Joining the efforts to deal with Covid-19, our Chief Executive
@matthewtrainer
has been seconded to NHS Nightingale Hospital for three months. Good luck Matthew, we look forward to seeing you in a few months
We’re delighted to announce that
@abimfadipe
has been successfully appointed today as our new Medical Director. Massive congratulations from everyone involved at Oxleas, we know this is truly deserved. We all wish you the best in your new role. 🥳👏
Our V'Ox choir miss singing with each other and want to support other NHS colleagues too. Listen to their version of the
@RealMattLucas
Baked Potato song which is currently raising money for meals for NHS staff.
#ThankYouBakedPotato
#FeedNHS
@LisaMMcneil4
We're delighted to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive. At today’s Council of Governors’ meeting, the appointment of Dr Ify Okocha to the role of Chief Executive was approved.
Congratulations to Ify from everyone at Oxleas.
We're delighted to be one of only 3 NHS trusts in the country to earn the
@RCSLT
Communication Access UK accreditation, aiming to meet the needs of communication requirements of service users. 👏
@LisaComms
recently caught up with
@sarahhayward25
@BexleySLT
to find out more.🎥
Steve Hardy, who works as a practice development nurse with our Adult Learning Disability directorate, has been shortlisted in the Nursing Times Awards Nurse of the Year and Learning Disability Nurse of the Year categories.
Congratulations to Oxleas Nurse of the Year 2019 Jane Singh (from HMP Elmley), pictured with Jane Wells, Oxleas Director of Nursing and Robert Waterston from Health Education England.
@janewells99
@RobertWaterson1
#oxnurse
Vaccinations save lives. Thank you to all the Oxleas staff who have registered to get their
#COVIDVaccination
, to protect themselves and their patients. Here are some of our
#FrontLineHeroes
getting vaccinated today. 👏👏 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Tune into
@SkyNews
this Sunday evening at 5pm and into Monday, to see our fabulous community nurses carrying out their visits in the community, delivering care to patients in their homes.
@ashishskynews
@matthewtrainer
@oxleaschair
Huge congratulations to
@MelvinaStober
, one of our fantastic district nurse team leaders, who has been named a Royal College of Nursing
@RCNLondon
⭐Rising Star ⭐.
The vaccines have arrived! Thanks to all of our staff who have already booked their appointment for a COVID-19 vaccination. We're all set to get started.
Delighted to be shortlisted for Trust of the Year and for the Staff Wellbeing Award in the 2023 Health Service Journal Awards. 👏🎉
Thanks to all our colleagues, volunteers, partners and patients who have supported this.
@HSJ_Awards
#HSJAwards
We are deeply saddened by the news that Her Majesty The Queen has passed away. On behalf of colleagues across Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we are sending our condolences to the
@RoyalFamily
during this difficult time.
We're proud to rank as a top 5 mental health, learning disabilities and community services trust in England to work at
#NHSStaffSurvey
.
A big 'thank you' to colleagues who completed the survey - you're the best!
Still even more we want to do -
#InternationalNursesDay
is tomorrow (Tues 12 May), the birthday of Florence Nightingale. This years theme is "nursing the world to health" with a focus on the "true value of nurses to the people of the world". Please join us tomorrow in saying thank you to all of our
#OxNurses
.
We're thrilled to be top three in the Country in our field - and best for involving staff
#GreatPlaceToWork
. . Thank you to all our staff who completed the survey - 8% more than the national average and an increase of nearly 6% on last year. Read more:👇
Oxleas NHS and
@SLPMentalHealth
presents the first Women in Mental Health conference, for staff at the three SLP trusts on 28 Sept at Greenwich University. Be part of the conversation with some great speakers - find out more and book your free place at
We hope you enjoy this performance of "We Wish You A Merry Xmas" by Oxleas V'Ox Choir, with backing from our music therapists and Oxleas CEO
@matthewtrainer
on guitar.
#Christmas2020
#NHS
After winning the contract for healthcare in 10 prisons in Devon, Dorset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, our
@OxleasCEO
and COO, Iain Dimond were straight off to welcome our new colleagues face-to-face👇
The
@CQC
recently rated our Forensic Services 'Outstanding' - looking at this picture, it's not hard to see why. What a fab bunch. Why not come and join us:
#GreatPlaceToWork
Today is
#InternationalNursesDay
and at Oxleas, we will be joining the rest of the world to celebrate the contribution that our nurses make every day. Please join / follow the conversation using
#OxNurses
An exciting new career is waiting for you! Come and talk to us today and tomorrow at Bluewater Shopping Centre. Start work with THE
#HSJ
Trust of the Year and a Sunday Times ranked Best Place to Work! See you soon
#GreatPlaceToWork
👍
Our older people’s mental health services rated ‘Good’ by the
@CareQualityComm
. Some of the highlights the CQC observed during their inspection were that staff reported an overwhelmingly positive culture & felt respected, valued & supported.
We’ve been celebrating diversity with colleagues today at our first LGBT+ Network awareness event. Some fantastic and thought-provoking presentations and a great turn out at Memorial hospital.
Oxleas is pleased to host the 1st of its kind conference to promote joint working between BME/BAME Staff Networks across the
@SLPMentalHealth
partnership. Speakers include
@EAnionwu
and
@Abovedifference
. Please note the event on 12/6 is for SLP staff only
Join our Oxleas flu fighters and V’Ox Choir to ‘come flu fighting’ with us.
#BoostYourImmunity
this winter and pack a punch in the fight against flu.
@NHSEnglandLDN
Oxleas
#Greenwich
clinical director Ajay Bhatnagar was delighted to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at our staff vaccination clinic. "The virus struck me last March. This got me onto the ventilator in the ITU and then, after an ordeal, I was discharged with several blood clots."
HRH, The Princess Royal, and patron of the
@theRCOT
, has enjoyed a tour of Oxleas’ occupational therapy services today at the Bracton Centre in Dartford, where she unveiled a plaque to commemorate her visit
We are looking for an inspiring new Director of Therapies to join our high-performing Board and provide professional leadership to more than 900 psychological therapy, allied health professional and social care staff across Oxleas. Apply before 30/09/2020
Rachel Evans pledges on behalf of Oxleas NHS at tonight’s South London Listens community event. Together we can improve health and build stronger communities!!!
We want to hear from people who use our services, patients, their families and carers, about their experiences of accessing our services, how we did and what we can do better. Please watch this short video from
@matthewtrainer
about how you can get involved in
#OurNextStep
An amazing room full of clinical colleagues - who have all volunteered to be Autism Champions. To lead, represent and advocate for autistic people. We're kind, we care, we listen, we're fair.
#GreatPlaceToWork
@AutismAtOxleas
@ALDatOxleas
Huge congratulations to Meadow View at Queen Mary’s Hospital, winners of team of the year, adult community physical health services at our staff recognition awards 👏👏
We’ve had a fantastic response from colleagues to our
#COVIDVaccination
programme. On the first full day of clinic,
@matthewtrainer
went along to our vaccination site to see how things are going. Watch the short film:
We’re delighted to welcome Dr Ify Okocha as our interim Chief Executive Officer.
He moves into the role from his current position as Deputy Chief Executive and has worked at Oxleas for 25 years, 12 of those as our Medical Director.
Our Chief Operating Officer, Iain Dimond, and
@OxleasCEO
were thrilled to meet our new colleagues at
@HMP_Dartmoor
earlier today. "I'm really enjoying meeting colleagues across South West England. It's great to be here.", said Ify.
A warm welcome to our annual nursing conference, from our
@OxleasCEO
. Looking forward to a special day ahead with our fantastic nursing team
#GreatPlaceToWork
We're delighted to welcome Meera Nair to
@OxleasNHS
as our new Director of Workforce and Quality Improvement. Meera joins us today from
@BEHMHTNHS
and we wish her every success in her new role.
Please join us for a
#minutesilence
today at 11am to reflect and pay respect to those whose work involved caring, saving lives, & keeping key services running and the rest of the country safe, while showing support for families who have lost a loved one.
@theRCN
@matthewtrainer
There are so many good reasons to come and work with us
@OxleasNHS
. In this short clip, Director of Strategy and People,
@tall_rachel
shares some of those reasons with us
#WeAreTheNHS
This week we bid a fond farewell to our Chair,
@andytrotter51
, after almost nine years of magnificent service. Andy has a recorded a short message for staff and reflects upon his happy time at Oxleas.
Thank you Andy. 👏
We are sorry to announce that
@matthewtrainer
will be leaving Oxleas to take up a new role as Chief Executive for Queen’s and King George Hospitals at
@BHRUT_NHS
. We wish Matthew all the best in his new role.
Two of our inspirational nurses, Jesca Gudza and John Owiti, have been announced as Rising Stars⭐️of 2021 by
@theRCN
. Congratulations to Jesca and John!
The awards are a key part of the RCN's
#BlackHistoryMonth
celebrations.
#RCNBHM2021
@RCNLondon
Equity matters to us. Today, our brilliant adult community mental health teams came together, to shine a light on inequity, share experiences and solutions to advance mental health equalities
#BuildingAFairerOxleas
#GreatPlaceToWork
Our latest
@CareQualityComm
inspection found us to be ‘Outstanding for caring’ in our inpatient services and ‘Outstanding for effectiveness’ in our community-based health services for older people.
Our MD,
@abimfadipe
, with colleagues at our Bromley Mental Health Hub, in partnership with
@blgmind
.
#GreatOutOfHospitalCare
helps people in the community, earlier & reduces pressure on A&E👍
#Oxwide
is back for a new series, bigger and better than ever, bringing you all the latest news from Oxleas. This week we cover ADHD and autism, addiction and recovery through music, our CQC Outstanding rating and what's great about being a nurse.
📽
We’re pleased to announce that our Council of Governors today approved the appointment of Professor Andrew George MBE as the next Chair of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - a warm welcome from all of us.
We celebrated
#NHS75
last Saturday with a number of parkruns across the south east and south west of England - a big thank you to everyone who took part. Here's our film of the Avery Hill parkrun (thanks to Greenwich Parkrun for making us feel so welcome here)
🏃♂️🏃♀️
#nhs75parkrun
With just one week to go until our first Oxleas Inspire event (27 Sept.), we caught up with Elizabeth and Claire, to hear about their service redesign project on Meadow View at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup.
‘Outstanding for caring’! That’s what CQC inspectors found when they visited our acute wards for working age adults and our psychiatric intensive care units, including The Tarn
@CareQualityComm
@oxleaschair
@matthewtrainer
Ramadan Mubarak to our colleagues, patients and everyone within our communities who are observing the holy month.
We ask everyone to be mindful and considerate of our colleagues who may be fasting and wish everyone a healthy and happy
#Ramadan
The Oxleas SUN team have launched a weekly webinar, facilitated by a psychological therapist and a lived-experience practitioner, to continue the support that was offered before COVID-19.
Calling all nurses! Check your resus bag regularly, you never know when you'll need it. Kerri & Nic tell us about the resus kit and why you should regularly check the contents, including the
#defib
@NursingTimes
@theRCN
Fantastic turnout for today's Inspire learning event. Colleagues from across the organisation joining together virtually to share improvement projects and learning. Lots of discussion on the benefits of Schwartz rounds and ways to improve safety.
@OxleasQM
@TobiasHill84
We're proud to be a great place to work and have great opportunities for career progression and flexible working. Follow and share
@OxleasNHSjobs
to keep up to date with vacancies and learn about our great reasons to work at Oxleas.
💛