Trust Briefing 313 - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Keep recycling - benefits there for all to see!This presentation, which has helped see NUH shortlisted for an HSJ Efficiency Award,reinforces the benefits of effective waste management.Please continue to be proactive in recycling in the workplace. Click here (intranet) formore information.It is also imperative that pharmaceutical waste is separated properly.Click here (intranet) for a poster containing more information and here (intranet) for adetailed list of cytotoxic pharmaceuticals.NUH at Nottinghamshire PrideNUH will be attending Nottinghamshire Pride on Saturday 27 July at theArboretum, Nottingham, and asking members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexualand Transgender (LGBT) community who use our services if things are‘Better for You’.The event - click here for more information – is a celebration of diversity andequality for all and runs from 12 noon to 6pm and people can come and visita stand promoting equality and diversity and dignity and respect in ourhospitals.To celebrate this day, the rainbow flags will also be flying at both the City andQMC.If you would like to be involved in Nottinghamshire Pride or like your service tobe promoted on the NUH stand on the day, please contactsally.marks@nuh.nhs.ukInternational Forum on Quality & Safety in HealthcareThis takes place from 8-11 April 2014, in Paris. The call for abstracts opens later thismonth. Click here for the site where more details will be published.Showcase your quality improvements or new patient initiatives to the very best of theinternational community and raise NUH’s profile.Free Resources to share with your staff, students and colleaguesSkills for Care have published a toolkit, which includes guidance, examples of bestpractice and scenarios for teaching and learning about dignity in care.
Although this information originates from Skills for Care the principles are just asrelevant to the NHS. To access these free resources visit www.skillsforcare.org/dignityNHS Professionals Bank workTo apply for work via NHS Professionals (NHSP) you can print an applicationform by clicking here.If you are leaving the Trust but wish to continue working through NHSP, thenyou will need to complete a Bank Only recruitment application via the ‘join us’section on the site. These applications can take up to 14 weeks to beprocessed, therefore it is advisable to complete this as soon as possible.Once you have left your Trust substantive employment, you WILL NOT be able to workat NUH until your NHSP Bank Only recruitment application is complete. For moredetails contact Melanie Ottey on 07900695894 ormelanie.ottey@nhsprofessionals.nhs.ukValuing carers in the workforce at NUHNew guidelines have been produced for staff who are also carers or who anticipatetaking on carers responsibilities. Managers may wish to make themselves aware of theguidelines in order to signpost the support available.NUH defines an unpaid carer as someone who looks after a relative, friend or neighbourwho due to illness, disability or frailty is unable to manage alone.Developed from staff consultation meetings, the guidelines are referenced in the‘Worklife Balance Policy’ and can be found here on the intranet or by clicking here.Proper use of liftsStaff should refrain from using patient or goods lifts if they are travelling without atrolley, bed, wheelchair or goods items.If it is just yourself and/or colleagues, then the other lifts should be used.Nominate a colleague and win!If you nominate a colleague for an awardat the East Midlands LeadershipAcademy Recognition Awards you stand a chance of winning two VIP tickets to the redcarpet event.
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