Staff Bulletin 10 May 2022
New chair for UHD announced
Rob Whiteman CBE has been appointed the new chair of University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust. He will start in the role on 1 July 2022 and replaces David Moss who retired from the NHS earlier this year. Rob has been chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy for the last eight years and has held many other executive and non-executive roles including chief executive of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and chief executive of the UK Border Agency. Rob also has significant experience of working with the NHS from his time as chair of North East London Sustainability and Transformation Programme (STP) and as a non-executive director and chair of audit at Whittington Health NHS Trust and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Paula Shobbrook, our acting chief executive, said: "We are delighted to have someone of Rob's calibre and experience joining us. This is an exciting time with the establishment of Dorset's Integrated Care System (ICS) and Rob's extensive experience in the NHS, nationally and in local government makes him perfectly suited for this role. I look forward to working closely with him."
Rob said: "I am really looking forward to joining UHD. I know the trust very well as I live in Dorset and am aware of the good reputation the hospitals have locally. This is a fantastic opportunity to join as chair as the hospitals continue the £250 million transformation programme. I look forward to supporting the new chief executive and helping to ensure UHD plays an important role within the NHS Dorset ICS".
Celebrating our incredible nurses this week
This week we will be celebrating nurses across our care groups, in the run-up to #NursesDay on Thursday (12 May). Throughout the week you can visit stands in the dome at Poole and outside the restaurants at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch for information from each of our care groups on how they represent the #bestofnursing at UHD. Today we are celebrating our international nurses – to find out more on what this brilliant group think makes the #bestofnursing.
To honour Florence Nightingale's birthday on Thursday, and to mark the transfer of knowledge between our nurses, a lamp will travel across our hospital sites on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Today, the lamp will be moving through Christchurch Hospital, tomorrow at Royal Bournemouth and Thursday at Poole. The lamp will finish its journey at the Poole Hospital Chapel for a service at 12.30pm on Nurses Day on Thursday (12 May). The service will be live streamed on our social media channels, so please tune in to share your support for our nurses.
Keep an eye on our social media for videos, pictures and more information on our incredible nursing workforce throughout the week. We would like to say a huge thank you to all of our nurses for everything they bring to #TeamUHD.
Reporting a violent or aggressive incident at work – a short survey
If you have been a target of violence or aggression here at work – either physically or verbally – we encourage you to always report this via Datix/LERN. We would also recommend that you have reported this to your manager so that colleagues are aware and you can be supported.
As a Trust, we have a commitment to ensure the safety of all our colleagues. We believe that not all attacks are being reported through Datix/LERN so for a trial period we have set up this survey to help us to work out trends so we can work towards helping to protect everyone.
Please complete this short survey to help us plan.
We believe that you should report this incident via Datix/LERN. Reporting these incidents are extremely important to us so that we can investigate, learn and action any measures required to help prevent further occurrences of this type of incident in the future. If you need support with this please contact your line manager.
Further resources are available here.
Get involved with Dementia Action Week, 16-20 May
This year we will be celebrating dementia action week with a week of content and events from across our trust. Join the dementia team down in the marquee at RBH from 10am-4pm for a week of skill sharing, fun and dementia positivity. Highlights of the week will include Q&A sessions, quizzes, and raffles ending with a dementia fete on Friday running from 11am-3pm. To find out more contact or call ext. 2127 or 2822.
Promote your vacancies on our new recruitment social media channels
We now have dedicated social media accounts for UHD jobs - on Twitter and on Facebook.
These pages will focus on our current vacancies, events and everything else recruitment related.
Missing video consultation laptops
Laptops borrowed from the main outpatient department and used for video consultations will need to be returned as soon as possible to the outpatient department.
Advance your career as a nursing associate
Are you a HCSW who is wants to advance your career and gain a nursing associate qualification? Applications are now open with both Bournemouth, Poole College and Solent University for this two-year foundation degree apprenticeship. Entry requirements include a level 3 qualification and Maths and English certificates. Applications close at the end of May so please contact for an application form by 23 May. Line manager support is required for all applications.
Reconnect and refresh your Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) training
We're committed to supporting our TRiM practitioners, and on 23 May we will be holding a reconnect and refresh session for one hours at Poole and RBH. The sessions will update and refresh you on your TRiM training model at UHD, and be an opportunity to discuss the support we can give our colleagues going through trauma. We would like to encourage all our TRiM practitioners to attend. If you have not received a direct email inviting, you to the event, please email Helen Martin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line "TRiM reconnect and refresh".
NHS England career development workshop
NHS England is running two workshops aiming to help participants understand who they want to be as a leader and experience they will need to gain. Attendance for both sessions is recommended - 18 and 25 May, 9am-1pm. For further information, please use this link which will show you more about the content and how to register. If you do attend, please let This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. know so that we can share your learning.
Your Monthly Wellbeing Buzz
Our Dorset has produced a newsletter to promote wellbeing across our integrated care system (ICS). Your Monthly Wellbeing Buzz brings wellbeing updates and resources straight to your inbox enabling you to take advantage of the brilliant sessions, opportunities and activities across Dorset.
You can subscribe to the newsletter and start boosting your wellbeing with our ICS partners here.
Bike Fixed will be returning next week to offer you a free bike tune up.
If you suspect your bike may need replacement parts, Bike Fixed may be able to supply these, but they will incur a charge. If something is spotted which may need to be replaced, you will be advised about this at the time of the service. A limited number of appointments are available on each day.
- RBH - 11 May 9am - 4pm
- Poole - 12 May 9am - 4pm
- Christchurch - 13 May 9am - 12pm
- Yeoman's Way - 13 May 1pm - 4pm
If you'd like your bike to be serviced, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
