Monthly archives: April 2022

Pay it forward day: 28 April

Thursday 28 April is pay it forward day. The special day which is celebrated in over 80 countries, encourages people to part take in acts of kindness noy matter the size. The idea behind the day is that if lots of people do something kind for each other, it will in turn make everyone’s day a little brighter.

There are many little things you could do involved in pay it forward day. Below are just a few ideas:

• Why not pay for someone’s cup of tea or coffee
• Get the next person’s lunch behind you
• Help someone out in need – it doesn’t have to be in money, even being there for someone can help
• Arrange to volunteer your time at a local charity or in the community
• Spread the word of pay it forward day with friends, family, colleagues and online

Physiotherapy service available for colleagues

The Trust currently offer a physiotherapy service for colleagues through occupational health.

If you have an injury, aches and pains you can self-refer yourself through Connect by clicking here or following the steps below:

Intranet> Staff Zone > Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service > Occupational Health > Staff Physiotherapy > Self-refer for Physio 

Note: Please ensure you fill out the form so one of our Trust clinicians can contact you via the contact number you provide to arrange your appointment. 

For more information please call occupational health on ext. 3306.

Arches closure Wednesday morning until 11.30am

Arches will be closed tomorrow morning (Wednesday 27 April) due to planned maintenance. The unit is scheduled to open at 11.30am

Coffee Culture and BTC will be open as usual from 7.30am offering hot and cold food and beverages.

At Sandwell Hospital the outpatient department Costa outlet remains closed through to Monday 9 May whilst it undergoes a refurbishment. The nearest retail outlets at Sandwell are main reception which is open 8.30am – 3.30pm, Monday – Friday and Hallam Restaurant which is open 7.30am – 6.30pm Monday – Sunday.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Cardiac rehab relocated to gym in Sheldon Block

Cardiac rehab at City Hospital has now relocated from D6 ward, back to the gym in Sheldon Block.

For more information or to contact the service, please call ext. 5562.

Recruitment jobs fair for nurses and midwives: 7 May

Opportunities await for nurses and midwives as we will be holding a recruitment event at the Aston Villa Football Club, Holte Suite Trinity Road on Saturday 7 May, 8.30am – 4pm.

The jobs fair at Villa Park will showcase roles across maternity, school nursing, health visiting, gynaecology and paediatrics departments.

Interviews will take place on the day and candidates who are successful will be given an on-the-spot conditional job offer.  For those unable to attend in person other arrangements can be made.

Head of Midwifery, Louise Wilde, said: “This is a great opportunity for nursing and midwifery professionals to come and find out what we can offer them in terms of professional development and more about the Trust and its future plans.

“We of course have the opening of Midland Met on the horizon and many of these departments will be based there or have links to the new hospital.

“The Trust also offers a great health and wellbeing package which is very important for our workforce.

“Not only are we looking at experienced nurses and midwives and those wishing to return to practice but there are also opportunities for newly qualified healthcare professionals to join us.

“Roles are available right across the departments and the Trust offers a great deal of flexibility within its shifts as well as many more benefits.”

For more information please email claire.wilson14@nhs.net.

Can you help support Sandwell’s Asian community?

Five years ago, Bally Barquer, Trust Volunteer set up the Sandwell Asian Mental Health Group (SAMHG) – a place for men and women within the Asian community to come together to talk about mental health and wellbeing.

As the group has grown, Bally is looking to expand the team and is seeking a treasurer and a secretary. She is looking for people who could support projects and activities, administrative tasks including maintaining financial records, but most importantly she would like to meet people who are committed and passionate about helping others within the community. If this sounds like you, and you’d like to get involved, please email samhg171@gmail.com for further details.

The group meets once a week the central library in West Bromwich on Wednesdays between 1-3pm. Five years on, it has grown and evolved into a group for mental health, wellbeing and social interactions. If you need someone to talk to, feel free to drop-in.

HSJ patient safety congress poster competition

Have you and your teams had success with an evidence-based, innovative, quality or safety initiative? If so, the HSJ want to hear from you!

The patient safety congress poster competition recognises safety and quality improvement initiatives from the UK. If chosen, your poster will be virtually showcased to over 1000 national leaders, frontline clinicians and patient safety advocates via the event app, where you will also be in with a chance to be announced and celebrated as one of the 10 category winners and maybe even as the overall winner!

To view the 10 categories and for more information about how to enter, please click here.

Recruitment update – Trac website is down

As you may be aware, SWBt uses a recruitment system called Trac. Unfortunately, there is currently a national system error and therefore the Trac website and job sites are currently down.

This will mean that the recruitment team are unable to process any recruitment activity and you will not be able to raise a vacancy or view your vacancy information on Trac at this time. Trac is aware of the issue and has engineers working on resolving this.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Fitlegs AES online training content available for colleagues

Fitlegs Anti-Embolism Stocking online training is now available to trust colleagues by clicking here. This page will act as your training course for the Fitlegs Anti-Embolism stockings range.

For further details please email swbh.nurse-education@nhs.net.

Enhancing the care delivered to patients approaching end of life

The palliative care team are leading a Trust-wide quality improvement project to enhance the care delivered to patients approaching the end of life.  This is relevant to colleagues in all specialties and an opportunity to see excellence in care become the consistent norm for our patients, whoever they are and wherever they are looked after.

Be sure to check out this short vide featuring Dr Mike Blaber to get a flavour of what the project is all about.

Please visit the palliative care Connect page for a whole range of resources that will equip you to play your part.