Caroline Bowman Sharing practice a personal reflection

Career to date SVQ 2 pilot study at Stevenson College No job guaranteed Acute Medical admissions -12 beds Medical admissions – 30 beds ICU –seven and a half years January 2004 –completed Cleanliness Champion

Career to date -- Part time secondment Never again!!!! 2 roles SVQ 4 –Management SVQ –Assessors Course BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care 2006 CC role made substantive Agenda for Change !!!

Sharing Practice Need to get everyone involved From Managers down-- Effective leadership Porters and domestics to be involved Grass roots up approach Visit all areas of NHS Lothian Passion and enthusiasm Hard graft

Challenges Turned up everywhere at meetings Prove my worth Involved in audits – even though not seen as a high flyer in the organisation Dyslexia English as a second language

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Initiatives to date Workshop sessions Study days Drop in sessions Personal development afternoons Extraordinary general meeting Hand hygiene awareness sessions Global hand hygiene days

Other initiatives 60 years of NHS – Glasgow 2 participants oldest and youngest Cleanliness Champions in Scotland Dress code and uniform policy audit –non compliance 3161 members of staff audited over 17 sites

Stressor !!! Lead uniform policy and dress code group

Highs Award winning Laundry DVD

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ADDIEWELL MENTAL HEALTH ?

Thoughts for the days weeks and months ahead “Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct, they are matters of education and like most great things you must cultivate a taste for them" Benjamin Disraeli “Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre,but they are more deadly in the long run” Mark Twain

In Conclusion “If you are a Champion you have to have it in your heart” –Chris Evert