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Top tips for applying for roles with NBT

Have you got your A-level results and are thinking about a career with the NHS? Here are some top tips for applying for a role with NBT: Filling out the application Know the title of the role you're applying for, and read the job description and...
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South Asian Heritage Month: Pooja's story

Pooja Poddar has been working as a Registered Nurse since 1999. After moving to the UK in 2002, she dedicated herself to her work helping others whilst facing her own health struggles in private. Here, she shares her story as part of South Asian...
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National junior doctors’ industrial action update

From 7am on 11 August until 7am on 15 August 2023, junior doctors who are members of the British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) will be taking national strike action at a number of NHS trusts...
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UNICEF Baby Friendly status for Southmead Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Southmead Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit’s (NICU) supportive approach to breastfeeding has been recognised with the Baby Friendly Award from UNICEF UK. This prestigious award recognises the feeding support mothers and families receive from...
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New North Bristol NHS Trust centre to boost diagnostic tests in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Working in partnership with local partners, North Bristol NHS Trust will open a Community Diagnostic Centre to increase capacity for patients. Thousands more scans and investigations are to be offered to NHS patients in Bristol, North Somerset and...
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Essential works to the ED and main entrances at Southmead Hospital on 1 and 2 August 2023

On Tuesday 1 August 2023, from 7am until 6pm , the main public and staff pedestrian entrances to the emergency department (ED) at Southmead Hospital (accessed from the ED car park) will be temporarily closed to allow for essential works to take place...
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NBT committed to maternity services at Cossham Hospital

The temporary suspension of births at Cossham Birth Centre will remain in place until Spring 2024. We took the difficult decision to temporarily pause births at Cossham due to workforce challenges so that we can maintain safe care for all women and...
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'Southmead in the top 20 hospitals for supporting patient choice and facilitating organ donation'

New figures released by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) show that Southmead Hospital was among the hospitals where most patients donated their organs after death. The figures have been released to mark the publication of the annual Organ Donation...
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Cultivating sustainability in NBT’s operating theatres

As part of Plastic Free July we are highlighting staff members and teams at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) doing things a little differently in order to reduce our plastic waste. Operating theatres are energy and resource-intensive environments and...
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Creating a culture of sustainability in NBT’s Emergency Department

This article is part of our Plastic Free July series, in which we are highlighting North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) staff members and teams doing things a little differently in order to reduce our plastic waste. By nature, emergency departments are fast...