What support is available to staff at ESNEFT?
Wellbeing services are available to all staff at the Trust. The Wellbeing Hub team helps staff to access fast, effective support.
The types of support and advice the team offers are:
- Self-help and wellbeing information.
- Stress management.
- Sleep hygiene.
- Diet and fitness.
- Debts and financial.
The Wellbeing Team offers Mental Health First Aider (MHFA) training to all staff in the Trust. We have MHFA’s across the organisation, in all roles, who have regular meetings to review themes. They also receive newsletters with information on resources available.
The team also have a range of tools and support materials in the policies and guides section of the website. Topics include stress management and our menopause policy.
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Wellbeing support
We now have a well-established Wellbeing Hub and staff psychology services supporting all staff. There are also wellbeing ambassadors across the organisation.
Resources are available to support colleagues during times of increased work pressures. Our wellbeing team and Mental Health First Aiders promote support services available to staff and provide a peer support programme that has the benefits of offering fresh solutions and shared experiences.
Our staff psychology service also covers a range of topics such as managing stress and PTSD. They support colleagues needing help to continue working or returning back to work.
Chaplaincy support
The chaplains provide pastoral, spiritual and religious care for patients, relatives, and visitors. They are also there for staff when they need a compassionate listening ear. They offer support to people of all faiths and beliefs. They are also there for those who do not identify with any particular faith or belief system.
The chaplains will recognise you as an individual and respect your values, age, gender, disability, cultural, and sexual orientation.
The chaplains support staff and provide:
- Pastoral, cultural, faith, belief, and spiritual support.
- A Confidential, non-judgmental support.
- Advice and support to meet specific faith and belief requests when required.
- A 24-hour, 365-day urgent response to support patients and staff.
A chaplain is available onsite between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday. There is a chaplain on call 24 hours who you can contact via the appropriate switchboard.
For Colchester, Clacton, Harwich hospitals and Essex community staff call 01206 747 474. The Chapel and the chaplaincy office are located on the ground floor at Colchester Hospital. On the corridor between the Main Block and Gainsborough Wing.
For Ipswich, Aldeburgh, and Felixstowe hospitals, Bluebird Lodge and Suffolk community staff call 01473 712 233. The Chapel and chaplaincy office are located at the north end of Ipswich Hospital. Between the Courtyard Restaurant and Wolverstone Wing. The Prayer Room is located upstairs in the Education Centre.
Alternatively, all staff can email the chaplaincy team
Occupational Health
Our Occupational Health team works with the Wellbeing Hub and Human Resources.
The main services that they provide are:
- New starter screening.
- Immunisations review and provision of appropriate vaccinations.
- Skin assessments for contact irritant dermatitis.
- Night Workers Assessments.
- Blood tests for Exposure Borne Procedures.
- Staff screening and support treatment for infectious disease outbreaks in the work area.
- Health surveillance to those identified by risk assessment.
- Needlestick, bite scratch, risk assessments, advice, and treatment for staff injured at work.
- Seasonal Influenza campaign.
All staff can self-refer to the duty nurse. We have a nurse available each day for staff to contact for advice and support during the opening hours 08:30 to 16:30.
The team can also give advice for raising a concern. For more information visit their section on the raising concerns and speaking up page.
Staff can email the Occupational Health team for more advice and support
Raising concerns
We want our staff to know that they will have support if they ever need to raise a concern or speak up.
Visit our Raising concerns page to see how staff can speak up in a way that works for them.
For more guidance staff can email the raising concerns team.
Contacting the Wellbeing team
Staff can call the team on 0300 303 1361, then option 3. Alternatively, staff can email the Wellbeing team.
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