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Digital roles and career pathways
  • Digital roles and career pathways, Social care

    A week in the life of a quality and development lead: how digital is used in social care

    For the next week in the life blog series, we hear how digital is used in social care from Sarah Jennings, Quality and Development Lead at Majesticare.

    Published on 21 March 2023

    By Sarah Jennings

  • Digital roles and career pathways, Social care

    A week in the life of a care home Quality and Compliance Manager – using digital in Social Care part 3

    My first 2 blogs outlined my professional background and how I ended in my current role, as well as showcasing what the start of my week is usually like. Keep reading to see how a week typically ends for me in my varied role.

    Published on 09 March 2023

    By Amanda Rae

  • Digital roles and career pathways, Social care

    A week in the life of a care home Quality and Compliance Manager: using digital in Social Care part 2

    Those of you who read my first blog will know that I have a varied role working as Quality and Compliance Manager for Canford Healthcare, as well as being a Registered Nurse and HR professional. Carry on reading to see what a typical start to my week is like.

    Published on 08 March 2023

    By Amanda Rae

  • Digital roles and career pathways, Social care

    A week in the life of a care home Quality and Compliance Manager: using digital in Social Care part 1

    My name is Amanda Rae, and I am a Registered General Nurse (always and forever), a Queen's Nurse - for which I am so very proud and honoured - and also a Personalised Care Institute Ambassador. After all, everyone wants to be cared for in a way that we choose and a place where we feel safe and able to have a voice.

    Published on 07 March 2023

    By Amanda Rae

  • Digital health leadership, Fellowships and scholarships, Digital roles and career pathways, Nursing and midwifery, Clinical informatics

    A week in the life of an Informatics Lead Nurse: Monday

    Hi, my name is Roda Luz Trinidad. Friends and colleagues call me Dang. I am the Informatics Lead Nurse at The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust. I have 16 years of Adult Critical Care nursing experience. My journey in digital started in 2015 as the Senior Sister in charge of the QI project in digitising health records in ICU. I was offered to be part of the Trust’s digital transformation WeConnect team and have been in this post since September 2019. I am passionate about how digital innovation can help transform the integrated health and care system to ensure quality care delivery and using data to inform the way we work and support the population, with diversity and inclusion at the centre of practice. Let me give you a sneak peek at what my working week looks like, starting with Monday...

    Published on 17 October 2022

    By Roda Luz Trinidad

  • Digital health leadership, Fellowships and scholarships, Digital roles and career pathways, Nursing and midwifery

    A week in the life of an Informatics Lead Nurse: Tuesday

    The second part of my 'week in the life' series focusses on Tuesday. I have a few monthly meetings happening on a Tuesday. Keep reading to find out more about my role as a Informatics Lead Nurse.

    Published on 17 October 2022

    By Roda Luz Trinidad

  • Digital health leadership, Fellowships and scholarships, Digital roles and career pathways, Nursing and midwifery

    A week in the life of an Informatics Lead Nurse: Wednesday

    What I love about my work is that I have the flexibility to work from home when necessary. Wednesday is always full of back-to-back meetings. I see to it that I have regular breaks in between sessions. It is important to take care of our health and well-being even on a virtual environment. Read on to find out more about a typical Wednesday in my role.

    Published on 17 October 2022

    By Roda Luz Trinidad

  • Digital health leadership, Fellowships and scholarships, Digital roles and career pathways, Nursing and midwifery

    A week in the life of an Informatics Lead Nurse: Thursday

    I am a critical care nurse at heart, and I see to it that our ICU nurses across the Trust have a seat at the table and that their voices are heard. This is how I spend a lot of my day on a Thursday. Keep reading to find out more.

    Published on 17 October 2022

    By Roda Luz Trinidad

  • Digital health leadership, Fellowships and scholarships, Digital roles and career pathways, Nursing and midwifery

    A week in the life of an Informatics Lead Nurse: Friday

    Last day of the week and my favourite one as it is a "clinical Friday" for me. It is important in my role to be visible and easily accessible to staff in the clinical areas. I do this to keep up to date with their process, understand the workflow and listen to subject matter experts and end-users on where we can improve and optimise, making sure that we have the ward to board (and vice versa) lines of communication open.

    Published on 17 October 2022

    By Roda Luz Trinidad

  • Digital roles and career pathways, Allied Health Professions (AHPs)

    A week in the life of an AHP Specialist in Digital Health

    I am Simon Gaffney, a Senior Physiotherapist and Allied Health Professional (AHP) Specialist in Digital Health at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I have been part of the Digital Health team for approaching a year now and am currently the only AHP on the team. I work part time in Digital Health and part time in a regular clinical role.

    Published on 20 September 2022

    By Simon Gaffney