Overview

5 ways to a healthier YOU is our health and wellbeing programme.

Active body

• Thomas Guy Club – inlcuding a heated indoor pool
• ‘Cycle to work’ scheme and bike storage
• Staff wellbeing walks
• Outdoor gym
• Discounted memberships to local fitness and leisure facilities
• ‘Breathe Dance for wellbeing’ classes
• A range of educational resources

Healthy eating 

• 1-to-1 dietician support
• 12-week weight management groups
• Gardening programmes across sites

Work-life balance

• Family, childcare and carers’ support
• Flexible working
• Staff wellbeing zones
• HALT – take a break campaign
• Free wellbeing apps

Healthy body 

• Physiotherapy service
• Support to stop smoking
• Work related Vaccination programme
• Menopause clinic
• Health-information webinars

Healthy mind

• Psychoeducational resources
• Free counselling via our employee assistance programme
• Free wellbeing apps
• Mental health and wellbeing training
• Staff wellbeing champions
• Staff wellbeing psychologists
• Spiritual care team

Benefits to support you financially include:

• NHS pension
• travel season ticket and staff loans
• local and national discounts
• salary sacrifice schemes

Support for your career development includes:

• education, training and development opportunities
• career guidance
• coaching and mentoring
• continuing professional development (CPD) support

We have a range of recognition schemes that underpin our Trust values and absolute commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

• Equality, diversity and inclusion staff forums and networks such as:
  • women’s leaderships network
  • LGBT+ staff network
  • staff disability and long term health conditions forum
  • multicultural staff network
  • armed forces covenant and staff network
  • dyslexia and neurodiverse forum
  • becoming an inclusion agent
  • our rainbow badge initiative
  • our sunflower lanyards for hidden disabilities
  • reverse mentoring programme

• Long service awards and annual award ceremonies

As an organisation we’re driven by our values. They define our culture: by what we do and how we do it. Below form part of the Trust’s values and behaviours framework.

• Our ‘ HALT, take a break’ initiative is all about recognising when and why we should take a break whilst at work.
• Mental health and wellbeing training is available for individuals, teams and managers to create a positive work environment.
• Staff wellbeing champions are colleagues working in different areas with a wide range of skills and experiences.
• ‘Show you care’ funding is available to fund health and wellbeing projects in your local area.