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Monthly archives: January 2025

Weekly and monthly pay dates for 2025

 

Weekly pay dates: Friday remains the usual pay date, unless this needs to be amended due to extenuating circumstances or bank holidays.

The monthly pay dates up until March 2025 are listed below:

  • Friday 24 January
  • Thursday 27 February
  • Thursday 27  March

Work experience applications open now

 

Applications are now open for you to apply for work experience placements. Our placement offer is June and July, however we do offer some Allied Health Professional placements outside of this timeframe. We have clinical and non-clinical placements available. To attend a clinical placement students must be aged 16+.

Tips on applying:

  • Demand always exceeds supply, get your application in as soon as possible.  Applications are reviewed on a first come first served basis.
  • Ensure you state the department or area that you would like work experience in.
  • An application is not a guarantee of a work experience placement, you will be notified if you have been successful.  We do not accept duplicate applications.

To apply click here for the application pack. Please email completed application pack to swb-tr.SWBH-GM-WorkExperienceEnquiries@nhs.net.

100 days of Midland Met

 

Today, Tuesday, 14 January, marks the end of our first 100 days at Midland Met.

Our move to our new hospital was a huge part of 2024. Now, 100 days after the move, Chief Operating Officer, Johanne Newens, reflects on some of our achievements and some of the projects underway as we move forward.

In an exclusive video, Jo thanks colleagues across all sites for the part they played and their continued hard work and commitment. The first 100 days have covered a lot of ground, and we continue to work on projects to enhance how we do things at Midland Met, such as improving agile working and wayfinding.

We’ve seen positive stats on operational performance, transformations to our clinical pathways, and an improved staff experience. Importantly, this winter, we have an array of side rooms on wards, a big positive for infection prevention and control, providing a better patient experience, and better equipping us to cope with infections such as flu.

Watch Jo’s update to discover how we’ll continue to listen and act on your feedback as we settle into business as usual.

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BTC Pharmacy delivery collection

 

With immediate effect, all clinics at BTC are expected to collect their pharmacy stock from Pharmacy Dispensary at BTC (Ground Floor) until further notice. The aim is to avoid delayed and misplacing deliveries from pharmacy stores to the clinics at BTC.

For more information, please email prasad.nair@nhs.net

SWB QI Foundation upcoming updates

 

The Trust are offering a unique opportunity to access a free training programme teaching skills on undertaking effective audit and Quality Improvement projects.

The course will run across two afternoons, following which, participants will undertake projects in pairs/small groups, to be presented at the end of the year at the Poster Presentation event.

The sessions will cover topics such as:

  • Quality improvement tools and audit
  • Project planning
  • Writing aim statements
  • Tips for undertaking successful QI

Dates for the diary:

  • Session 1: QI Theory, Wednesday 5 February, 1pm – 5pm
  • Session 2: Project Planning, Thursday 6 March, 1pm – 5pm
  • Virtual check-ins, March – June
  • Poster presentation: TBC July 2025, 1pm – 4pm

Attendance to both sessions is required, to sign up please click here.

Have you submitted your 2024 PDRs?

 

Managers who are yet to submit their 2024 PDRs can do so by clicking here.

For more information please email swbh.landd@nhs.net.

 

Glaucoma UK Research Programme

 

Glaucoma UK have launched their research programme and they are welcoming applications regarding relevant research proposals into all aspects of glaucoma care and treatment.

 

Key Details:

  • Amalgamated fundings rounds for project grants: one round of applications, opening in January. A total of £250,000 is available, for projects worth up to £100,000.
  • Funding for a PhD studentship, worth up to £120,000 over three years.
  • Greater consideration than in previous years of the impact on and involvement of people with glaucoma, and the aims of Glaucoma UK, within our award process.

 

Applications are now open and close on Tuesday 1 April.

For more information about their programmes click here.

 

Star Awards 2025: Non-Clinical Team of the Year

 

 

Have you recognised a team with consistently excellent performance whilst meeting financial and operational targets, demonstrating best practice or a team that has introduced a change in approach resulting in improvements to financial or operational performance or has pulled together through particularly difficult circumstances?

If you have, nominate them for the Non-Clinical Team of the Year Award at the upcoming Star Awards!

Please complete the nomination form by clicking here with as much detail as possible about your nominee. The closing date for all nominations is Friday 31 January, 5pm.

If you have any questions regarding the Star Awards, please contact the communications team on 0121 507 5303 or email swbh.comms@nhs.net.

IT maintenance affecting Connect: 27 January, 2am – 6am

 

Please be aware an essential IT maintenance will be taking place on Monday 27 January to carry out security patching and reboots to ensure the Trust’s systems remains compliant. The work is scheduled to begin at 2am for approximately four hours and should be completed by 6am.

During this time the Connect Intranet site will be unavailable for up to 30 minutes.

Please be assured colleagues will be able utilise their direct connections to core applications such as iPM and Unity via desktop shortcuts at this time.

This timeslot has been chosen as a quieter time operationally.

As always, should you have any further queries then please do contact the IT Service Desk on ext. 4050 or 0121 507 4050 or via chat with the IT service desk.

Free occupational health and wellbeing services available

 

Starting from Friday 17 January, every Friday occupational health and wellbeing services are working with Sandwell College students who are providing the following treatments at 11am – 2pm in the Berridge Room, Courtyard Gardens, Sandwell. This session is free to all staff and no booking is required.

Services include:

Beauty services

  • Hand
  • Eyebrow shaping
  • Facial
  • Body 1/2
  • Skin test offered – hair colour at college

Styling services

  • Basic plaiting
  • Curling
  • Straightening
  • Updos

Massage services

  • Massage treatment with/without oils
  • Full body
  • Hand/feet
  • Back

Cutting services

  • Dry cuts
  • Fringes
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