Donna Smith

Are you an experienced nurse, physiotherapist, OT or paramedic? Then we would love to hear from you! We are now recruiting a new Clinical Assessor to join our team See advert below

@Meanstracy @rachelgreenbeck Very well deserved indeed 🤩

Fabulous Friday morning in community services presenting the Cavell Star Award to @rachelgreenbeck -well deserved

A rare and exciting opportunity has risen South UCR are recruiting two new clinical assessors and two new CSWs Please see the Trust page for details

The Living Well Centre (LWC) at the John Eastwood Hospice has been at the forefront of a fantastic project integrating Virtual Reality (VR) technology to enhance the quality of life for patients with a terminal illness. Find out more: orlo.uk/uTCGm

In Jan 2021, we had 264 Medically Safe (Discharge Ready) patients @nottmhospitals. Last week we had 104. Three presentations today to colleagues around the region about what we have done to make this happen. Make contact if you want to know more. @lisamarshall4

Long-term, collaborative, data driven strategy that has had local & national impact. It can be done. It's not all about social care capacity. It is about knowing where the problems really are & working together to make it better. Day after day after day. nottinghampost.com/news/local-new…

If sleep is the only kind of rest you get this weekend, You're setting yourself up to fail next week. There are actually 7 types of rest we need, explains Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, And sleep is only a PART of ONE of those 7:

@IdtNuh @nottmhospitals @Kaylp2510 Your loss is our gain 🥂

IDT is sadly saying goodbye to our team manager of 12 years, Laura. She will be greatly missed, and we wish her all the luck in her new role, and they are very lucky to have you @nottmhospitals @Kaylp2510

Action bias. Football goalkeepers will jump to the left or right when facing penalties, even though statistically they'd be better off just staying in the middle. Action bias is the tendency to choose action over inaction, even where there's no indication that taking action will help. We tend to (falsely) equate activity with productivity & keeping control. We see action bias frequently in the improvement world. When results don't come quickly, leaders will want more changes, rather than waiting for the improvements to work their way through the system. Deliberately deciding to do nothing is a good practice/skill that improvement leaders need: thedecisionlab.com/biases/action-…. By @TheDecision_Lab

My daughter rocking every opportunity thrown her way 👏👏👏

Join our Primary Care Team here in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire! Senior Service Transformation Manager ⬇️ notts.icb.nhs.uk/about-us/jobs/

@BeckySutton12 maybe worth connecting with my fellow bevonite @DrGarethEThomas to share some ideas 💡

Hear from Diane Hull, Exec Director of Nursing, AHPS & Quality as she introduces our new Care Group Nursing Director roles! 📺 orlo.uk/w6t4e 👉Find out more and apply at: orlo.uk/M3Gpm

@SalWilson111 @lisamarshall4 @GemmaWhysall3 @BeckySutton12 @helenUCnottshc @ncitycare @NottsCC @nottmcc @mjrsimmonds @SFHFT @IdtNuh @nottmhospitals Absolutely

@DSmithNotts @lisamarshall4 @GemmaWhysall3 @BeckySutton12 @helenUCnottshc @ncitycare @NottsCC @nottmcc @mjrsimmonds @SFHFT @IdtNuh @nottmhospitals So much to celebrate! Exciting and exhausting all wrapped up together. Great system working ❤️

Working in system discharge sometimes feels an uphill battle but lots to celebrate with the teams today as we have started to see some real tangible progress of all their efforts- the benefits of which reach far wider than the people we get home each day but countless others

@lisamarshall4 @GemmaWhysall3 @BeckySutton12 @helenUCnottshc @ncitycare @NottsCC @nottmcc @mjrsimmonds @SFHFT @IdtNuh @nottmhospitals @SalWilson111 your teams have absolutely smashed it

@lisamarshall4 @GemmaWhysall3 @BeckySutton12 @helenUCnottshc @ncitycare @NottsCC @NottmCC @mjrsimmonds @SFHFT @IdtNuh @nottmhospitals

@ellie_nursing Congratulations @ellie_nursing

I'm really pleased to be able to share that I will be joining Coventry and Warwickshire ICB as Chief Nursing Officer in July. happyhealthylives.uk/latest-news/co…

@NicolaZurawliw @TowneClaire @teamCNO_ @SamSherrington This would be huge shame if not continued 😔

Community Nursing safer staffing - We are hearing that the CNSST is on pause? we've not had any clarification as to do we continue? Or is it new cohort only roll out on pause. Were in the 1st pilot phase, any clarity greatly appreciated. @teamCNO_ @SamSherrington