Heartbeat August 2019

Kelly unlocks new role for Trust
PRIMARY CARE, COMMUNITIES
AND THERAPIES
Trinity House on Sandwell General
Hospital’s grounds has more than
its fair share of departments and
teams, from recruitment and Bank to
informatics, the home of the team
Unity not to mention your Heartbeatwriting
communications department.
However, it recently acquired a new
member of staff in an equally new role
for our organisation.
This role, Transition Key Worker, is an
exciting new position to the Trust within the
acute and community paediatric directorate
and will lead on transitions across the
organisation, working with colleagues
to support young people with chronic
conditions to ensure a smooth transition
from paediatric to adult services.
Kelly Edie-Fisher joins us from Acorns
Children’s Hospice where she worked as
a transition worker for nearly eight years.
As a qualified social worker, Kelly has
also previously worked within a physical
disabilities service.
Kelly said: “Following meetings with
key staff during my induction, it is clear
colleagues already have the desire to
improve outcomes for young people by
supporting a “good” transition. I am
looking forward to us working together to
deliver a personalised, planned, coordinated
and collaborative transition for our young
people.”
Kelly will work with the five ‘flows’
• SWB paediatrics transitioning to SWB
adult services
• SWB children transitioning to GPs
• SWB children transitioning to UHB
• Children external to SWB transitioning
into SWB acute services
• SWB SEND children
Directorate General Manager of Acute
& Community Paediatrics Jade Osborne
said: “In response to the national agenda
around transitioning young people into
adult services, Children’s and Young people
board identified a gap in the Trust for a
dedicated transition key worker to drive
forward the agenda. The Trust 2020 Quality
Plan outlines transition as a key objective
and the appointment of Kelly into the role
of transitional key worker will be pivotal
in achieving this objective. Kelly is an asset
to the Trust with her experience and will
be the driving force in ensuring our young
people have the support they require when
moving on to adult services.”
Kelly's initial focus will be the young people
transitioning from SWB paediatrics to
SWB adults. If you are an adult xonsultant/
nurse specialist and receive referrals for
transitioning children from outside of the
Trust, please get in touch with Kelly so that
she is fully informed of the service areas
she needs to support in the future. Call
07773053702, or email kelly.edie-fisher@
nhs.net.
Kelly Edie-Fisher joins us from Acorns Children’s Hospice
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