Teamhdft Staff Bulletin - Wednesday 15 July: Bulletin (Harrogate and District Nhs Foundation Trust)

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teamHDFT Staff Bulletin - Wednesday 15 July
BULLETIN (HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)

Wed 15/07/2020 12:55
To: AllUsers <hdft.AllUsers@nhs.net>; allusers <hif.allusers@nhs.net>;
Welcome to the Wednesday 15 July 2020 edition of Harrogate and District NHS
Foundation Trust's Staff Bulletin.
Managers and team leaders are asked to share this bulletin in team meetings and
discuss relevant points. You may also wish to print this off and leave in staff rooms,
and share further via email.
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Published: 15 July 2020
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Contents
Managers' Messages
Personal risk assessments

Reminder - face masks
Mandatory essential training
Line manager webinars
New difibrillators coming to a resuscitation trolley near you
Briary link bridge closure - Saturday 18 July
Brief closure of Goods Yard - Friday 17 July
Other Messages
The Rachel Majumdar Junior Doctor of the Year Awards 2020

Train the trainer workshop
Organ and tissue transplant experience - can you help?
HHCC virtual run
Community teams - donations available
Latest HDFT vacancies
Items wanted and offered
Managers' Messages
Personal risk assessments
The Trust is undertaking a personal risk assessment on certain groups of staff who may be
at a greater risk of being seriously affected by COVID-19. The groups which have been
identified are:
• Pregnant colleagues.
• Extremely clinically vulnerable colleagues who are currently shielding.
• Male colleague who are over 55 years of age.
• Female colleagues who are over 65 years of age.
Line managers have been informed and will contact staff to conduct the welfare discussion.
In order to support staff, the Trust is monitoring the completion rates – these are displayed
in the below tables.
A welfare discussion needs to take place with anybody who is clinically vulnerable. This
means with one or more of the following underlying health conditions:
chronic (long-term) mild to moderate respiratory diseases, such as asthma, chronic

obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema or bronchitis
chronic heart disease, such as heart failure
chronic kidney disease
chronic liver disease, such as hepatitis
chronic neurological conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease, motor neurone
disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), or cerebral palsy
diabetes
a weakened immune system as the result of certain conditions or medicines they are
taking (such as steroid tablets)
being seriously overweight (a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or above)
Please do not be alarmed if you fall into any of these categories, the Trust simply wants to
ensure that all precautions that could be taken are being taken. If staff fall into any of these
categories or have concerns regarding personal circumstances and COVID-19 please
contact line managers in the first instance.
Reminder - face masks
There has been feedback that boxes of face masks are being taken from mask stations at
Harrogate District Hospital.
This action reduces the supply for colleagues around the hospital at locations where they
are needed and in places where supplies must be retained for the protection of colleagues,
patients and visitors.
Please, at mask stations, only take one mask to be used as intended.
If masks are required for a particular area, please contact the PPE Team on 7966/7967 or
email hdft.ppe@nhs.net
Mandatory essential training
Most mandatory and essential training (MEST) was paused in March as the volume of
Covid-19-related work in the Trust increased. As part of the recovery process, there are
plans to restart training in a phased manner over the next couple of months.
Where possible training should be carried out using remote delivery. All face to face
training will take place with distancing measures in place; where this is not possible due to
the activity involved, a risk assessment will be undertaken and mitigating measures
identified. The Learning and Development team will be working through the current
bookings gradually over the next few weeks and contacting trainers and those attending
the training sessions to confirm they will be going ahead. If you have any queries please
email the Learning and Development team on hdft.learninganddevelopment1@nhs.net
Please be patient as the team are currently extremely busy organising the restart; they will
respond as soon as possible.
Line manager webinars
Thank you to colleagues who have so far joined the weekly webinars on MS Teams.
Colleagues are continuing these weekly for the next couple of weeks, and after that
will schedule more sessions if they are felt to be valuable.
The next few dates are listed below.
The sessions are aimed at supporting line managers to ask questions and clarify issues
regarding HR practice.
Understandably, much of this will relate to working during a pandemic, but the group isn't
restricted to this - any aspect of HR practice is up for discussion, with a view to supporting
the workforce as much as possible.
Friday 17 July, 1.30-2.30pm

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
Link to follow
Link to follow
Please note, there will be a separate joining link for each individual date - the link for each
session will be shared a few days in advance.
New defibrillators coming to a resuscitation trolley near

you!
The Resuscitation Department are deploying new defibrillators across Harrogate District
Hospital later this month. It is necessary to change the defibrillators as the ones currently
used are old and in need of replacing.
The Trust is moving to a two tiered defibrillation system - there will continue to be one
make of defibrillator, however two types of defibrillator will now be in use depending on the
patient groups being cared for and the type of cardiac arrest seen. The make of
defibrillators is the same so they will look and sound familiar.
In most wards and departments the plan will be to

use a Lifepak 1000 AED, this is very easy to use
and allows ward/department colleagues and the
resuscitation team to deliver a shock quickly if
indicated and more importantly will emphasize the
importance chest compressions, breaths and
timing. The ease of use and simplicity will help to
focus on these and reduce stress and
anxiety. These will also be the defibrillators in use
in non-clinical areas such as the canteen, main entrance etc so colleagues will be familiar
and used to using them if the need arises.
Some areas of the hospital will have the Lifepak 20e which is a newer version of the
defibrillator currently in use. There is little difference to notice in the day to day use of this
defibrillator compared to the current Lifepak 20s, it will still default to AED mode when
turned on to enable it to be used by anyone trained to use it in an emergency. However it
has additional benefits such as end tidal CO2 monitoring and much improved data capture
to assist debriefing.
The Resuscitation Department will provide information, training and support to help make
this transition as safe and smooth as possible by visiting ward areas, providing information
in the resuscitation trolley folders and on the intranet site. The defibrillators will be available
to look at during the Basic Life Support drop-in session on Thursday 16 July and at a stand
outside Herriot’s canteen on Friday 17 July.
New defibrillators for community locations will be replaced following the deployment in
Harrogate District Hospital and will be arranged with individual areas to ensure the
equipment is accessible.
The Resuscitation Department would like to ask that the upcoming change is
highlighted at ward/department meetings, handovers and safety huddles please so
that colleagues are prepared as well as possible and have the opportunity to seek
advice if they would like.
For further information please contact the Resuscitation Department on 01423

555601 (Extension 5601) or hdft.RESUSCITATION@nhs.net.
Briary link bridge closure - Saturday 18 July

The Estates Department has scheduled the repair of a glazing unit located on the Briary
Link Bridge on Saturday 18 July. This will require the closure of the Link Bridge from 8am
until 4pm and part of the car park. For more details, see the plan below:
Staff/members of the public accessing/exiting the Briary Wing will need to use the main
entrance (circled in red above) for the duration of the works.
The link bridge is accessible in the event of a fire/emergency.
Apologies for any inconvenience in advance.
Brief closure of Goods Yard - Friday 17 July
On Friday 17 July, delivery of a compaction machine will be made at approximately 11am

in the Goods Yard at Harrogate District Hospital. The Goods Yard will be closed for approx.
30 minutes.
If there are any queries, please contact Kirsten Bain in Estates ext. 3294.
Other Messages
The Rachel Majumdar Junior Doctor of the Year Awards

2020
Over 200 nominations were received in the recent Rachel Majumdar Junior Doctor of the
Year Awards 2020. Thanks to everyone who took the time to send in their nominations.
The results are below.
Rachel Majumdar Junior Doctor of the year award

• Hannah Ellis
Leadership prize winners

1. Minnie Merrick (med reg)
2. Saqib Siddiqui (med reg) & Tom Knapp (anaes fellow)
Leadership special mentions

• Rachel Newby (F2 & Mess president)
• Conor Foley (F1)
• Aditi Das (Opth ST7)
Quality Improvement prize winners

1. Jointly to Cleone Pardoe (IMT) for multiple QI projects including MAU handover & Eva
Lau (Derm Fellow) for RECOVERY trial and multiple nominations in other categories
2. Aoife Daly (ST3 Derm) for RECOVERY trail & Sam Hodges (paed ST1) for her part in
the neonatal cannulation audit as well as multiple nominations as an individual
QI special mentions
• Dan Green (f1)
• Neonatal cannulation audit project group including Sam Hodges, Wendy Grenyer,
Freya Kew & Praveen Prabhakar
Compassion prize winners

1. Mike McArdle (F1) (pictured)
2. Xiu Jun (LAS CT) & Dartel Norman (med reg)
Special mentions for compassion

• Mia Thomas (paeds), Alex Waddington (GPStR) & James Barnard (Locum F3)
Extra Mile prize winners

1. Nina Dickson (haem/onc locum) (pictured)
2. Charlotte Reay (F1)
Special mentions
• Abid Ali (opth)
• Dozie Okoye (GpStR)
• Anisha Rahman (F1)
• George Sturgess (ST)
• Kingsley Chima (GpStR)
Non-rotational doctors
1. Jo Midgeley
2. Cibu Mukundan
Best Lockdown Hair
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• Conor Foley
• Tom Knapp
• Honourable mentions to Ciaran O’Farrell’s bird nesting site & Saqib Siddiqui’s “long
luscious locks”
Best Scrub Chic

• Joint prize for Roxanne Tajbakhsh (F2) & Fiona Campbell (IMT)
Train the trainer workshop
Trust staff who deliver training can sign up for a ‘Train the Trainer Workshop’ taking place
on Thursday 23 July, 9.30-11.30am.
The aim of the workshop is to give the trainer confidence, knowledge, tools, tips and
advice to deliver an effective and engaging remote learning session to
students/learners/users.
Other workshop objectives include:
To introduce the remote learning environment from a trainers perspective, and get
the best from it.
To focus on what the learners’ needs are when delivering remotely, so they thrive.
To highlight the tools that are available to deliver an engaging and dynamic session,
helping learners to flourish in the learning experience.
The workshop facilitated by Pam Dunn & Andrew Nichols will take place in the Lecture
Theatre – Strayside Education Centre (limited spaces) and via MS Teams. Please email
hdft.strayside.education@nhs.net by Tuesday 21 July midday to book a place and include
the preferred venue option. Please include the following details - full name and preferred
email address.
There are only limited spaces in the lecture theatre, so bookings will be allocated on a first
come first served basis.
Once a place has been allocated, participants will receive an email on the afternoon of
Tuesday 21 July with an MS Teams link (if attending remotely) plus, pre-workshop actions.
Please can these be completed prior to attending the workshop, ideally by Wednesday 22
July.
The workshop will be streamed live and recorded through MS Teams.
Organ and tissue transplant experience - can you help?
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) are due to publish the annual Transplant Activity
Report next week, which will give an
update about organ donors, transplant waiting lists and transplant activity for the UK for the
latest financial year.
Alongside this, the Trust would like to share some experiences of organ and tissue
transplants within our workforce with the public. The Communications Team are looking for
colleagues who have had personal experience of transplants who would like to share their
story, and show how the NHS and donors are saving and improving lives in our region.
If you are able to and would like to help please contact Rebecca Huddleston on
Rebecca.huddleston1@nhs.net or ext. 7732. Thank you for your help in advance.
HHCC virtual run challenge
HHCC Virtual Run is open to anyone to do at any pace, anywhere and anytime! Below are
some of HHCC Virtual Runners!
Once you have completed your challenge you will receive one of their awesome medals!
Sign up today
Community teams - donations available
If any community teams would like donations of milk, pasta or tinned goods please contact
the HHCC team: hdft.hhcc@nhs.net and they will arrange a delivery to you.
Latest HDFT vacancies
All vacancies can be found on the NHS Jobs website. Vacancies this week include:
Secondment opportunity
Due to the current pandemic an exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for 2 Band 6
nurses or therapists to join the Discharge Planning Team until
31 March 2021.
These posts would ideally be full time on a 37.5 hour contract each, however working
hours could be negotiable for the right candidate.
The Discharge Team provide a 7 day service from 8am-

8pm in order to ensure that patients are discharged at the
first opportunity in a safe and well co-ordinated manner.
We are seeking candidates who are interested in
developing their complex discharge planning skills, are
able to work autonomously and can make a valuable
contribution to the multidisciplinary decision making
process.
Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, complex discharge planning and basic IT skills
would be an advantage but professional development in these areas will be supported.
For more information, please contact Claire Lee on 07920155070. Please register your
interest via email to claire.lee15@nhs.net with your reasons for applying by 19 July
2020. The interviews will take place from 1.30pm on Wednesday 22nd July.
This week's other vacancies include:
Rotational CT Radiographer
£31,365 to £37,890 pa (pro rata)
Full and part time hours available
Permanent
Reference: 421-LTUC-1254B
Closing Date: 20 Jul 2020
Blood Transfusion Laboratory Manager

£38,890 to £44,503 pa
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
Reference: 421-LTUC-1264A
Registered Nurse - Elderly Care Wards

£24,907 to £30,615 pa pro rata
Full and part time positions available
Permanent
Reference: 421-LTUC-1236E
Interim Chief Operating Officer

Competitive
37.5 hours per week
Fixed term
Reference: 421-CORP-1262A
Administrative Assistant - Occupational Health

£18,005 to £19,337 pa (pro rata)
20 hours per week
Fixed term
Reference: 421-CORP-1252B
Senior HR Advisor
£31,365 to £37,890 pa
37.5 hours per week
Fixed term
Reference: 421-CORP-1257B
Locum Consultant in Haematology

£79,860 to £107,668 pa
Fixed term
Reference: 421-MS-1253K
Closing Date: 05 Aug 2020
Items wanted and offered
Items wanted and offered from across the Trust can be found by clicking
here.
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consideration for inclusion, please email hdft.bulletin@nhs.net. Please note that
because this bulletin is weekly, not all requests for inclusion can be accommodated.
You may wish to consider communicating your message in other ways; the
Communications and Marketing Team is happy to provide advice.
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15/07/2020 teamHDFT Staff Bulletin -... - ALI, Abid (HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDA...

teamHDFT Staff Bulletin - Wednesday 15 July

BULLETIN (HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST)

To: AllUsers <hdft.AllUsers@nhs.net>; allusers <hif.allusers@nhs.net>;

Published: 15 July 2020

Personal risk assessments

The Rachel Majumdar Junior Doctor of the Year Awards 2020

Personal risk assessments

chronic (long-term) mild to moderate respiratory diseases, such as asthma, chronic

Reminder - face masks

Please, at mask stations, only take one mask to be used as intended.

Mandatory essential training

email the Learning and Development team on hdft.learninganddevelopment1@nhs.net

Line manager webinars

The next few dates are listed below.

Friday 17 July, 1.30-2.30pm

New defibrillators coming to a resuscitation trolley near

In most wards and departments the plan will be to

For further information please contact the Resuscitation Department on 01423

Briary link bridge closure - Saturday 18 July

The link bridge is accessible in the event of a fire/emergency.

Apologies for any inconvenience in advance.

Brief closure of Goods Yard - Friday 17 July

On Friday 17 July, delivery of a compaction machine will be made at approximately 11am

The Rachel Majumdar Junior Doctor of the Year Awards

Rachel Majumdar Junior Doctor of the year award

Leadership prize winners

Leadership special mentions

Quality Improvement prize winners

Compassion prize winners

Special mentions for compassion

Extra Mile prize winners

Best Lockdown Hair

Best Scrub Chic

Train the trainer workshop

Other workshop objectives include:

The workshop will be streamed live and recorded through MS Teams.

Organ and tissue transplant experience - can you help?

HHCC virtual run challenge

Community teams - donations available

Latest HDFT vacancies

The Discharge Team provide a 7 day service from 8am-

This week's other vacancies include:

Blood Transfusion Laboratory Manager

Registered Nurse - Elderly Care Wards

Interim Chief Operating Officer

Administrative Assistant - Occupational Health

Locum Consultant in Haematology

Items wanted and offered

Produced by the Communications and Marketing Team.

Please join us on Facebook and Twitter by clicking the links above.

Our mailing address is:

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