Dress Code
Our Dress Code sets out what the Trust expects from all staff (including agency and contractors) with regards to personal appearance and clothing. Our Dress Code is designed to:
- Promote patient safety and the prevention and control of infection by ensuring all staff wear clothing that is appropriate to their working environment
- Ensure the personal appearance of our staff contributes to a positive, professional image and promotes confidence in what we do
- All staff should look smart, clean and tidy, of modest appearance, have a good standard of personal hygiene
Our dress code for Clinical and Medical staff includes:
- No jackets or ties
- Sleeves short or rolled up
- No watches or wrist jewellery, no hand jewellery except plain wedding bands, no neck or ankle chains
- No false nails
- Tidy hair, longer hair should be tied back
- Scrubs to be worn on site only and not in hospital restaurant or refreshment areas
- A visible photo identity name badge should be worn with photo and should be displayed clearly at all times.
Our dress code for staff in contact with the patients/public but not giving clinical care (e.g. reception staff, admissions staff, medical secretaries) and staff not in contact with patients or members of the public (e.g. finance) includes:
- Smart, clean, tidy, of modest appearance and as above if in a clinical area
- This may include a specific uniform.
