Cutting Edge @NTH On Friday, it was fantastic to be able to officially open the trust’s new hair and beauty salon – Cutting Edge @NTH –  at the University Hospital of North Tees. This has followed months of joint working with Stockton Riverside College, as we start a really exciting new partnership with them. Painting, […]

The latest staff survey results for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust show that 15% of respondents have experienced violence from patients, relatives and members of the public in the last 12 months. This is reportedly rising too, with frontline staff at several North East trusts anecdotally reporting an increase in the levels of […]

The salon, near to the main entrance at the University Hospital of North Tees, has been opened thanks to joint working by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and Stockton Riverside College. The vacant space – for many years used as a popular dry cleaning service – has been refurbished by college joinery and […]

Recruitment success for nursing vacancies Nurses who have recently started new roles at the trust have been praising new recruitment centres which have helped cut nurse vacancies to from 99 to five. See the website, Facebook and the Northern Echo Looking to our leaders for the future In her weekly blog, chief executive Julie Gillon […]

This mark of distinction means that patients who have served in the UK armed forces will be cared for by frontline staff who have received training and education on their specific needs, such as around mental health, and who can signpost them to local support services. The trust is one of 24 NHS bodies across […]

The trust now holds special recruitment centre days – which are an opportunity for nurses looking for a new role to meet and talk to staff in a more informal setting than would be at an official interview. The trust also has a rolling advert for nursing vacancies so that it is constantly recruiting nurses. […]

She said: “I presented to this year’s intake of graduate management trainees in the region recently. “The morning involved presentations from myself as the keynote speaker discussing leadership in the NHS as well as previous alumni from the Graduate Management Training Scheme who gave an overview of their career journeys through the scheme and after.  […]

Louise Harland, the trust’s Macmillan cancer support worker, explains more about the group and the impact it has had on people affected by cancer. She said: “The group meet weekly and are supported through the cancer information centre. The group is made up of cancer survivors, those actively having treatment and carers. It was initially […]

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for two non-executive directors. The trust is looking for two people – one with considerable finance experience and another with a significant knowledge of women’s maternity and children’s services. The two roles would help shape healthcare at the trust, hold the board of directors to account […]

Shaunna Cahillane is now a level 3 qualified anatomical pathology technologist after studying the Royal Society for Public Health diploma. The programme involves a total of 10 knowledge and competency units in areas such as health and safety, microbiology and infection, anatomy and physiology, communication and preparing for a post mortem. Shaunna said: “I am […]