Multi-site news

Increase in Covid-19 patients

Both Poole and Royal Bournemouth hospitals are now admitting more patients with Covid-19. This is unsurprising with the increases in community cases locally.

At Poole Hospital three wards have been closed to admissions following outbreaks in those areas.

Please check the intranet to see how you can support the prevention and control of Covid-19.

Care First webinars

Care First, our employee assistance programme, is putting on webinars this week. The themes are:

• Tuesday 20 October, 12.30-1pm - speaking with people who are breaking the rules
• Wednesday 21 October, 1-1.30pm - tips to avoid and alleviate conference call anxiety
• Thursday 22 October, 12-12.30pm - alcohol awareness
• Friday 23 October, 12-12.30pm - breast cancer awareness
• Monday 26 October, 12 -12.30pm - how Care First can support you
• Tuesday 27 October, 2- 2.30 - posture and effective working environments
• Wednesday 28 October, 12-12.30pm - fear and anxiety
• Thursday 29 October, 12-12.30pm - how the pandemic has affected how people have accessed support
• Friday 30 October, 12-12.30pm - finding joy in 2020

Vaccinated staff pass 20% mark

A fabulous one in five frontline staff have now had their flu vaccination in the first two weeks of our winter campaign. Thanks to everyone who has rolled up for their jab so far.

This year we've made it even easier, at a time when it is widely considered to be more important with the presence of Covid-19. The jab not only protects individuals and their families from the flu, but ensures our hospitals remain fighting fit to meet the challenges this winter may pose.

With trolley rounds, drop-in clinics and a growing number of peer vaccinators – clinical colleagues specially trained to provide the vaccine to others in their work area – all available, keeping track of your options needn't be a headache. The intranet has all you need to know, and is updated regularly with the latest information.

As an added incentive, every staff member who has the jab through our campaign before 4 December will be entered into a draw to win one of five £50 Amazon vouchers in time for Christmas.

So what are you waiting for?

Black History Month – join in the celebrations!

Events from Monday 19 to Friday 23 October

• Join the virtual forum 'Microaggression: I don't see colour' on Tuesday 20 October from 10-11am. Join through the Teams link here.
• Educational and cultural display in the Dome at Poole on Thursday 22 October 12-2.30pm and at RBH site in the marquee on Friday 23 October from 1-4pm.
• Afro Caribbean cuisine at Poole and RBH staff canteens on Friday 23 October Throughout the week we'll be posting stories of our staff on our UHD Twitter page. You can read Josh's story here. To share yours email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
• Follow the BAME network on its new Twitter page here for live updates and be part of the conversation online with the hashtag #BHMUHD #BHM2020.

Tasty menu to celebrate Black History Month

The Shelley and Dolphin Restaurant will be clebrating Black History Month by offering some special dishes on Friday 23 October. Examples include: Trinidadian fish and sizzling spare ribs.

To see the full menu on offer please check the intranet.

Make sure you get there early as we're sure these are going to be popular!

Festival of Coaching

On Wednesday 21 October, the first virtual Festival of Coaching on Microsoft Teams will bring you the chance to learn, network and be inspired by the impact coaching can have on you. Learn about coaching and mentoring, develop your existing knowledge and skills with guest speaker workshops and undertake taster coaching sessions. For more information click here.

Workshop: analysis of clinical audit data using Microsoft Excel 2010

This workshop aims to provide you with the skills and confidence needed to be able to use Excel 2010 for the analysis of clinical audit data. The next workshop session will run on Thursday 22 October, 1-3pm and will be run as a virtual session via Teams. There are 10 places and a basic knowledge of Excel is essential. To book a place email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Topics covered within the workshop include:

• methods for checking and cleaning data
• using basic calculations and formulas
• using pivot tables to analyse and summarise data
• creating and formatting charts
• ensuring clinical audit standards are answered

TRAC recruitment systems are merging

The Poole and RBCH TRAC recruitment systems are merging later this month. Between Friday 23 October and the end of Monday 26 October roles will not be able to be advertised and no applications will be received. All jobs being advertised via the Poole TRAC system will be closed on Thursday 22 October and reopened on Tuesday 27 October if they have longer to run.

When you log in to the merged system, you will need to select the hospital site from the employer drop down box when adding a new vacancy. To coincide with this, new UHD branded job descriptions and person specifications will be available to access via the intranet. Please note, the email address linked to your Trac account will be your UHD email address. Vacancy request forms submitted after 27 October will need to include a job description and person specification in the new template with UHD branding.

Please contact the recruitment team with any questions - ext. 2345 for Poole and ext. 4426 for RBCH.

Charity hosts spooky Halloween scavenger hunt

Forest Holme Hospice is hosting a Halloween scavenger hunt during half-term in the Dolphin Shopping Centre, Poole. The hospice will be hiding handpainted Halloween-themed pebbles in 15 store windows across the Dolphin Centre from Wednesday 28 – Friday 30 October.

Entry is by donation and participants need to collect an entry form from the new Eco Hub situated by the lift on the first floor of the Dolphin Centre. All returned correct entries win a bag of sweets and will also be in with a chance to win a Halloween hamper.

Latest senior appointments announced

The latest senior appointments for University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust have been made.

• James Donald - acting associate director of communications
• Richard Moremon – acting head of communications (transformation)
• Debbie Anderson – acting head of charity

Changing rooms

There have been recent examples of changing rooms being left untidy and with PPE and used scrubs discarded. Please be considerate of our housekeeping teams and make sure you clean up after yourself. This reduces the risk to other members of staff and supports the team to keep the changing rooms clean.

EU Staff Network meeting

Come together post-merger to share any issues that you need to discuss or raise. The meeting will be on Friday 30 October at 10am on Teams.

To receive the link, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Dorset Care Record (DCR) update

Over the last few months we have gone live with allergies, ED discharge summaries, clinic letters, inpatient discharges and the DCR single sign on interop to EPR which is great news. For further information about the Dorset Care Record and what you can view, please visit the DCR, Dorset Care Record page on the intranet.

Getting our patients home sooner

Poole site news

Reminder on confidential waste bags

Please ensure M J Bowers confidential waste bags are only filled to the ‘do not fill above this line' line and weigh no more than 15kg. If overfilled or too heavy the bags can split.

Bournemouth and Christchurch site news

Pharmacy changing to HAN bleep

On weekends and bank holidays, Pharmacy will be using the hospital at night (HAN) bleep for communications from 31 October. Wards will have four options when requesting jobs between 9am and 4pm.

• Urgent query - red category
• TTA - amber category
• Supply - amber category
• General pharmacy queries - green category

Please provide details in the comments box (e.g. planned time of discharge, next dose due). When your request is being worked on the job will be cleared. Your items may still be processing in pharmacy, so please check the pharmacy tracker. For any issues contact clinical site on bleep 2442.

Online payslips

Payslips are now online only in ESR, If you don't have a login to view your payslip, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Portering, housekeeping, catering and those on longer term absence will continue to receive paper payslips.

Compliments from service users

Do you get thank you cards and letters from grateful service users or their families? Never quite sure what to do with them? Why not receive the recognition you deserve by logging them on the compliments register. In line with the CQC's key lines of enquiry we recognise and theme feedback by 'safe, effective, caring, responsive and well led'. You can find the form in the eForms portal under 'patients compliments form'. If your department is not listed, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Anaesthetic seminar room unavailable

Due to Covid-19 planning and requirements, the anaesthetic seminar room is unavailable for the foreseeable future. Therefore all meetings booked will need to be rescheduled, moved or cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience caused.