Episodes
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As we have already discovered in this series of Our People Podcast, a series of teams work alongside each other to provide care at Sunderland Eye Infirmary.
The latest to be featured on the podcast is the research team, who carry out such valuable work to help us maintain the highest of standards.
Hear from Senior Research Nurse Karen Davidson, Research Nurse Michelle Young and Senior Ophthalmic Photographer Nicolle Teasdale as they discuss their roles, the work carried out by the team and the upcoming move to the new eye hospital in Sunderland.
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Rafaela Schelle is a Specialist Orthoptist and Orthoptic Department Manager at Sunderland Eye Infirmary.
She joined us for this episode of Our People Podcast to discuss all things orthoptics, and the transformational effect she expects the new eye hospital to make.
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Changing Futures is a multi-million pound partnership aimed at reforming health and wellbeing for those most in need.
Our Alcohol Care Team here at the Trust plays a key role within Changing Futures.
Listen to Lead Alcohol Nurse Specialist Roisin Burdis to find out how the Alcohol Care Team help patients in our region.
Roisin is joined by host Rob Parnaby who is the Trust's former Directorate Manager in Gastroenterology and Metabolic Medicine.
They are also joined by Changing Futures Senior Responsible Officer Mark Smith and Touchpoint Operational Lead Victoria Johansen.
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Continuing our theme on the eye care provided by the Trust, we catch up with consultant optometrist and the head of optometry service at Sunderland Eye Infirmary, Chris Steele.
Chris talks about his career background and provides a guide to optometry, as well as a description of just what a difference the new Eye Hospital will make.
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We again focus on the fantastic work of Sunderland Eye Infirmary in this episode of Our People Podcast.
In the hotseat are Directorate Manager Fiona McKinley and Matron Carol Jobling.
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Excitement is growing within South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust ahead of the opening of the new Eye Hospital in Sunderland. In this latest episode of Our People Podcast, we focus on the Eye Clinic Liaison Service, which is currently based at Sunderland Eye Infirmary. Eye Clinic Liaison Officer Mary Hall speaks about just what a difference the new facility will make, and discusses the journey which has taken her to the role she is now in, alongside support worker Andrew Hall. An honorary mention also to Zoom, Mary's brilliant guide dog!
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This episode of Our People Podcast sees us delve into the emergency department at Sunderland Eye Infirmary with department manager Gemma Sloanes and junior charge nurse Adam Taylor.
The pair discuss their careers so far and give us an insight into life at the Eye Infirmary.
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Lynn Bates is our Cataract Treatment Centre Manager at Sunderland Eye Infirmary.
Lynn talks us through what cataracts are and what happens when a patient comes to us to have them removed.
She also discusses how excited she is to move to the new Eye Hospital and how this will benefit patients needing cataract treatments.
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Tina Morrell helped launch our plans for the new Eye Hospital in Sunderland city centre.
Ahead of her retirement as Programme Manager she joined us to talk about why there is a need to replace Sunderland Eye Infirmary and what's involved in such a huge project.
This includes the thought process into every decision being made to ensure we continue to provide the best possible care.
Tina also talks about challenging obstacles that come with such a complex plan and ultimately how the new Eye Hospital will benefit patients.
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Our People Podcast is back.
On Friday 19th April we hosted our second annual Staff Recognition Awards as South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.
The event was held at the Beacon of Light in Sunderland and it was even bigger and better than last year.
Listen to find out who the winners were.
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On the last episode of Season Three, here at STSFT we're in the festive spirit.
As a Trust we're proud to have so many international recruits that work in our hospitals and within the community.
We met up with Ward E54 Manager Jay de la Cruz from the Philippines, Theatre Manager Juna George from India and Adaptation Nurse Lynda Nwaokweanwa from Nigeria as they share how they celebrate Christmas where they come from.
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On the latest episode of Our People Podcast we met up with Louise Howe and Lisa Hobbs from our Critical Care Outreach Team.
Louise and Lisa talk about Call4Concern which is a service for adult patients, families and friends to call for help and advice if they are concerned about a patient's condition.
The service is led by the Critical Care Outreach Team and Louise and Lisa discuss how this benefits patients, relatives and staff.
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On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we visited Durham Road's Children Centre to talk to Tracy Dawson, Kerry Pate and Janice Blakey from our Safeguarding team.
The team discuss the importance of safeguarding here at STSFT and how they advise and support our staff and patients.
They also talk about how someone can look after their own wellbeing and provide an example of what a case may look like.
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On this week's edition of Our People Podcast, our Internal Engagement Officer Jade, speaks to Wellbeing Practitioner, Claire Skaife, about our upcoming Workforce Health and Wellbeing Week.
Listen to find out how the events will look, how our staff can get involved, and why making sure our staff feel supported, is important to our Trust.
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On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we met up with Matron for NMAHP Workforce Retention Jayne Billings alongside Legacy Mentors Jimmy Sarmiento, Bency Raseena and Siobhan Lynch.
Earlier this year the Nursing and Quality Workforce Team launched our Legacy Mentor Service.
The team is made up of experienced registered nurses who offer support to newly registered Nurses, Midwives, and Allied Health Professionals.
Jayne, Jimmy, Bency and Siobhan tell us how they help our new starters including our international recruits settle in.
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On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we met up with Oral Health Promoters Pauline Wright and Emma Bruce.
Pauline and Emma talk about the importance of promoting oral health and the best ways to practice good oral hygiene at home.
They also discuss how bad oral health can have an impact on your overall health and what the most common issues are.
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On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we met up with Director of Operations and Deputy Chief Executive Dr Sean Fenwick.
Sean discusses how he is involved with helping the Trust manage winter pressures and provides an insight of what pressures the NHS may be dealing with this year.
He also talks about what patients and the community can do to help ease these pressures and what plans have been put in place throughout the region.
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In the final episode of our three-part series about the Staff Network Groups here at the Trust, we talk to Junior Sister Vasily George from the Renal Satellite Unit at Durham Treatment Centre.
Vasily is involved with the Workforce Race Equality Staff Network (WREN). She talks about how the group is a confidential, safe space for staff to share experiences, provide advice and support, raise concerns and identify solutions.
Vasily also discusses what the Mary Seacole Leadership Programme is and how this has helped her develop. At the beginning of the episode, we're joined by Senior Inclusion Advisor Jake Higgin as he explains why the network changed its name.
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On this week's episode of Our People Podcast we continue to talk to our Staff Network Groups.
We met up with Organisational & Leadership Practitioner Jill Duncan who chairs the Positive Health Group. This is for staff at the Trust living with long-term physical or mental health conditions.
Jill talks about her own long-term physical condition as she suffers from rheumatoid arthritis.
She discusses how the Positive Health Group helped her and how it has benefitted several staff working at the Trust.
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Yesterday was World Mental Health Day.
To help raise awareness of this we are highlighting our Staff Network Groups in a three-part series on Our People Podcast.
To kick start this on this week's episode we met up with Thrive Clinical Team Lead Dr Sarah Markham and Assistant Psychologist Rachel Baines.
Rachel is part of the LGBT+ Staff Network and discusses how the group is a safe space for staff to share their experiences and receive support.
Sarah and Rachel are also part of the Thrive team which is a service that offers emotional and mental health support for all STSFT staff.
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