September 2015
Welcome
Welcome to the September issue of
Inside St John’s, bringing you the latest
news and developments from the site.
Staff Flu Vaccinations
The seasonal flu vaccination campaign
will launch at the start of October. As part
of the campaign we are looking for
volunteers to assist in giving staff their
free, seasonal flu jab at staff flu clinics
across NHS Lothian.
As a responsible workforce it is important
that as many staff as possible are
protected, ensuring the safety and
wellbeing of staff and patients. A
vaccination is the best way to help protect
against this potentially serious but
preventable disease.The more volunteers
we have, the more we will be able to
provide accessible clinics on site
including in ward areas for staff.
We need your help again this year and
any staff member who can help should
please contact
Patricia.McIntosh@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or
Andrew.McArthur@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Further information and details of flu
clinics can be found here.
Clinical Change Forum
The next event in the series of Clinical
Change Forum meetings will take place
on Wednesday 30 September 2015.
More details and videos from the last
meeting are available on the intranet.
Home Electronics Scheme
The home electronic salary sacrifice
scheme will launch on Monday 28
September 2015.
The scheme, in partnership with Currys
PC World has been designed to offer
staff access to a range of home electronic
equipment such as tablets, computers,
cameras, televisions and a range of white
goods including dishwashers, fridge
freezers and washing machines.
A leaflet providing more information will
be distributed with September payslips.
Further information on eligibility and how
to apply can be found on the intranet or at
www.nhshomeelectronics.co.uk
Trakcare Paper Lite Programme
Clerking
The implementation group has agreed
that electronic clerking and inpatient
progress notes will go live in the following
wards on Monday 5 October: Stroke Unit,
8, 9, 14, 21, MAU/PAA, 25, Tippethill and
St Michaels.
Training is underway and the project
team will be available to support staff
over the go-live period.
Contact numbers for the team will be
advertised to all the wards.
Work is underway to confirm the
requirements for the remaining
specialties.
For further information please click here
or contact Sandra MacGillivray, eHealth
Project Manager
(sandra.macgillivray@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk)
Logging onto virtual desktops
UNISON advice/resource centre
In order to further reduce the time taken
for the initial login when using virtual
desktops (laptops on trolleys and fixed
sunray devices) a new desktop option
has been made available.
A UNISON advice /resource centre
opened at St John’s on 17 September in
the hospital coffee room.
When you log into one of these devices
an option called ‘clinical workstation’ is
available. This can be used when you
just want to work with clinical applications
and don’t need to use the full functionality
available via the standard desktop. The
main functions which aren’t available are:
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This is an advice outlet for existing and
new members, where staff can pop in at
their leisure and speak to a steward on
matters concerning them.
This outlet will be manned Monday to
Friday from 6.30am until 5.00pm.
Within email – previously used
names will not be recognised
(these will need to be selected
from the global address book) and
email signatures
Previously selected network
printers used for printing, however,
Trak printing is fully available
Any other personalised settings –
e.g. shortcuts on your desktop and
internet favourites.
This option has been made available to
all staff on the SJH consultants and SJH
anaesthetists email lists in the first
instance. If this goes well, it will be made
more widely available to other clinical
staff. If you wish to use the standard
desktop with full functionality then you
should continue to select the ‘production’
desktop as usual – you can swap
between these desktops during the day
as required.
This is your site newsletter and we want to hear from you about what’s going on in
your service.
Please send stories to lothian.communications@nhs.net