This week is #HCACADEMYWEEK! Come down to the Bedford Hospital (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT) Swannery Restaurant today and say hello! This week is all about thanking the staff for their support, recognising the hard work of students, and looking back at all the acheievements of the Academy 🎉🥳

The @BedsHCAcademy team are currently at The Chiltern Restaurant Luton and Dunstable University Hospital celebrating and promoting #HCACADEMYWEEK! Pop down and say hello, Barnaby is here too!🧸

This week we are shining a light on the Bedfordshire Health and Care Academy and all the incredible work they do. Tom Middleton, Practice Educator, explains more about the academy and how you can get involved. youtu.be/ttSCzbN2gZY

Another successful cohort of The Health & Care Academy+ programme! 🎉 The students completed their last session on the Academy practicing CPR, learning about first aid techniques and vital signs monitoring. The @BedsHCAcademy team wish them all the best of luck for the future. 👋

The @BedsHCAcademy team are currently at the Luton Employibility Day hosted by REACH SOCIETY. The event provides an opportunity for those aged 10-19 to engage with employers and learn about career paths that are available to them. Come down to ChilternAcademy to learn more!

Exciting times for the @BedsHCAcademy team, as they start to move into the brand new Non-Medical Education Centre for training and learning at Bedford Borough Hall! 🤩

Well done to Helen Thomson for being a bronze winner of the #ourhealthheroes Clinical Support Worker of the Year Awards! Helen was nominated for her outstanding hardwork supporting new and existing HCSW’s in their day-to-day roles and training. Thank you to everyone who voted!

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Bedford Hospital has been granted provisional approval by the Royal College of Surgeons of England to run the Advanced Trauma Nursing Course (ATNC) from 2024. This will be the only site in the East of England region to offer this. Read the full story: bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk/news/bedford-h…

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Extremely proud of my team. This award was truly well deserved Bedford Hospital (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT) Luton and Dunstable University Hospital 👏👏👏

First stop is Luton, followed by future events in Milton Keynes and Bedford. Be sure to come along and say hello to the team at our first ever reach out community event hosted by Bedford Hospital (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT) Luton and Dunstable University Hospital to find out more 🎉

The @BedsHCAcademy team have put a lot of work into making this event a success and would love the chance to talk to anyone interested in an apprenticeship, the opportunities within the Academy and all things relating to a career in health 🏥

After a very busy morning @BedsHCAcademy team are swapping over and gearing up for an afternoon of fun, magic and community engagement with a focus on the vast array of clinical and non-clinical apprenticeships and the great opportunities the Academy has to offer 🙌

The team have been hosting the second day of the health careers expo at the Mall in Luton today. Lots of great conversations around the different apprenticeships on offer at the trust, alongside the fantastic opportunities within the academy for students aged 14+ 🤩

Some of the team attended the Marsh Farm Futures Centre for a community engagement event and had a great time talking with members of the public about the wide spectrum of health careers and training on offer through the NHS 🤩

Members of the @BedsHCAcademy team kicked off the first phase of developing the ambassador network by hosting a stall Bedford Hospital (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT). Fantastic engagement from staff and we look forward to working with them to make the academy bigger and better than ever before 🏥

Looking forward to my first Clinical Nurse Educator Network Conference today. It’s a privilege to be in the same room as so many fantastic educators #CNENet pic.x.com/K96ZoS7lKg