Nightingale News | 11.06.20

Thank you first of all to everyone who joined me for Team Brief on Monday – either in the auditorium or on Teams. I hope you find these sessions helpful and informative. We will continue to hold them every week – and share the slides on the Staff Hub. Please do share any feedback on ways we can improve the session. On Monday we agreed to share with you the stakeholder briefing we had shared with organisations across the North West to inform them of the decision to go into standby. Please find a copy of this on the Staff Hub here – I hope you find it helpful. You will also find a copy of the latest FAQs here. We will continue to update these on the Staff Hub as new questions and information emerges. If you have questions that aren’t covered, please raise them with your line manager.

We are now in the process of activating our plan to put the Nightingale into standby mode from the end of June. Thank you to everyone who is supporting with this huge task. The next few weeks will no doubt be a challenging time for us all; as we continue to care for our patients and begin planning for whatever comes next for us individually. We have achieved some fantastic things at the Nightingale – building and opening a hospital in just two weeks, providing NHS standard care to over 100 patients and creating a really open and caring culture. But it has also had its challenges too – as we developed and tested new systems, having to adapt to our surroundings and having to work in really tough conditions on the wards themselves. It is important we take the time to reflect on all of this – the positives and the hard bits. That’s why we are running debriefing sessions for all colleagues. There is more information on these below. It is really important that we all make the time to attend one – to reflect and provide feedback too.

We know that our team have done so much fantastic work in the last three months. Not only stepping forward to work here at a time of need for the NHS, but going over and above for our patients and each other. We want to recognise all of that commitment and dedication – and that’s why we’re launching our Nightingale STAR Awards. From today nominations are open to all staff – including those who have already completed their time with us – and all staff groups (NHS, Interserve and G4S). Click here to complete a nomination form today. We want to hear your stories of colleagues who have gone the extra mile and have demonstrated our STAR values so we can help give them the recognition they deserve. Nominations should be submitted to [email protected] by 22nd June. All nominations will be reviewed by a panel of your peers and winners announced on 26th June.

Keep up the great work.

Best wishes,

Professor Michael McCourt
Chief Executive

The latest FAQs are held on the Staff Hub here. We are still obtaining the latest guidance and information regarding track and trace and staff testing. We will update the FAQs as soon as we have more information. In the meantime please email [email protected] if there are any answers you would like including.

Help us recognise members of our team who have gone over and above for our patients and each other and nominate your Nightingale STARs today. Do you know of a colleague that deserves recognition for their role in creating the hospital? Or someone who should be acknowledged for their work in providing care and support to patients and staff every single day here at the Nightingale? Help us recognise those outstanding individuals who have demonstrated our STAR values and gone over and above to support our patients and our colleagues. Click here to nominate.

Nominations are open until 22 June 2020 and open for all staff to nominate each other – including those members of staff who are no longer on site. All nominations will be reviewed by a panel of your peers, and the winners will be announced on 26 June 2020. Good luck!

All staff are invited to attend a debrief session to reflect on and learn from our experiences of building and working at NHS Nightingale Hospital North West. These sessions are open to all staff groups – NHS, Interserve and G4S colleagues – and you are invited to attend one of the below dates.

As we prepare to go into standby, these sessions will capture your experiences and learning from your time here, share some tools to help you transition back, and help inform the future of the Nightingale should we be required to reactivate. We encourage all colleagues to make the time to attend a session before your last shift.

The sessions will be held in Exchange Hall, and facilitated by the onsite OD and Wellbeing team, and if you have any queries or thoughts beforehand please contact Jackie or Sheni. There are also two additional virtual sessions – details circulated on booking.

• Friday 12^th June – 10am to 12noon
• Wed 17^th June – 10am to 12noon
• Thurs 18^th June – 2pm to 4pm
• Mon 22nd June – 2pm to 4pm
• Wed 24^th June – 10am to 12noon *Virtual only
• Thurs 25^th June – 2pm to 4pm
• Mon 29^th June – 2pm to 4pm *Virtual only
• Tues 30^th June – 10am to 12noon
• Wed 1^st July – 10am to 12noon

 To book onto a session, please click the date and book via Eventbrite.

This simple self-assessment helps to identify and manage any risks or additional support you may need to protect you from infection and the transition from work to home life. Regardless of how you self-score on the assessment, please share the outcomes of this self-assessment with your line manager, clinical supervisor or ward manager – and email [email protected] with subject header Risk Assessment. 

You need to specify one of the follow four outcomes: No Risk / Low Risk / Moderate Risk / Significant Risk. It is advised that a full risk assessment is completed with your line manager if your outcome is moderate or significant risk.

Change Please is an award-winning coffee company that supports people out of homelessness through Life Changing Coffee. They are currently on site providing coffee for our team. When you next take your break and fancy a coffee, pop and see them by the main reception. If you are able to make a donation to the project please click here.

The Staff Hub includes helpful information about the facilities on site, staff offers, how to access accommodation, useful information and contacts as well as previous copies of this newsletter. Please email [email protected] if there is important information you would like to see on the hub.

We send this update by email every Wednesday and you can see previous editions here. Please email [email protected] if you would like us to use an alternative contact.