Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Armed Forces Programme

The Armed Forces Programme is developing and refining it's AI search tool to identify HM Armed Forces patients accessing our Trust's clinical pathways. (As launched at the KHP Improving Care for the Armed Forces community conference in June 24) Until then, we rely on our Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust & Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals staff to ask the question, record on Epic and refer to the AF team for an additional offer of bespoke advice and support, for both patient and their immediate family. #armedforcescovenant #armedforcescommunity #veteranaware

Yesterday saw the well attended launch of Manpreet Maycock VR's Women Veterans drop-in at Evelina House, Lambeth. Thank you to Brigadier John Kendall ADC VR for your words of support. This drop-in is aimed at Women in the Armed Forces Community, ( including Reservists, Cadet Forces Adult Volunteers,Military Spouses, family members of serving or veterans. ) Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Forces Employment Charity

Current vacancies | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (guysandstthomas.nhs.uk) Are you an Occupational Therapist with a passion for working to prevent falls and promote the well-being of residents living in care homes? From Oct 24 we will pilot a dedicated care home therapy service to help prevent falls in the 16 older person’s residential and nursing homes in Lambeth and Southwark. This presents an exciting and rare opportunity to establish and lead a small team based in these homes and contribute to the evaluation of the pilot. You should have significant experience of delivering high quality; evidence-based rehabilitation and case management to frail older people and specifically with dementia to live well through identifying and addressing psychological needs and supporting meaningful occupation. The success of this pilot will be contingent on your ability to form relationships and work collaboratively with care home staff to meet the therapy and falls prevention needs of residents. You will be required to help facilitate effective working practices in the care homes by providing training, coaching and advice. You will need to demonstrate flexibility, creativity and the ability to support change in a fast-paced environment.  The team will be managed and supported by the Community Rehab and Falls Service (CRAFS). The role offers opportunities to develop leadership skills by enabling you to take a key role in the implementation and evaluation of this new care home service, in conjunction with partners from the NHS, primary care and social care. Current vacancies | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (guysandstthomas.nhs.uk) For further information, please contact: Judith Hall, Clinical Lead on 07919004707, [email protected] or Kate Bradfield, Clinical Specialist on 07795151454 [email protected] Interviews are scheduled for 5th August. If you will be away on this date, please indicate this on your application form.

The team are attending the Career Transition Partnership event at Chelmsford today... Talking Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust roles and NHS England AHP collaboration to showcase the 14 Allied Health Professions to the Armed Forces career changing community. Great to see Katie Waller in person too with Step into Health also attending.

SAVE THE DATE 23 Oct 2024 Join us for the webinar event for Podiatry (1 of the 14 Allied Health Professions). Here will showcase this long term sustainable career via footage of live clinical treatment, guest speakers from the professional body, NHS England, University Admissions, former and current serving students and Clinicians currently in the workforce. Live Q&A including smaller breakout rooms to ask questions included in the event. Please share across networks and connections where relevant. TY #alliedhealthprofessions #armedforcescommunity #careerchangers #NHSEngland

For connections looking at a career in the Ambulance service in South East.

Forces Transition Group event today at St Mary's stadium, Southampton FC. Gareth representing Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust to discuss London based NHS roles and opportunities and in particular the current Allied Health Professions project with NHSE AHP Lead Paul Chapman MCSP DSA (csp) Thank you Sarah Austin for the kind invitation to join up with Hampshire NHS stand. John Stephenson - Forces Transition fantastic event and approach 👏

Calling all Women Veterans and wider AF family. 👇👀 16 July

Calling all transitioning Armed Forces with a keen interest in photography. This may be of interest. And we can absolutely state that Lucy is a lovely engaging person to work with.

Great opportunity for those looking to utilise learning credits while serving to be better placed to apply for pre registration programmes for an Allied Health Professions career.