Careers at Newcastle Hospitals

Stonewall Top 100 Employer

Dame Jackie Daniel, Chief Executive of Newcastle Hospitals said,

‘I’m incredibly proud to see that Newcastle Hospitals is now recognised as one of Stonewalls Top 100 Employers and it’s fantastic to be the highest ranking new entry in our sector.’

‘In the last 12 months we’ve worked hard to focus on LGBT+ inclusion. Over 5000 members of staff wear their NHS Rainbow Badge with pride and have pledged to take action to support inclusion and visibility. We’ve celebrated Pride together in the city with a breakfast for our staff and their families, as well as highlighting Trans inclusion across our NHS services.’

#FlourishAtNewcastleHospitals’ is our cornerstone programme aiming to enable every member of staff to liberate their full potential at work. An important part of this is supporting every member of staff to be their authentic self. As an organisation, we recognise and celebrate the value that difference and diversity brings. Members of our Board and Executive team are highly visible in their support for LGBT inclusion and in championing change for staff and patients regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity/expression. Our LGBT staff network also plays an important role in ensuring we value and celebrate diversity with passion and energy.

‘Building on this foundation, I’m delighted that Newcastle Hospitals will host the first national NHS LGBT+ staff conference in July 2020, encouraging the whole NHS to champion positive change.’

Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic Recruitment Event

Come along to the Royal Victoria Infirmary (New Education Centre, Royal Victoria Infirmary Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP) between 10am and 3pm on Saturday 27 April to find out more about working in the NHS.

Representatives from several North East NHS Trusts will be represented as well as the North East Ambulance Service. We are committed to making workplaces inclusive and are holding this event to promote our job opportunities. We are taking positive action to increase Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic representation in our NHS workforce.

UK’s first 18-month nursing degree apprenticeship launched

Northumbria University, Newcastle will welcome its first ever nursing degree apprentices next month, in a brand new partnership with Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The collaboration will be the first in the North East to deliver a nursing degree apprenticeship programme, and create England’s first ever apprenticeship-qualified nurses by March 2020.

Nursing degree apprenticeships were announced by the government in 2016, as a way of opening-up nursing careers to more people and bringing more qualified nurses into the NHS.

Since then, Northumbria University has been working with Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to develop and design its own degree apprenticeship programme.

The collaboration was the first from the region to receive approval from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) earlier this year, and will launch on Monday, 24 September.

70 staff stories to celebrate 70 years of the NHS

On Thursday 5 July 2018, the NHS - one of the nation’s most loved institutions - celebrated its 70th anniversary.

We are marking this special anniversary with seventy stories, told by the Trust’s amazing staff, about how their work makes the organisation one of the best performing teaching Trusts in the country.

The ‘70 years, 70 stories’ project is a celebration of advances in science and technology, told by staff who encompass its development and continue to progress and transform the NHS for future generations.

Seventy people, from porters and sterile service technicians to clinical scientists and the chief executive, have each recounted their experiences with their stories launched today (Thursday) to reflect the collaboration between all staff to deliver Newcastle Hospitals healthcare services.