Nurses Day! - Birmingham Children's Hospital

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autism. She said: “I was surprised and delighted to
have received the Child Health Award. I now feel
even more inspired to continue to develop my work
with the parents of patients with learning disabilities
and continue to make life better for them.”
Dr Jim Gray, Head of Microbiology and his team
were recognised at the national NHS Innovation
Challenge Prizes, where they were highly
commended for their work in reducing MSSA
bloodstream infections in children who receive their
parenteral nutrition at home. The hard work of the
team reduced the numbers of infections by a third
and it is hoped that this example of good practice
will be rolled out across the hospital.
The Facilities team has won a number of awards for
the development of meal ordering system, Maple,
including the Innovation in the use of Technology
and Systems category at the 2012 British Institute
of Facilities Management’s (BIFM) awards; the
i-fm.net Facilities Management Technology
award; Health Estates and Facilities Management
Association (HefmA) Innovation Award and Team
Award 2012.
Several hospital teams were recognised for another
year running at the Birmingham Chamber of
Commerce Awards where we won the Excellence
in Innovation award for Maple, the Formula 1
technology we are using in PICU and our patient
and family feedback app.
Our Staff Library also won the Strategic Health
Authority Library Lead’s Sally Hernando award,
which rewards and recognises innovations in
library and knowledge services. The Library’s
Flickr photostream was entered for the award and
commended for its innovation in marketing library
services.
At Birmingham Children’s Hospital we really care
about what our staff think too as their views are
fundamental to providing high quality care. We
make sure we listen and give everyone the chance
to be involved in decisions about our future strategy
and the development of services.
Consultation with our staff led to the development
of refreshed strategic objectives for 2012/13 and
they also participated in the 10th national NHS Staff
Survey which showed that real progress has been
made in the number of staff appraised in the last 12
months and the sense of job satisfaction felt by staff
(for full Staff Survey results see page 85).
We also have regular staff polls on the intranet
which means we can take a snapshot of how staff
feel throughout the year and whether they would
recommend the hospital to friends and family as a
place to work or receive treatment. This means we
can address any concerns right away and do what
we can to improve their experience at work.
4. Organisational Development
To ensure our hospital is as effective as it can be
it is vital to have a planned approach. Central to
our organisational strategy is that our staff know
what role they have to play and how they will be
supported at work. Our focus this year has been to
develop leadership capabilities at every level within
every profession, and to embed organisational
values and behaviours into everything we do.
This includes internal systems and processes, for
example staff will be asked to assess how they
regularly display our values and behaviours within
their annual appraisal.
Learning Disability Nurse, Raj Jhamat, picking up her Nursing Standard award
The facilities team collecting their BIFM award
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