The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

🎂It’s 30 years since our first Eye Care Liaison Officer (ECLO) started providing vital emotional and practical support for people diagnosed with an eye condition. Last week, we celebrated the anniversary by going back to where it all began - The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust eye clinic. We now have 130 RNIB ECLOs – with another 60 employed by other sight loss organisations. And the end of 2024 will bring a significant milestone - there will be an ECLO in every major UK hospital eye clinic! Read about the history of our ECLO service: https://lnkd.in/ed-GYk96 [Image descriptions: Image 1: First Rotherham ECLO Kevin Hewish with Stevie Johnson, Clinical Lead of RNIB’s Eye Care Services, sitting in the ECLO room at Rotherham Community Health Centre. Kevin has a grey beard and is wearing glasses and a blue checked shirt. Stevie has shoulder-length light blonde hair and is wearing a dark blue floral patterned top and glasses. Image 2: Rotherham eye clinic patient Jean Derrick with ECLO Gabrielle Bower, sitting in the ECLO room. Jean has short light blonde hair and is wearing a light grey top that has large blue and grey spots, and glasses. Gabrielle is wearing a pastel pink pantsuit and has long dark blonde hair. Image 3: A group photo of people at the Rotherham celebration, with (left to right) Carolyn Chamberlain, Director of RNIB’s Specialist Eye Care Service, Rotherham ECLO Gabrielle Bower, ECLO Alice Elliott, Rotherham eye clinic patient Jean Derrick, Stevie Johnson, Clinical Lead of RNIB’s Eye Care Services, and Kevin Hewish, first ECLO at Rotherham. They are sitting in a large room, with some of them standing and others sitting on dark pink hospital chairs. Image 4: Rotherham ECLO Gabrielle Bower, former Rotherham ECLO Matt Bower, and Hewish, the first Rotherham ECLO, standing in front of a pink background with the RNIB logo. Gabrielle is wearing a pastel pink pantsuit and has long dark blonde hair, Matt has a dark brown hair and beard and is wearing a dark blue floral shirt and glasses, and Kevin has a grey beard and is wearing glasses and a blue checked shirt.]

We’re wishing three of our teams the very best of luck this evening as they head to the Nursing Times Awards 🤞🤞🤞 Read about why they’ve been shortlisted ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g8Wnpb6m

Today, we also celebrated another event, as we held our second annual Cultural Celebration Day! Organised by our BAME Staff Network, the Cultural Celebration Day is a chance for colleagues from BAME backgrounds to celebrate their diverse heritage. The day was marked by a short event in the main entrance of Rotherham Hospital, where colleagues, patients and visitors were encouraged to gather to see a performance by some of our internationally educated nurses. Later, the event rolled out to each of the wards around the hospital, where a special pack including decorations and games was given out so that those who couldn't make it to the main entrance could be included in the celebration. Colleagues were encouraged to wear traditional dress to mark the occasion. In the NHS nationally, around 19% of colleagues are from an international background. We would like to say a special thank you to our BAME and international colleagues working for our Trust today. We appreciate you and the care you give for our patients.

On Wednesday, we paid tribute to our domestics on Thank Your Cleaner Day. Thank Your Cleaner Day is a special day dedicated to all people who help keep workplaces and public buildings clean, safe and hygienic. For colleagues who aren’t a domestic, it’s a chance for us to recognise and say how much we appreciate their work. In Rooftop Restaurant, a thank you celebration was held for the domestics, where they received a special thank you certificate, and other colleagues were encouraged to say thank you to a colleague who cleans by leaving them a note, giving them a little gift or just saying thank you to them.

Today marks the seventh annual Allied Health Professionals (AHP) Day and we've joined in with the celebrations! We are proud to have 10 of the AHP professions represented by professionally registered colleagues who work in our Trust: dietitians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, podiatrists, orthotists, radiographers and speech and language therapists. We also have a significant number of therapy support workers, who help enable us to deliver these services. Thank you to you all for all that you do each and every day for our patients! Check out some of the photos of our AHP Day event, held in the main entrance of Rotherham Hospital. Nationally, the AHP workforce is made up of 14 different professional groups: art therapists, dietitians, drama therapists, music therapists, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, osteopaths, paramedics, physiotherapists, podiatrists, prosthetists and orthotists, radiographers and speech and language therapists. #AHPsDay #AHPCommunity

We're so pleased to be welcoming 90 newly registered nurses to Rotherham - our highest number recruited in our history! We look forward to seeing them out and about, and watching their careers develop. https://lnkd.in/eadm-Bdw #TRFTProud #Nurse #NurseRecruitment #rotherham

New Vacancy: Clinical and Ophthalmic Photographer An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Clinical and Ophthalmic Photographer at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. They would join our friendly, hard working team of Photographers and Ophthalmic Imaging Technicians in the Medical Illustration Department   The department provides Trust wide Clinical Photography to specialities including Dermatology, Haematology, ENT, Oral Maxillofacial as well as Wards, Theatres and Wound Care Photography.   It also delivers substantial imaging support to the Ophthalmology Department with Ophthalmic Imaging, including Retinal Fundus Photography, Fundus Fluorescein Angiography and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). For more details visit: https://lnkd.in/eANir2rg

We wanted to share a complement we've received for our Bone Clinic team: “The image shares a compliment from a patient. The text reads: “I would just like to say what a wonderful team the staff are at the bone clinic. They’re always smiling. Lovely staff and they always make me feel at ease every time I visit.” #TRFT #FeedbackFriday

We have received a lovely compliment from a patient who had a positive experience getting their hearing aids: “I’ve been to have a hearing test and new hearing aids. The staff are lovely, polite, helpful and very professional. I came away with a new pair of hearing aids and feeling very pleased after having a wonderful experience with lovely people. Many thanks!” #TRFT #FeedbackFriday

We would like to remind you that we are hosting a memorial service in celebration of Organ Donation Week and the life-changing decision of organ donors. If you would like to join us, here is all the information you need: 📅 Wed 25 September 📍 PGME Lecture Theatre, D Level 🕛 Service starts at 5pm Everyone is welcome to attend! #TRFT #OrganDonationWeek #MemorialService