Staff Bulletin 19 July 2022
Ice lollies available today
Ice lollies are available on our RBH, Poole and XCH sites today (19 July), where it is particularly hot on the wards and colleagues may be wearing PPE for extended periods of time.
Lollies must be picked up between 2-2.45pm at the Dolphin restaurant at Poole and the Shelley restaurant in RBH. Christchurch staff will receive theirs directly. To reduce the number of people visiting our catering departments, please can all wards and departments allocate one member of staff to collect lollies for the whole team where possible.
Teams working offsite at our satellite sites are still welcome to collect their lollies from Poole or RBH, with free parking available in the Lloyd Adams car park at Poole (by the education centre) and in the spaces behind the catering block at RBH, however we understand that travelling may be difficult in the heat. For satellite sites collection time is also between 2-2.45pm but please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to let the team know you will be coming to collect them.
Thank you to our University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity for funding the lollies.
POOLE: Logging jobs with estates helpdes
Due to staffing issues the estates helpdesk telephone line at Poole is unavailable until the end of next week, except for emergency requests.
Please use the Docketline online portal to log all other jobs – please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you do not already have an account and require one.
We apologise for any inconvenience and will let you know as soon as the situation is resolved.
Join the Women's Network conversation tomorrow
Do you want to be part of our new staff network? Our Women's Network will be open to all who would like to support women, raise their voices for women, and help implement change and positive conversations across our organisation. If you are interested in hearing more about the network, join us for our listening event on Teams tomorrow (20 July) at 1.30pm. Click here to join the meeting.
If you are unable to attend the event, but would still like to share your views on what you think should be the key aims of our network click here to fill out a short form.
ICU rehabilitation day this Friday
On Friday (22 July) our ICU rehab teams are sharing information, advice and activities with their patients, colleagues and hospital visitors about the importance of early rehabilitation. Research has shown that early rehab for patients while they are still on ICU optimises both short-term outcomes and their long-term quality of life. It is shown to increase the speed of achieving activity milestones and improves their recovery.
RBH: The team will be hosting a range of activities for colleagues and patients on the ward including a pamper corner, an activity corner, a cognitive activity and delirium corner and a physical rehab plan for every patient.
Poole: Pop down to the dome between 12-2pm to meet the team, and take part in quizzes, equipment demonstrations and Q&As.
The library will be closed this Thursday (21 July) due to scaffolding being erected around the library doorway. The library will be open as normal on Friday.
Covid swabbing team – change of hours
Please note, our Covid swabbing service (based at RBH) will operate from 8am-4pm from Monday 25 July, instead of till 5pm. For out of hours requests, please bleep the clinical site teams.
Don't forget to complete your National Audit of Care at the End of Life (NACEL) survey
If part of your job involves caring for, or coming into contact with patients approaching end-of-life, we want your views for the NACEL survey. Your opinion matters. Please take a minute to complete the survey so we can listen to you, celebrate the outstanding care you already provide, and learn how to improve this important part of our service.
RBCH: click here to submit your survey
Poole: click here to submit your survey
Temporary staffing services coming together
As part of our plans to develop a combined temporary staffing service, the temporary workforce team has come together in the RBH HR building, working together to provide an excellent service to Team UHD. The team can be reached on the phone and there will still be some limited onsite presence at the Poole education centre building.
To contact the service please go to the HR pages of the UHD intranet.
Have you ever thought about joining the bank team? With flexible hours, it can be a great way to support our hospitals. With competitive pay, weekly payments and the ability to book shifts online signing up is simple. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call ext. 4254.
Have your say and make a difference in our July People Pulse survey
When you take part in our NHS People Pulse and National NHS Staff Survey, you help to make a real difference across our hospitals, influencing positive change and making your voice heard. Your views lead to projects across our hospitals to improve health and wellbeing, such as improvements to staff rest areas, and our partnership for subsidised gym memberships with Bournemouth Heart Club.
Take five minutes to share your views in the July People Pulse Survey, so we can continue making changes that matter to you.
Reminder: Domestic abuse training for non-clinical staff
Do you work with the general public? Sign up for our new domestic abuse training for non-clinical staff. The training will look to offer practical knowledge and support so we feel confident in our ability to identify and report abuse.
The training is open to all UHD staff based at the RBH education centre. If you work in a clinical capacity, please do feel free to attend if this would be useful. Find out more about dates and times on the safeguarding pages of the UHD intranet and contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have any questions.
Emergency first aid at work
This training allows you to gain knowledge and skills needed to undertake the role of an emergency first aider in the workplace. You will learn the skills required to manage someone who is unconscious non-breathing, bleeding, ill or injured, prior to the arrival of the emergency services.
View the dates available in the latest news on the intranet. The courses are run at Sentinel House in Poole and there is parking available on site. Please note registered nurses do not require this training.
Remembering Sarah
It is with deep sadness that we have to inform you that Sarah Burnhope (Livingstone), who worked in the gastroenterology medical secretaries team at RBH, passed away peacefully on 27 June following a brave battle with cancer. Her family were by her side.
Sarah's colleagues have shared that she was a lovely, bubbly and positive colleague, who fitted straight into the team and is sadly missed. Heartfelt condolences go to her family.
Sarah's funeral will take place in the East Chapel of Bournemouth Crematorium on 25 July at 2pm. Sarah and the family request no flowers.
Well done to our junior doctors
Well done to all who were nominated and won awards at the 2022 Postgraduate Doctor in Training Awards.
The awards were a great opportunity to recognise all our doctors have achieved, especially during the pandemic. They work across our hospitals so this was a fantastic opportunity to come together and show our appreciation. We are very proud of you all.
Thanks also to our excellent speakers, Dr Phil Rushton, Dr Lynn Poynter, Dr Ruth Williamson and our chief executive, Siobhan Harrington.
RBH: Human factors
This interactive face to face training is great as an introduction to human factors looking at communication, teamwork and situational awareness. Go to the intranet latest news to view dates available.
Dates in Poole also available – contact the training team or look at ESR.
Support our dental care teams and win a prize
RESTART is a collaborative research project bringing together people with severe mental distress, their careers, clinicians and other partners to identify and prioritise uncertainties, or 'unanswered questions', about dental care for people with severe mental distress. Watch this short film to find out more about RESTART.
You can help further this project by answering a short survey and 20 randomly selected respondents will win a £10 gift card.
Volunteers needed for booster study
A few spaces are available to take part in a forth dose booster study, evaluating a new Covid-19 vaccine to target the Omicron variant. The new study, opening today (19 July), will take place at our Dorset Clinical Research Centre.
Half of the volunteers taking part in the study will receive a forth booster dose of Moderna's new bivalent vaccine, which has been designed to target both the original and Omicron variants of Covid-19. The other half will receive a forth booster dose of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, which was designed to target the original Covid-19 variant.
Find out more here.
