Star of the Week: Jamil Johnson

January 17, 2022

Our Star of the Week is Jamil Johnson, Senior Charge Nurse.

The palliative care team are in the midst of a large QI project aimed at improving the quality of end of life care across the Trust. We have needed dedicated staff from the hospital wards to be involved in the project, to support it, champion it and contribute ideas to take the work forward.

Jamil has been involved from early on in the QI process and from the start has stood out as enthusiastic, engaged, and passionate about delivering and improving end of life care on the ward he works in as well as in the wider trust. He is always keen to share his ideas and contribute, attending meetings when asked and able to give honest critical feedback from his knowledge of the ward environment.

On his ward D27 he has embraced the use of the new palliative care dashboard that been developed through the QI process, and used it through safety huddles that run on the ward, piloting its use for improving quality in end of life care and has seen very positive results. Using this he has managed to identify areas for improvement such as the percentage of people who die who have a supportive care plan in place, a marker of early recognition and good care for someone approaching the end of life. He has been able to use the dashboard, along with his personal enthusiasm and commitment, to encourage, focus and motivate his team to make improvements. Jamil and his team on D27 are making great progress to becoming exemplars of end of life care delivery for the Trust.

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