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Monthly archives: July 2020

Alcohol team: Support sessions

 

The alcohol care team are hosting monthly online support sessions for any colleagues who want to address their alcohol intake, get information about alcohol, or discover ways to help maintain their abstinence.

Meeting dates:

  • 17 July, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
  • 21 August, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
  • 18 September, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
  • 16 October, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
  • 20 November, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
  • 18 December, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
  • 15 January, 1.30pm – 2.30pm

How to join the meeting:

  1. Go to www.zoom.us
  2. Go to “Join A Meeting”
  3. Enter the meeting ID and press join.
  4. Then enter the meeting password and the meeting will start once the hosts have begun the meeting.

Meeting ID: 934 1457 6170

Meeting password: 0x1E25

For more information email matthew.hinton1@nhs.net or call 0121 507 5074.

The Recharge Booth

 

The Recharge Booth is a ‘virtual’ space that allows you to come together with others, reflect, recharge, decompress, and join a safe and confidential discussion. Hosted by Richard Burnell, it runs every Thursday at 2pm, sharing stories from different colleagues over a 20-30 minute session.

This week the Recharge Booth will focus on the following story:

“I am working from home and finding it strange. There is an element of isolation that is quite difficult to deal with but also the problems of having the children here and not being around colleagues seems to make everything much harder. There’s definitely benefits to this but I am not sure I am making the most of it. I think I need some strategies about how to manage the mental side of living in my office!”

For more information please contact Richard Burnell on 07747 144874 or Claire Hubbard on 07866 004575. Alternatively if you would like to be part of the Recharge Booth, drop an email to swbh.rechargebooth@nhs.net. A WebEx invite will be sent to your outlook diary, and you will simply need to click on the ‘join’ button to enter.

TempRE system shutting down for upgrade: 10 July

 

We must remind all colleagues that the TempRE upgrade will be going live as of Monday 13 July. This is the system which used for booking and paying medical locum doctors.

To ensure all necessary data is transferred to the new system, the existing TempRE site will be down from 5pm on Friday 10 July until the morning of 13 July. It is imperative that the system is not accessed over the weekend to ensure all data can be successfully migrated. Accessing the site over the weekend may disrupt migration and result in some data being lost.

Therefore, please ensure all timesheets are approved prior to 5pm on Friday 10 July to facilitate this successful migration.

From Monday 13 July please ensure you use the new TempRE URL www.TempREupgrade.co.uk.

All of your details will be migrated to the new system however please use the ‘forgotten password’ button on the TempRE homepage the first time you login.

Liaison have produced training videos to provide guidance to TempRE users, please see the training link below:

https://liaisongroup.com/liaison-workforce/tempre-mobile-app/

Timesheet authorisers: Liaison have updated their TempRE App to facilitate timesheet authorisation, please see the links to download the software below:

For more information please call ext. 3600.

Star of the Week – Eoin Dore

 

Our Star of the Week Award this week goes to Eoin Dore, ACCS CT2 anaesthetics and CT anaesthetics trainee rep.

Eoin has been instrumental in developing and publicising an extensive wellbeing programme throughout the Trust. Whilst this is primarily directed at the trainees, it has been open to all colleagues and consequently everyone has reaped the benefits. He has helped provide rest facilities on D20 and is a constant source of trainee morale boosting. He is also the anaesthetic department junior doctor rep where he organises forums and teaching. Eoin is a doctor to be proud to have working in our Trust.

Do you know someone in your team that has gone above and beyond the call of duty? Why not put them forward for Star of the Week by clicking here.

Unity maintenance taking place tonight from 7.30pm

 

In preparation for upgrading Unity at the end of August we are making changes to the servers tonight (Monday 6th July).

Aside from a delay in response for a few seconds we are not expecting any user impact. The work is taking place between 19:30 and 22:30.

During this time Unity should be operating as normal, please call the 24 hour IT service desk on ext 4050 if you experience any issues.

Heartbeat: Live and Work Programme highly commended nationally

 

Congratulations to the live and work team for being highly commended by the NHS Sustainability Awards.

The team were recognised for the programme developed with St Basils (a homelessness prevention charity) which provides apprenticeship opportunities and living accommodation within our workplace to young people (aged 16 – 24) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. It was designed to break down barriers and build bridges with young people within the local community, enabling them to benefit from the additional support the package offers.

Olufemi Kuforiji (Femi), Widening Participation Project Support Officer told Heartbeat: “We were absolutely thrilled to be recognised in this way. This commendation demonstrates the commitment of everyone involved in the programme especially the young people themselves.

“We are currently supporting 21 young people undertaking apprenticeships in our workplace. Their roles include customer service, healthcare assistant and admin. They are all excelling in their roles and on their way to securing permanent positions in the organisation.”

Lawrence Kelly, Widening Participation Project Lead explained how the programme is an essential part of the support we deliver towards our commitments to integrated care in our community.

He said: “The success of the programme has enabled us to engage with other employers and community networks such as local construction, Balfour Beatty and Vinci along with local authorities and probation services.

“With the EU exit creating uncertainty over the possibility of recruiting health professionals from abroad, ensuring a flow of new talent into the NHS is ever more important and the Live & Work NHS Apprenticeship Programme has been very instrumental in the development and recruitment of young people despite the challenges.”

Clinical institute withdrawal assessment (CIWA) tool now available on Unity

 

The clinical institute withdrawal assessment (CIWA) tool is now available on Unity.

To locate the CIWA on Unity access – assessment/fluid balance – adult systems – CIWA.

For information on how to manage withdrawal please refer to the alcohol withdrawal guidelines which can be found by clicking here.

For more information please contact the alcohol team on ext. 5074.

 

Are you up to date with your anaphylaxis training?

 

The e-learning module can be accessed by clicking here.

Why is this training needed?

  • Clinical colleagues who give parenteral medications should have regular updates in dealing with anaphylactic reactions.
  • The Health Protection Agency recommends that staff who give immunisations should have annual updates in anaphylaxis.
  • Clinical colleagues should be familiar with the equipment and drugs they have available and should check them regularly.
  • Adrenaline must be readily available in clinical areas where anaphylaxis could occur.
  • The aim of the initial treatment is to keep the patient alive, and achieve some clinical improvement. This will buy time for further treatment and expert help.

Please ensure the location of the anaphylaxis and emergency medications is clearly identified with the following sticker:

For further details including anaphylaxis algorithm please click here.

For more information please contact the deteriorating patient and resuscitation team on ext. 5908.

welearn from excellence

 

welearn from excellence is a way to recognise colleagues for their everyday brilliance and show appreciation for their hard work, achievements and improvements to quality or safety.

Positive reporting is quick and easy.  Simply click here or on the welearn from excellence logo on the Connect homepage.

welearn from excellence story:

The tissue viability team

Dr Maria Atkinson nominated Dr Halton for producing easy reference guides in the clinical management of children and young people.

“In my role as clinical director, I have disseminated a significant amount of information, including on changes to the way that children and young people are cared for during the pandemic, said Dr Atkinson. “This has included guidance on issues such as children awaiting retrieval by the regional ITU team, and the use new equipment.

“Without prompting, Dr Halton collated all of the relevant information and pulled it together into a single electronic booklet. She even went to the detail of providing pictures of new equipment, such as ventilators, and details of how they work, as easy reference guides.

“This resource has been very well received, and has been invaluable for locums working within the department.”

Drug safety notice: Mepacrine hydrochloride

 

BCM Specials Limited has informed us that a number of foreign body particulates including glass and rubber have been found in one of the containers of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) used in the manufacture of mepacrine hydrochloride 100mg tablets.

We advise colleagues to stop supplying the above products immediately and remove from the shelves within your store. Quarantine all remaining stock and return it to your supplier using your supplier’s approved process.

Note: The Trust does not hold any of the affected batch.

For further details please see Mepacrine hydrochloride 100mg tablet recall information sheet.

For more information please contact the pharmacy department (City ext. 5263, Sandwell ext. 3783).

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