MENTALHEALTHMATTERS - West London Mental Health NHS Trust

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on up
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If you would like us to feature a colleague in moving on
up send an email to communications@wlmht.nhs.uk
Ali Nunan, communications officer
Lucy McGee is the trust’s director of communications. She comes to us from a leading firm of
business psychologists and has a strong background in corporate communications, branding and
PR. The purpose of her role is to help create a positive relationship between the trust and the
community it serves. This will include forging a stronger united identity for the trust and promote our
strengths and achievements to everyone. “I’m hugely excited by the opportunity to be part of the
change here. Tara, the team and I will be working with you all to build our reputation as a successful
trust that puts the service user first in everything we do,” Lucy says.
The communications team is pleased to welcome Sophy Meyers as communications assistant.
She has a degree in physiology and is a qualified swimming instructor. She will be supporting the
team to provide communications both inside and outside of the trust. She says: “I can’t wait to get
involved in communications and I look forward to getting out and about to meet staff.” Sophy is
contactable on x2276 or via groupwise.
Christine Higgins became a non-executive director of the board this month. Trust chairman,
Nigel McCorkell says: “I would like to welcome Christine to the trust’s board where her skills and
experience will be put to good use in helping us ensure that the trust is delivering exceptional levels
of care to our local populations and using public funds appropriately. Christine has been chosen to
lead the trust’s audit committee due to her broad-ranging experience in the financial sector over a
number of years.”
Allen Howe and Suzanne Godsell have been appointed as assistant
directors of estates and facilities, working under the direction of Barbara Wood.
Allen is now responsible for all estates issues in relation to the St Bernard’s site
and all of the Ealing community sites. He has trustwide responsibility for cleaning,
catering, laundry services and portering. Allen joins the trust from The Hospital of
St John and Elizabeth, and before that he was with West London Shared Services
and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust.
Suzanne is responsible for estates issues in Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham. She has trustwide responsibility for
performance management of all estates and facilities work at the trust. Suzanne joins the trust from a banking organisation
in the city where she was a director of facilities & support services. Prior to that she was group head of facilities
management for the Genesis Housing Group in west London and head of facilities services at University College London.
Reverend Charlotte Collins has joined the trust’s spiritual and pastoral team. She has a
background in education and counselling and for the past six years has been a circuit minister in
Oxfordshire. Charlotte will act as a spiritual care resource for Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham
SDUs supporting the development of inpatient, outpatients, community and outreach teams. She
will also provide training where required developing links with community based voluntary agencies
to enhance an understanding of mental health issues. Charlotte says: “I am looking forward to the
challenge for spirituality and spiritual needs to be taken seriously and included in a holistic approach
to patient care and to help implement the department’s vision for spiritual and pastoral care over
the next three years.”
movers
Alena Buttivant has moved from
L&D to risk reduction and will manage
the new serious untoward incident (SUI)
system and monitor level 1 and 2 serious
incident reviews. She will also work
closely with Timandra Dyer in the process
of changing the way serious incident reviews are currently
dealt with at the trust. “I believe the new process will bring
clarity and guidance on how to undertake a good quality
review following an SUI, from which lessons can be learned,
shared and patient care improved,” says Alena.
Maura Dillon has joined the diversity
unit on a secondment. She says: “I
am looking forward to increasing my
knowledge of diversity issues and
developing new skills.” Maura will support
the team in delivering the diversity agenda
for the trust. Specifically this will include
the implementation of the Befriender Scheme which aims
to support staff who are being bullied or harassed at work,
improving our diversity monitoring to ensure initiatives already
in place are achieving positive results for staff, and providing
specialist advice on various investigations where issues of
diversity and equal opportunity are paramount.
Congratulations
Pictured from the left is: Vijay Kumar, Mike Jones,
Anna Mcloughlin and Elizabeth Uche.
Diplomas in education.
Recently five nurses from
Ealing and Hounslow SDU
have completed under and
post graduate courses. Mike
Anjoyeb, lead nurse says:
“This demonstrates that the
trust and nursing directorate are committed to supporting
staff in their personal development, up-date their evidence
base knowledge practices and enhance the quality of care
throughout the patient journey.”
Royal College of
Nursing union
representatives
appointed.
A successful
recruitment day was
held at Broadmoor by staff side convenor, Marie O’Brien on
behalf of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to increase
nursing union representatives. Three new representatives,
Yani Chocalingum, Offered Muchedzi and Tande Tanyaradzwa
were appointed. They will help support RCN nursing union
members to give support and advice with work related issues
and ensure that individuals are treated fairly. The event was
well attended by nursing staff, diversity and human resources
personnel. If you would like to find out more about becoming
a representative, please contact the staff side convenors for
Broadmoor and Ealing on 07800 820152.
leavers
Domestic assistants, Rajwant Mahli and Gladys
Gadzanaki, have retired after working 32 and 13 years
respectively. Jennifer Holmyard, support services manager
says: “I have found Rajwant to be a real asset to the team.
It was a real joy to meet her daughter and granddaughter
at the retirement party. I would also like to say thank you
to Gladys for the work carried out in staff accommodation.
She always had time to talk to the tenants and they found
her to be very helpful. We will miss her loud and bubbly
presence and wish her well in her retirement.”
Sam Armadass, clinical team
leader, has retired after 30 years
of service on Canterbury Ward at
Broadmoor. Gladmore Maringa says:
“Over the years he has remained
the constant on Canterbury, with
unquestionable commitment to his job. I and many others
see him as a true role model, he has represented the
hospital across the UK borders and internationally in
badminton and golf competitions. The patients hold him
with great regard and staff see him as a true beacon.”
It was an emotional farewell for
Mohinder Lakhan, health care
assistant in the Coniston Ward, John
Connolly Wing. Mohinder has worked
for the trust for 36 years working in
many different areas. She says: “This has
been my first and last job and I love it. I particularly enjoyed
working with the elderly and I will really miss my colleagues.”
Ward manager, George Mamombe says: “She will be greatly
missed by the team. We appreciate her hard work over
the years. I sincerely believe that patients benefited from her
caring nature.”
At Veronica Latibaudiere’s
retirement party she spoke to
colleagues and patients about how
much she enjoyed every minute of
work. She felt she had done
something meaningful in her life by
being a healthcare assistant for the older people’s service
in John Connolly wing. Mike Anjoyeb, lead nurse says:
“She is a generous, caring and bubbly person who always
strives to enhance the quality of patient care. We shall all
miss her.” Veronica has worked for the NHS for 33 years,
16 of those being at the trust. She plans to return to her
hometown, Jamaica.
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