Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Today is World Occupational Therapy Day! 🥳 The theme for this year is “Occupational Therapy for All". The theme reflects the important role of the profession to facilitate the ability of individuals, communities and populations to participate in the activities that they want, need or are expected to do in their daily lives. Occupational therapy helps people live their best life at home, at work – and everywhere else. It’s about people being able to do the things they want and have to do. That could mean helping people overcome challenges learning at school, going to work, playing sport or simply doing the dishes. Everything is focused on the individual's wellbeing and their ability to participate in activities. Occupational therapists work with adults and children of all ages who have a wide range of conditions. Most commonly, they help those living with mental health conditions, or physical or learning disabilities. And you’ll find them helping people live their best life in health organisations, social care services, housing, education and voluntary organisations. We would like to say thank you to all the Occupational Therapists that are part of #TeamDerbyshireHealthcare, who make a real difference to people's lives on a daily basis.

Today our CEO, Mark Powell, welcomed Baggy Shanker, MP for Derby South, to Kingsway, Derby, to tour our new mental healthcare facilities. We visited the Carsington Unit (adult acute) and Kingfisher House (psychiatric intensive care unit). They are very impressive! The new units will increase privacy and dignity for our service users, providing single room, en-suite, bedrooms. To find out more about the new builds and their therapeutic environments, visit https://lnkd.in/efCpKvR6.

Ahead of World Occupational Therapy Day on Sunday (27 October), Derbyshire Healthcare would like to celebrate some exciting news... Congratulations to Jan Nicholson, Advanced Paediatric Occupational Therapist, who works with local children with life limiting conditions who has recently been presented with a Merit Award by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists. Read about Jan's achievement on our website: https://lnkd.in/e4V4-9zj

Are you an experienced mental health nurse? We have some great opportunities for you here in beautiful Derbyshire. Here are just five reasons to join #TeamDerbyshireHealthcare: 🏗️You could work in brand new facilities in Derby or Chesterfield. 💞You will always be supported in your role. 🪜Great career progression opportunities. 🤝Friendly teams of dedicated professionals. 🚲Fabulous range of staff benefits. Sounds interesting? Contact us to arrange an informal chat here: https://bit.ly/MRFD-chat

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Nurse to join the NCAP Top Performing, North Derbyshire Early Intervention Service, to support the team with their work with people experiencing a first episode of psychosis. We are looking for a committed, dynamic, enthusiastic mental health nurse to work within our friendly, supportive, multi-disciplinary and innovative team. Sound like you? Find out more about the role, and apply here - https://bit.ly/3Yx3jmN

And that's a wrap on the 2024 Staff Conference! We would like to share a special thank you to our headline sponsor, Hill Dickinson LLP, for their sponsorship, support and attendance at this year’s staff conference. Hill Dickinson are a leading commercial law firm that’s about much more than the law. They’re an extension of your team, your trusted thinking partner and a right hand you can rely on. They provide wise counsel, market insight and a genuine understanding of your business, to not only help you deal with the issue at hand, but to help you seize opportunities and plan ahead. You can find more about the range of services Hill Dickinson offer on their website here - https://lnkd.in/gk6NhGpQ #DHCFTConf24

Our third and final workshop of the day, Back to the Future, asks for our colleagues to focus on one of the three national shifts: 1️⃣ The shift from hospital to community care 2️⃣ The shift from analogue to digital 3️⃣ The the shift from treating sickness to preventing it Our colleagues have travelled 10 years into the future and can see that these shifts have taken place. The questions is, what was the one big change that resulted in each shift? And what does these shifts mean for our services now? We also asked colleagues to outline how their chosen ‘big change’ aligned with the strategic priorities we discussed earlier in the day. This activity made for some great discussions between colleagues, and the feedback received will be used to inform decisions made as we move forward as a Trust. #DHCFTConf24 sponsored by Hill Dickinson LLP

Workshop 2 is underway! Maria Riley, Assistant Director of Transformation, is asking colleagues to discuss how we can embrace transformation. We are asking colleagues to ‘step into the CEO’s shoes' and consider the one big thing that they would do to transform our services, and how we would ensure that this is aligned to our strategic priorities. #DHCFTConf24 sponsored by Hill Dickinson LLP

We now move on to Rebecca Oakley, Director of People, Organisational Development and Inclusion, who is speaking to colleagues about our new Personal Accountability Charter. The Accountability Charter was created during the development of our new Trust Strategy, after colleagues said we need to be clearer about how the Trust values can be expressed in our day-to-day interactions. For our first workshop of the day, colleagues are being asked to discuss what we need to do to embed the accountability charter on a Trust, team and individual level. #DHCFTConf24 sponsored by Hill Dickinson LLP

We are thrilled to welcome former competitive swimmer, Mark Foster, to this year’s staff conference, who joins us as keynote speaker. During a career spanning 23 years, Mark won 51 International medals, competed at five Olympic Games, held World, European and Commonwealth titles, and smashed eight world records. Mark is speaking to colleagues about his childhood, his swimming career, his time on Strictly Come Dancing and most importantly, the life lessons he has experienced throughout all of this. #DHCFTConf24 sponsored by Hill Dickinson LLP