Bank workers of the month – April
Each month we select four of our fantastic bank members that have been working for the NHS, supporting their local trust in reducing agency spend. These individuals work a variety of hours (part-time, full-time or ad-hoc to suit their lifestyle) in a variety of roles (Nurse’s, Midwives, Admin, Porter’s and so much more) but all of them have been nominated for providing an exceptional service and high-quality care to patients and their families.
And the winners are…
Registered Nurse, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Claire Harrison •
Specialist Nurse, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Care Support Worker, East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Admin, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS FT
Stephanie Stirland
What does your typical day at work consist of?
There is no typical day at work, everyday presents different challenges
What do you love most about your job?
I love the variety that working on the bank enables me to do. No two days are the same.
What’s been your proudest achievement at work to date?
Actually qualifying as a registered nurse
What’s the most challenging part of your role?
Having to accept when nothing more can be done for a patient, particularly when you have spent a lot of time with them and their family and got to know them as a person.
What inspired you to join the NHS?
I wanted to be a nurse since I was 8 years old, I always want to help others, but it was my husband who truly inspired me
What do you like most about working for NHSP?
The flexibility, it allows me to be able to spend quality time with my family
If you could name a hospital, what would you call it?
Carry on regardless
What is your favourite pizza topping?
Cheese and tomato
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island, what 3 things would you take with you?
Chocolate (essential for me), my husband and my son
Do you have any hobbies?
I love to read when I have the time
Pauline Treece
What does your typical day at work consist of?
Helping, doing whatever is necessary, literally!
What do you love most about your job?
People, I love people.
What’s been your proudest achievement at work to date?
The fact that I’ve helped someone. It could be someone’s mum, someone’s dad, or even mine. It’s so important.
What’s the most challenging part of your role?
You’re trying to help somebody who doesn’t know how ill they are or what the outcome will be. You know more about it and can appreciate what is happening and they don’t see it, so it can be a challenge to keep that away from them.
What inspired you to join the NHS?
I used to work in the community. I just felt that I could give more to more people. In the private sector there were maybe only five people but there are more in the NHS.
What do you like most about working for NHSP?
The flexibility
If you could name a hospital, what would you call it?
Ooh, I don’t know. Somewhere like Bluebird Lodge is nice, more of a personal name. I don’t know.
What is your favourite pizza topping?
Pepperoni.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island, what 3 things would you take with you?
My phone, if there was a charger, just to keep in touch with people. My knitting. My dog.
Do you have any hobbies?
Knitting, dog walking and we have an allotment.
Maggie Ross
What does your typical day at work consist of?
I work in the 18-week team managing patient’s pathways. When I do bank shifts on NHSP, I help multiple specialities helping with their typing backlog
What do you love most about your job?
I enjoy doing shifts on NHSP when I am typing medical letters as it is educational, and I used to do typing as my full-time job before starting my new role in the 18-week team.
What’s been your proudest achievement at work to date?
My proudest moment would be winning the bank worker of the month. It was an achievement to win the prize out of all the candidates and be acknowledges for all the hard work
What’s the most challenging part of your role?
The most challenging part of the role is working on various specialities and the terminology which can be challenging but very rewarding in the end.
What inspired you to join the NHS?
I was inspired to join the NHS as I wanted to be a part of making a difference in a patient’s life by taking care of them by making sure that they get the best care
What do you like most about working for NHSP?
I like working for NHSP as it is flexible, pays weekly to help stretch of the month and they praise you for your hard work, making you feel important in the job that you do.
If you could name a hospital, what would you call it?
Care and Cure hospital
What is your favourite pizza topping?
Meat feast or chicken and sweetcorn with BBQ base
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island, what 3 things would you take with you
An inflatable raft with rows, a satellite phone and a fishing net.
Do you have any hobbies?
Going to theatre, cooking and baking, dancing, eating out and socialising
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