When you tell people you work in Pharmacy their perception is that you spend your day in a dispensary sticking labels on boxes of medicines. Don’t get me wrong, we do stick labels on boxes, but there is so much more to Pharmacy than that. For example, did you know that all Pharmacists have a … Continue reading Pharmacy – there’s more to us than you think…

My name is Mike, and I'd like to tell you a little more about why I enjoy my job as a Pulmonary/Sleep Physiologist, and how I got here! I originally had keen interest in animal care and spent six-months doing voluntary work in South Africa to gain experience. Upon my return, I started working for … Continue reading “Will and hope is universal and spawns all religions and races”

My name is Sue, I am the Play Service Team Leader, and it is my team who primarily work with the children on Level 12. I can hear you all saying: “what a fantastic job - you get to play all day!”. Yes, it is a brilliant job, and yes we do get to play, … Continue reading ‘Playing’ – a way of addressing fears and anxieties around care and treatment

I have been working for the Trust for 14 years and, during my time, I have had various job roles within the Pharmacy department. I was Project Manager for the new Pharmacy computer system (Ascribe) and the implementation of automation; I have been the Deputy Dispensary Manager; the Medicines Management Technician and Rotational Technician.   … Continue reading “I am proud to be part of the fantastic team in the Pharmacy Department”

I began my career in Embryology back in 1995 at Kings College Hospital in London, but I have been the Principal Embryologist at the South West Centre for Reproductive Medicine for quite some time now, joining the team in 2004. A day in the life of an Embryologist A typical day starts with opening up … Continue reading “It never ceases to amaze me that the ball of cells we see in the lab, can develop into a healthy baby”

(Jill Field, left of image) The general public need to be able to understand hearing loss and be able to communicate effectively with any of the 11 million hard-of-hearing people currently in the UK. I have worked in Audiology since leaving school in 1978 after seeing a job advert in the local paper for a … Continue reading “Quite simply, this is something I love doing”

I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you about a treatment that we are lucky to have here at the Trust. In Radiotherapy we have recently treated our 100th patient using Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). This is a complex type of radiotherapy not available at all hospitals due to the highly specialist equipment and training … Continue reading We are leaders in Stereotactic Radiosurgery

My name is Alison Hill and I have been a Dietitian for over 20 years. But, for the past year, I have been working as a Home Enteral Feeding Community Dietitian. This means I visit adults in their own home who have a tube for feeding, either as a sole source of nutrition or in … Continue reading ‘Take care of your body – it’s the only place you have to live’

I have been in post as Clinical Lead for voice since September 2016 and I am proud to be part of the Voice Service. We are two therapists and an administrator, who work closely with Ear, Nose and Throat to help patients with a variety of voice disorders. One of the questions that I am … Continue reading “A teacher without a voice? Unimaginable!”

I qualified in 1984 as a young and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist full of energy and passion for my career. A ‘few years’ later I’m not so young, but I am still enthusiastic and passionate about all things OT and I like to think I have some energy reserves left for more. I have always enjoyed … Continue reading “I’m not going to change the world; but I can help to improve a patient’s world”