You help us with our ambition and we’ll help you achieve yours
Harnessing ambition, investment, commitment and the contribution of our people, our vision is to be the UK’s best integrated care provider. We’re already on our way to achieving this. We’ve trebled our training budget, enhanced the way we recognise our people and are constructing career pathway frameworks. Our people have names, they have voices, they have a family here. As we create greater levels of service integration, we know where we’re going and we know we won’t get there alone. That’s why we want you to join us.
Great care can change everything. Like you, everyone here at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust wants to be a part of truly brilliant, integrated care. And just like you, we’re ambitious about what we do. We’re always seeking ways to do more and be better for our patients.
Bring your dedication and determination here, and you’ll be surprised by just how great your career can be. We like to think we offer you the best of both worlds. We’re a welcoming and friendly place that’s devoted to our community. But our plans and ideas for the future – yours and ours – are huge.
First, let us tell you what we’re building on. It’s a firm foundation, of which we’re very proud.
We are an integrated care organisation with an outstanding reputation for teaching, education, research and innovation. Our 8,000 staff are here for 530,000 local people when they need us.
City Hospital in Birmingham is home to the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, and our Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre. It’s also the regional base for the National Poisons Information Service.
At Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, you’ll find inpatient, paediatrics, most general surgery and our stroke specialist centre.
At the Trust, we also have significant academic departments in cardiology, rheumatology, ophthalmology and neurology.
We have intermediate care hubs at Rowley Regis and at Leasowes in Smethwick.
Our community teams throughout Sandwell provide integrated services for children in schools, GP practices and at home. They also offer both general and specialist home care for adults in hospices and nursing homes.
In 2024 we will open the brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital – the perfect demonstration of our vision for the future. And we are investing in far more than buildings.
We are dedicated to investing in you. It matters to us that you enjoy the training, support and opportunities you need to fulfil your total potential and build the career you really want.
To make that happen, we’ve trebled our training budget. We’ve developed new career path frameworks and new ways to recognise your achievements. Because you’re part of our family, we want the best for you.
Our organisation has nine care promises that reflect how we expect each other to treat patients, visitors and colleagues. We know these promises embody our caring ethos because they were developed by our own frontline staff.
Watch our videos below to find out what some of our staff think of working at our Trust:
A community of half a million is eagerly anticipating the brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. The opening, in 2024, will be the beginning of a fresh chapter in our ambitious journey to be the nation’s leading provider of integrated care.
As well as being the closest adult hospital to Birmingham’s busy city centre, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, often fondly referred to as the ‘Midland Met’ for short, will offer dedicated maternity and children’s services. Crucially, it will bring together teams who provide acute, emergency care, in line with the views expressed in our public consultation.
This exciting new building has been designed with room to grow. What’s more, we are retaining buildings and wards at Sandwell Hospital for future development.
Watch our short film for an inspiring virtual flythrough tour of the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, showcasing both its medical facilities and its beautiful landscape and gardens:
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