unity

What else is going on?

  • Our optimisation metrics will be launched to measure individuals’ and teams’ use of Unity after go-live
  • E-Learning and Play System are available throughout for self-learning and practice
  • New devices will be delivered and set up in your department – by week beginning 2 September
  • Wi-Fi improvements have already happened at Sandwell and Rowley. Works at City will be complete by week beginning 2 September
  • Tap and Go: New software to support a faster login to Unity and single sign-in to other applications will be rolled out across the Trust during August. Keep an eye out for enrolment fairs and clinics.

Note: Teams are urged to use the road to Unity – a six week guide and put it in their Unity corner to keep colleagues motivated and focused as we head towards go-live. Connect has all the information you need to get your team ready for Unity. You can book training, sign up for events and find out more about practising your UniTeam competencies. The daily communication bulletin also has news and updates. For queries please email the Unity project team swbh.eprprojectpmo@nhs.net.

Path sweepers introduced as part of smokefree

 

As part of the Trust’s continued efforts in going smokefree, we have introduced two brand new road and path sweepers, one for City and one for Sandwell.

The sweepers will be out early doors, evenings and weekends as part of our clean up operation to rid our smokefree sites of cigarettes butts.

Be sure to check out this short video featuring one of our estates team operating one of the path sweepers at Sandwell Hospital.

As part of going smokefree we want to share some common questions and debunk some myths about the smoking ban. Click here to read our smoking FAQ.

How Unity will impact integrated care – admission avoidance

 

Unity will help to transform the way we share data across acute and community settings. It will mean that colleagues have the same comprehensive view of our patient records, enabling them to provide better and safer care.

Be sure to check out this video featuring Lyndsey Pearson, trainee advanced nurse practitioner in admission avoidance, who shares her view of how Unity will impact integrated care.

Star of the week – Leah Williams, Ward Sister, Newton 3

 

Congratulations to Leah Williams, Ward Sister, Newton 3 who is this weeks Star of the Week!

Leah was nominated for the award by her colleague Rachael Currie who wanted to recognise the support Leah had provided the whole ward team during a difficult six month period.

Nominating Leah for the award, Rachael wrote, “Throughout a really difficult 6 months, Leah was always supportive of myself and the rest of Newton Three. She was a huge role model for myself and the rest of the team during this time and together we managed to make real positive changes on this ward.

Leah worked extremely hard during this period and should be recognised.”

If you have a colleague who you feel has gone above and beyond the call of duty and deserves recognition and has demonstrated our nine care promises, nominate them for the Star of the Week.

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Healthy Behaviours survey – healthy eating

 

Eating a healthy, balanced diet involves eating the right sort of foods – which means a healthier lifestyle.  Our Trust will be working with the wider community over the coming months to look at ways in which we can address the growing obesity crisis.

So how healthy is your diet? Take our short survey now to find out and we’ll share the results soon. The survey should only take a few minutes to complete. You can complete it by clicking the link below:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/299BDGW

The road to Unity – a six week guide: week two

 

All our sites will be fully live on Unity on Monday 23 September. The new electronic patient record will be switched on at City Hospital in the early hours of Saturday 21 September. This will be followed by the switch on at Sandwell Hospital in the early hours of Sunday 22 September with the rest of our sites coming on board on Monday 23 September. There is still much to do to get us ready for this new way of working.

Week 2: Activities to be completed by all managers who will use Unity

What else is going on?

  • Our optimisation metrics will be launched to measure individuals’ and teams’ use of unity after go-live
  • E-learning and the Play System are available throughout for self-learning and practise
  • New devices will be delivered and set up in your department – by week beginning 2 September
  • Wi-Fi improvements have already happened at Sandwell and Rowley. Works at City will be complete by week beginning 2 September
  • Tap and Go: New software to support a faster login to Unity and single sign-in to other applications will be rolled out across the Trust during August. Keep an eye out for enrolment fairs and clinics.

Note: Teams are urged to use the road to Unity – a six week guide and put it in their Unity corner to keep colleagues motivated and focused as we head towards go-live. Connect has all the information you need to get your team ready for Unity. You can book training, sign up for events and find out more about practising your UniTeam competencies. The daily communication bulletin also has news and updates. For queries please email the Unity project team swbh.eprprojectpmo@nhs.net.

Unity devices being rolled out across the Trust

 

To support the introduction of Unity, hundreds of new devices are being rolled out across our sites over the coming weeks. A proposed running order of where and when they should arrive, which is subject to change, can be found on Connect.

Lyndon 5 at Sandwell were the first to receive their new Unity devices on Tuesday, with four workstations on wheels and two laptops on wheels arriving for the team to use.

Plans for deployment and sign-off of devices will be made directly with each department. If you encounter any issues please call the IT helpdesk on ext. 4050.

16 years supporting our patients: Doug Webb

 

Doug Webb, porter will be retiring after working for 16 years in our portering services team. He started with the Trust in 2003 and has been part of the Sandwell portering team ever since.

A retirement celebration was hosted at the Sandwell porters break room which was organised by Doug’s fellow colleagues from portering services and the post room.

Doug said: “I would like to say a massive thank you to all the staff I have worked with over the last 16 years as a well as a special thank you to the porters and the post room staff who organised my celebration. I will miss them all very much.”

As part of his retirement, Doug plans to go travelling in his caravan across the country as well as spend more time with his grandchildren.

The Trust would like to thank Doug for his hard work and dedication to the organisation and wish him a happy retirement.

Car parking at rear of Summerfield House at City to re-open for colleagues

 

From Monday 5 August, the car park at the rear of Summerfield House at City Hospital will be re-opened for colleague use only. Access to the car park is via gate 4 off Western Road, through the entry barrier near the Sheldon block, then turn immediately right after going through the entry barrier, and follow the one way system around to the back of the building. The exit of the car park is at the other end of the building.

This has created an additional 70 spaces to help relieve pressure on the City car parks. Please ensure that you adhere to the Trust’s car parking policy at all times by parking in designated marked bays only.

Note: Parking on grass verges, footpaths, red or yellow lines/hatching or across more than one space may result in your vehicle being issued with a parking charge notice.

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