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.
Our Vision
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.
Our Organisation
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.
What Our People Say
“I enjoy working with my team and I want to make a difference to our patients.”
– Asma Begum, Staff Nurse – Surgical Assessment Unit
“The Trust has a clear vision of providing truly integrated care, and that is the future for healthcare. My own goal is to provide the right support to patients at the right time, which is similar to the Trust’s long-term strategy. I strongly believe that patients should get help at the most appropriate location close to their home and with continuing improvements, we can achieve that goal. Also, I love my team. Within a short time, they have made me feel at home, and I feel lucky to be part of that.”
– Bernard Seery, Acute Medicine Nurse Practitioner
“AMU is a very fast-paced environment. We work very closely with A&E and GPs to receive patients who are in need of urgent help. People come to us when they are very poorly and we try our best to manage their conditions as quickly as possible. I am very proud of my team. We have a strong record in treating and discharging patients quickly. Patients in pain or needing hospital treatment don’t want to wait around, so we are proud that the majority of our patients are discharged or moved to different wards within four hours.”
– Carmel Madden, Matron – AMU 1 and 2
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
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 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.
The majority of patient services will still be provided at Sandwell Hospital, the City Hospital site and Rowley Regis. City Hospital will house three key facilities: the Birmingham Treatment Centre providing outpatient, day case and diagnostic services. The Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, and the Sheldon Block will provide intermediate care services. The Sandwell site will house the Sandwell Treatment Centre, intermediate care beds, and a new 24-hour urgent care centre.
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