Recruitment Bulletin

2 | #1BigTeam @ UHP_NHS

Welcome to University

Hospitals Plymouth NHS

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We are rated Outstanding for Caring… and that includes

caring for our staff.

When you join our #1BigTeam of more than 10,000 staff and volunteers we are

commi�ed to helping you develop your career and enjoy a great life.

At University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) we are the region's Major Trauma

Centre and we are responsible for providing care across the widest of spectrums: from

within people's homes and working with our voluntary sector partners in local

communiঞes, to offering the most specialist hospital care available in our regional

centre: for example cardiothoracic surgery and kidney and bone marrow transplants.

We care for 475,000 in our secondary care catchment populaঞon, with a wider

peninsula populaঞon of almost 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist

services.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Plymouth and working

with Plymouth Marjon University. As host to the Joint Hospital Group South West

(JHG(SW)) in a city with a strong military tradiঞon, we have a tri-service staff of nearly

200 military doctors, nurses and allied health professionals who are fully integrated

within our faciliঞes.

We know the importance of civility and saying thank you and acঞvely encourage

paঞents, their families and our colleagues, to send thank you messages through a

number of channels. By capturing episodes of excellence, we can learn from these