New recruits ready for winter
NURSES FROM PHILLIPINES BROUGHT IN FOR SUNDERLAND AND SOUTH TYNESIDE HOSPITALS
the two Trusts.
About 100 job offers were made on the first joint trip in February 2018 and the most recent visit in October 2018 resulted in around 70 more offers being made. In addition to the latest group of ten who have arrived in time for Christmas, more are expected to arrive in the coming months.
They will be working in a variety of areas across both organisations, with those at South Tyneside working in theatres, the Surgical Centre and the Emergency Admissions Unit, and those working at Sunderland predominantly on medical wards.
One of the new recruits, Carrie Bernasor, said: “I am looking forward to learning and adapting to a new culture and aligning our practices to the UK way of nursing, whilst maintaining excellence in delivering patient care.”
Melanie Johnson, Executive Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals for South Tyneside and City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trusts, said: “We are always looking for nurses and midwives of the highest calibre and I’d like to extend a warm welcome to our new recruits who will, I’m sure, be a great asset to us.”
Controversial plans to to shake-up hospital services in South Tyneside will be considered by a High court judge in Leeds today.Around 60 people gathered outside the hospital yesterday for what they described as a ‘pre-court vigil’. They oppose plans to move accident and emergency, stroke and maternity services to Sunderland.