Nightingale News | 17.08.20

I hope you are keeping well and those of you in Greater Manchester or other affected parts of the North West are adapting to the increased lockdown measures. It continues to be a challenging time for us all and it is important to take the time to look after yourself. Please do visit the Staff Hub to find out more about our wellbeing support – which is available throughout the Standby period. I also hope many of you have been able to enjoy some much-deserved time away from work or have annual leave coming up.

Thank you to those colleagues who joined us for Team Brief last Monday. You can see a full copy of slides presented here. The next Team Brief will take place on Monday 7 September (more information, including the Microsoft Teams link, below). We will continue to organise these sessions while we remain in Standby and will regularly review their frequency. However, at the moment once a month seems about right. We welcome your feedback on this – and also the content of this newsletter. Please drop an email to [email protected] with your thoughts and suggestions.

I’m excited that I am now able to share with you our Nightingale virtual scrapbook ? We’ve pulled together some of our favourite photos, along with key milestones and facts and figures to tell the story of our Nightingale journey through a virtual scrapbook. We know all of our experiences were different, but hope it helps capture lots of your memories from your time working at the hospital.

Click here to download your copy of the Nightingale Scrapbook as a memento of your time at the hospital. We hope you enjoy reading through it – and would love to hear what you think.

Until next time,

Best wishes,

Professor Michael McCourt
Chief Executive

If you want to be kept updated on the Nightingale during Standby please ensure you inform us if your contact details change. Email any changes to [email protected].

The next Team Brief will be held virtually on Monday 7th September at 1pm. Joining details below:

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
+44 20 3794 0272 United Kingdom, London (Toll)
Conference ID: 494 414 814#

Manchester Local Care Organisation (the organisation that runs NHS community health and adult social care services in Manchester) has exciting opportunities for people to join their Reablement and Disability Supported Acc​ommodation teams on either a full or part time basis.

The roles are mainly as support workers, providing care to local people.

• ​The Reablement Team coach and encourage citizens to learn or re-learn daily living skills, enabling them to confidently and independently live in their own homes and take part in the community
• ​The Disability Supported Accommodation Team provide practical and emotional care and support, helping citizens develop and achieve their goals.

The roles involve working with other professionals and are an ideal opportunity to progress in the care sector. You will be employed by Manchester City Council, working as part of the Manchester Local Care Organisation team.

To obtain more detail and have a conversation on the roles, you can contact:

• Tracy Candlin for Disability Supported Accommodation on 07484 723569
• Meghan Wallace-Hartley for Reablement on 07717 802312

To express an interest in the roles please email ​[email protected]

Manchester Local Care Organisation (the organisation that runs NHS community health and adult social care services in Manchester) is also looking for a small number of people to join them for a limited time period (2-4 weeks) on either a full or part time basis. This is a research project being delivered remotely, so no need to work onsite.

What will you be doing?

• You will be talking to our colleagues about the work they do
• Reviewing and studying our data, reports and other material
• Thinking about how we can measure the important stuff we deliver

This opportunity will suit any students on their summer leave, furloughed, unemployed or retired colleagues who are available to work at short notice and able to commit to a minimum of two and maximum of four weeks.

Please contact Tim Griffiths, Director of Corporate Services, on 07985 448165 to learn more about these opportunities. The deadline for responses is 5pm Monday 17th August 2020.​

We are really keen to find out more about your experiences of working at the Nightingale. We know members of our team joined us from so many different sectors and backgrounds; each bringing their own experience to their role. We want to help celebrate your contribution and will be collecting staff stories on our Staff Hub.  If you have a short blog (around 300 words) to share about your experience and learnings, please share it with [email protected] and the Communications Team will be in touch..

Throughout the life of NHS Nightingale Hospital North West, from build to standby, we have been fortunate to have a photographic record taken by award-winning Manchester-based photographer Joel Goodman.

Almost all of these photographs feature staff members either individually or in groups with colleagues and/or patients. A number of staff members have requested access to these photographs.

All photographs taken at NHS Nightingale North West are now available to view here. 

Please note that you cannot download photographs from this site.

If you would like to receive a high-resolution copy of any photograph, please e-mail [email protected] quoting the full file names of the images you request. Please note we cannot send any image in which patients are visible. 

Photographs are shared for personal use only. This means:

• You are authorised to display the photographs at home or in your personal workspace
• You are authorised to use an image of yourself on your personal social media accounts. If any other colleagues are visible on the photo, you must gain their permission before sharing it on social media.
• You are not authorised to share the photographs for publication by any other NHS organisation or by any external organisation.

The distribution process is managed by Camilla Sutcliffe, External Communications Manager, with support as necessary from NHS North West and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

For security reasons all ID passes have been deactivated. If you still require access to site please email Mirjana Liptrott, [email protected]. From Friday 3 July there will no longer be office space available for Nightingale staff. If you require access to office space, please contact Mirjana.

Catering services have also stopped on site for the Standby period. If you are working on site, please ensure to take refreshments and food with you.

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.