Over 12,000 steps today with Hey its Ash to deliver cake and goodies to all the amazing HCSW workers at University Hospital Southampton 💙 Rosemary Chable RN 💙 Anita Esser @JoeTeape 💙Steve Harris

First week of our new HCA induction complete. Great to see this cohort enjoying the new programme including introduction to patient care. Today’s task - practicing shaving techniques on a balloon! University Hospital Southampton 💙 University Hospital Southampton Jobs Anita Esser Clare

Monday evenings are normally spent prepping for the week ahead - ICU shifts and HCA inductions & support visits. Tonight we are planning how to spend our much needed week off in Cornwall #outofoffice #annualleave

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust Hiring Event recruiting new to care Health Care Support Workers ⁦Rosemary Chable RN 💙⁩ ⁦Debbie Knight 💙⁩ ⁦Alison Trenerry⁩ ⁦Anita Esser⁩ ⁦Nicky Sinden RN⁩ intsignup.indeed.com/interview/388e…

WordCloud at the end of HCA Induction Week 1. Great way to see how the HCAs are feeling and opened up lots of discussions. They may still be nervous but all looking forward to starting week 2 after a relaxing weekend University Hospital Southampton 💙 Clare Anita Esser

End of induction for this cohort. Great to see that they are feeling more confident and have given great feedback about the new programme. Sad I couldn’t be there for their last day but will see them soon in their new wards Clare Anita Esser

Ending this week’s HCA induction with a tense game of Jenga - every colour block is linked to a question related to the learning from the last 2 weeks. A fun way to check their understanding and recap any areas that need it Anita Esser Clare

Today the HCAs took the lead on a session. They brainstormed ideas on how they can promote good nutrition within a hospital setting and improve patient experience. Great to see them all so enthusiastic to put this into practice next week. Clare Anita Esser Tess D Elvin

Today we recapped the last 2 weeks induction including measuring & fitting AES. The feedback showed us that this helped the HCAs feel more confident going forward. This way of learning will benefit them and their patients on the wards Clare Anita Esser Tess D Elvin

We have an exciting opportunity University Hospital Southampton Jobs for a new role, Support Worker Development Lead, to manage the training and development of support workers and take forward this very important Trust agenda. Contact me for more info. 💙Steve Harris @MountfieldJo beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Practice (and the correct technique) makes perfect! The latest HCSW cohort getting to grips with AES application. The practical sessions always help imbed the theory taught during the sessions #weareHCSWs Anita Esser Clare Tess D Elvin

#UHSFT are piloting Senior Healthcare Support Assistant Mentors to support new HCAs when they join the Trust. If you are an existing HCA at UHS and you’d like a further challenge and to progress your career please take a look at the link jobs.uhs.nhs.uk/job/UK/Hampshi…

Great day working with the new mentors - they even taught me a thing or 2! They will be such an asset to the wards supporting our new to care HCSWs

“Out Of Office” is set until December 2023!! So lucky to work with such a great team the past 12 months. No time to rest yet - baby to prepare for and job application for substantive post to apply for!

Another day being the relative rather than staff today, this time to Southampton Children's Hospital ED with my son Despite the pressures they were clearly under, every member of staff was amazing! University Hospital Southampton 💙 Now I’d quite like this to be the end of my hospital visits for a while…

Spending a Saturday afternoon in the garden with an ICU patient who hasn’t been outside for 3 weeks. His reaction to feeling the sun on his face was the reason why #FreshAirSpaces are so important in hospitals! Zoe van Willigen (picture posted with patient’s consent)