WEEKLY OPERATIONAL BULLETIN From Thursday 10 th December 2015 NOTICES Recruitment Horder Healthcare Vacancies Job Title Location Hours Closing date for receipt of applications Customer Services Assistant Bookings THC- Crowborough Full Time HR Assistant THC Crowborough Full Time Centre Operations Manager THC Crowborough Full time Duty Housekeeper THC Crowborough Full Time Chef THC Crowborough Full Time Hotel Services Assistant - Housekeeping THC - Crowborough Bank Page 1 of 6
Health and Fitness Rehabilitator THC Crowborough Bank Theatre Practitioners THC Crowborough Full time, Part Time & Bank MSK Physiotherapists THC Crowborough HH Seaford & Eastbourne Full Time & Bank Hotel Services Kitchen Assistant THC - Crowborough Bank & 6 month contract Registered Nurse Dufferin Ward & Day Services Unit THC Crowborough Full/Part Time & Bank (Twilight Shifts available) The McIndoe Centre Vacancies Senior Theatre Practitioner The McIndoe Centre Full Time & Part Time Care Assistant The McIndoe Centre Maternity leave 12month contract Sussex MSK Partnership East Vacancies Patient Care Advisor SMSKPE Eastbourne Full time Page 2 of 6
If you are interested in applying for any of the above positions please complete an internal application form, available on Control, and return it to the HR department by the closing date specified above. Alternatively, if you have friends or family who may be interested in the above, please direct them to the vacancy page on our website. Any staff currently absent (e.g. sick leave/maternity leave), please contact the HR department if you are unable to obtain these documents. New starters Louise Swindell Medical Secretary Bank Nicole Smith Hotel Services Assistant Catering Alicia Mellett Therapy Assistant Bank Leavers Sally Thompsett Customer Services Assistant Bookings Christine Attree Medical Secretary Julie Gordon Theatre Practitioner Learning and Development (L&D) Training Course Intermediate Life Support Date Time Who should attend 11/12/2015 8.45am 5pm Names provided by Manager - Shift Leaders and Bleep holders. This is to be completed on an annual basis. The above training courses will take place in the Seminar Room. If you need to book on to any of the courses then please contact the relevant individual listed below for your department. Department Name DSU Jan Blatcher, Ali Ryan Dufferin Rosa Andrews, Gaye Cunanan, Natalie Lawrence Outpatients Caron Turner, Lyn Leeves Theatre Louise Turner Therapy Hannah Munn, Russell Shingles, Tamsin Clake, Rachel Pepé Catering Guy Heasman, Lee Wood Housekeeping Shirley James Porters Steve Evans Page 3 of 6
Inpatient Therapy Team Update The inpatient therapy team are delighted to welcome the new therapy assistants - Christine Davies, Charlotte Hayers, Megan Sherwood and Alicia Mellett to the team. They will be working alongside the inpatient physiotherapists and occupational therapists. Following their induction the therapy assistants will support therapists in their role by teaching patients exercises, assisting patients with their mobility and supporting the occupational therapists with Joint School (which is due to start in January). They will mainly be based on Dufferin ward and they will be wearing white tunics with a light blue trim. We are very much looking forward to developing this role and hope Chris, Charlotte, Megan and Alicia enjoy their new role. If you have any questions about the therapy assistant role please feel free to ask any member of the inpatient therapy team. Nurse Revalidation RNs are welcome to attend Revalidation for RNs Presentation from 11.00-12.00 on Thursday 17 Dec. in the Seminar Room. Revalidation is mandatory for all RNs from April 2016. You are welcome to attend, to understand revalidation including Horder Healthcare recommendations and approach to the whole process Matron, Alan Stewart. Christmas Lunch Christmas lunch sittings are slightly longer to accommodate time to eat 3 courses: 1. 12.00-12.40 2. 12.40-13.20 3. 13.20-14.00 Christmas Closure A reminder that The Horder Centre will close at 12 noon on the 24 th December 2015 and will not re-open until 7am on the 4 th January 2016. There will be no lunches available on Thursday 24 th and limited lunches on Monday 4 th due to low food stocks. A static security guard will be on site during the closure period. Christmas Pay and Timesheets December pay will be paid on the 17 th December, two weeks earlier than usual. To enable payroll to process a five week month, timesheets for week ending the 17 th December and 24 th December will need to be handed in no later than Thursday 10 th December 9.30. Time sheets for week ending 10 th December to be in by 9.30 on the 11 th December. Staff will be required to enter predicted hours for week ending 17 th and week ending 24 th December; any hours not worked and entered on these timesheets must be worked or deducted when returning to work after the Christmas break. Page 4 of 6
Nativity & Christmas Shopping On Friday 11th December at 10am, St John s Primary School nativity play will take place in the Old Dining Room. The play is one of the highlights of the year here at the Centre, so please make the parents and children welcome when they are passing through. They will be arriving in Reception from 9.30am. As in previous years any patients that would like to attend will be most welcome with staff/volunteers escorting them to the Old Dining Room where necessary. Staff from all departments are also invited to attend where possible. Following on from last year, the shopping morning with be held at the same time for staff, volunteers and visitors. A selection of stalls selling Christmas gifts will be set up in Reception and shopping will be available between from 9.30am - 2.00pm. Finance Update Payments to Suppliers We do a BACS payment every Thursday to all our Suppliers which means money is in their bank account by the following Monday (3 day Payment). Occasionally it has to be done on a Wednesday to make sure payment is received by the end of the month. All Suppliers are dealt with on 30 day payment terms. If the supplier requires payment in less than 30 days, it has to be pre authorised by Jamie Skocic. Staff Expenses Payments If this is your first expenses claim, you are required to complete a form called Staff Member Payments to enable us to pay your expenses. This form can be found on control under E for Expenses. Expenses are normally paid within 30 days, however we do endeavour to pay staff sooner than the 30 day terms where possible. If you have any concerns regarding this please contact your manager. Staff are required to complete an expense form electronically so our scanner can pick it up, unfortunately it does not pick up hand written documents. The expense form & supporting documentation must be sent to accounts@horder.co.uk. The accounts email address is monitored daily. Your expense form is then scanned by finance and sent to your manager within 2-3 days for authorisation. Once they have been authorised we can proceed with payment. Please contact your Manager if you have not received your expenses. Managers Please can you ensure that the above is explained to all new members of staff and expenses are authorised at your earliest convenience. Manager On Call Maintenance On Call Joe Christmas will be on call from 4 th December to 17 th December. The Pager number is: 07623 929899 Facilities on call number is 07966 806496. Page 5 of 6
X-Ray On Call DATE ON- MOBILE NO. CALL Friday 11th Siby 07794295759 Saturday 12th Siby 07794295759 Sunday 13th Vanessa 07580031689 The rest of X-Ray on-call will be available next week. Theatre On Joe Christmas: Contact mobile number 07547 139702 Call Out Of Hours Security To report an incident call 0121 7067050. Page 6 of 6
WANTED!! Nurses and Physios to Join our Team! Receive 1000 for recommending a Registered Nurse or Physiotherapist! You will receive 500 upon satisfactory completion of the employee s probationary period and 6 months service; and another 500 on their completion of 12 months service, subject to your own continuing employment. The new employee must be scheduled for a minimum of 20 hours per week. All subject to rules of the employee referral scheme. For any other vacancies we will still pay 300 and the same criteria apply. Please remember to make sure the applicant notes your name in the referred by section on the application form. Closing date 31 st December 2015.