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Information for applicants
Improving health and health services
in our community
1Introducing Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust
The Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust was formed on April 1st 2002. The Trust is
responsible for providing and commissioning a range of services.
The Trust aims to deliver equitable services that demonstrate access to local NHS care for all.
The appropriate sourcing and development of primary care within the Borough is the
foundation stone for this, in collaboration with patients and the public, the secondary health
care sector, and Social Services.
The Trust adopts an integrated approach to the development of local health and social care
services, and plays a full part in the implementation of the National Health Service
Frameworks for Older People, Mental Health, Coronary Health Disease, and Diabetes. These
frameworks are designed to modernise health and social care and deliver better services to
people through improved quality and efficiency. Existing new service developments include
Walk-in-Centres, Healthy Living Centres, nurse-led clinics, and the transfer of services
previously delivered in hospitals.
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham’s current population is approximately
180,000. The Borough has the fourth highest population density in London, comprising the
three distinct communities of Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham. There are
currently 30 GP practices with 185,700 registered patients.
Although the Borough is relatively small, it enjoys a wide range of cultural diversity of people
and communities. The Borough has a rich and vibrant future. Positioned near the heart of
London with excellent transport facilities, the Borough is home to an increasing number of
major companies. Hammersmith and Fulham is also host to a plethora of art and
entertainment venues, landmarks, shops, and three football teams: QPR, Fulham and
Chelsea. The Borough enjoys excellent communications due, in part, to its proximity to one of
the world’s leading international airports, Heathrow.
Hammersmith and Fulham has a very mixed population. Almost one in four is of Black or
Asian origin and around six per cent Irish. The Borough’s local children speak some 136
languages between them. The population is growing and expected to rise to 212,000 by
2021. The proportion of young people in the borough is comparatively high, with half the
population being between 17 and 39. Mobility is high, with half the households having lived at
their current address for less than six years.
Many of the traditional manufacturing activities of this part of London are now gone, with a
consequent loss of manual jobs. Unemployment has been high although declining in recent
years Much of the housing stock was built in the nineteenth century and needs extensive
repair. Larger, older council estates suffer from poor environments which exacerbate the
social and economic problems of those who live there. The borough is characterised by
extremes of wealth and poverty.
2The Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust has a particularly challenging task in terms
of addressing health inequalities, because the area has both extremely affluent and severely
deprived neighbourhoods. The main causes of illness and death within the Borough are the
same in the UK as a whole: cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, injuries, and mental
illness.
So if you want the challenge and opportunity – come and join us!
Learning and development
The Trust values staff development as an important component in achieving its aim to provide
high quality patient care. We encourage a learning culture, where training and education
programmes are linked to individual, professional and changing service needs. The Trust
invests in its staff by ensuring that they each have access to training, professional and
personal development, clinical leadership, and guidance, to equip them to deliver the best
possible service to local people. In order to enhance the skills and knowledge of our staff, it is
recognised that these programmes will require protected learning time. By encouraging staff
development in this way, we aim to optimise job satisfaction and career progression for
everyone working with in the Trust.
The principles of multi agency working are followed and staff groups learn together. The Trust
aims to ensure that all staff have access to high quality support and supervision to maintain
clinical and administrative standards.
Improving Working Lives
Hammersmith and Fulham Primary Care Trust is totally committed to ‘Improving Working
Lives’. The Trust recognises that modern health services require modern employment
practices. It understands that staff work best for patients when they can strike a healthy
balance between work and other aspects of their outside work, and the Trust a range of
policies enabling them to do so. The Trust encourages and supports a joint responsibility
with staff to develop a range of flexible working arrangements that balance the needs of
patients and services, and values and supports staff according to the contribution they make
to patient care and meeting the needs of the service. We also provide personal and
professional development and training opportunities that are accessible and open to all staff
irrespective of their working patterns
The IWL standard is integral to the Performance Management Framework for the Trust and
addresses the following eight key areas of good practice:
• HR Strategy and management • Equality and diversity
• Communication and staff involvement • Flexible working
• Healthy workplace • Training and development
• Staff benefits/childcare • Staff attitude survey
3Benefits available to staff
• Childcare voucher scheme • Child and Care Co-ordinator
• Flexible working policies include carers’ • Travel loans, walking and bike allowance
leave
• NHS Pension Scheme • Home Ownership scheme and NHS
Accommodation Bureau
• NHS Discount Scheme • Staff counselling
• Access to subsidised sports facilities • Eye Care Vouchers
• Leave policies including Annual, Special • Season Ticket loans
and Compassionate
• Training and Development opportunities • Employee Assistance Programme
(including access to bursaries) and an
organised induction process. External
courses and study days
• Use of up-to-date information technology • Supporting “work-life balance” with
(Internet access) flexible working opportunities such as job
sharing, part-time working, career breaks
• Pre-retirement support and NHS flexible • Long service awards
retirement options
• Maternity and Paternity leave • Annual appraisal
entitlements
Occupational Health Services
In addition to the above, Occupational Health Services provide a range of benefits including
access to :
• Health and fitness suite • Dental services
• Podiatry / chiropody • Counselling services
• Holiday healthcare and vaccinations • Complimentary therapy clinics
• Rehabilitation service • Lifestyle screening
• Moving and handling training and advice
MATCH Staff Bank
Match run the staff bank for Hammersmith and Fulham PCT. If you are not sure about taking a
permanent job, Match can offer you a wide range of flexible nursing, care and other staffing
opportunities, enabling you to work when and where you want.
You will benefit from excellent rates of pay, the NHS pension scheme and a unique reward
scheme.
For more information, contact Match today on 020 7736 0117.
4Shopping and leisure in Hammersmith and Fulham
Shopping
Fulham : Fulham Broadway Shopping Centre features a wide range of retail outlets,
restaurants, a multi-screen cinema, and a David Lloyd leisure centre. In addition, North End
Road market sells fresh fruit and vegetables, clothing and a wide range of value for money
goods. Fulham’s collection of antique shops around the New Kings Road also draws its own
niche market.
Hammersmith : Hammersmith Broadway Shopping Centre & Kings Mall Shopping
Centre offer a range of shopping from supermarket to specialist, and Hammersmith’s vibrant
King Street boasts most familiar High Street names.
Shepherds Bush : West 12 Centre is a new shopping centre with supermarket, shops,
restaurants, Warner Village multi-screen cinema and a health club. Shepherds Bush Market
has been recently refurbished, and sells an exciting variety of goods.
Arts
The Borough has two major exhibition centres: Earls Court, which annually hosts events such
as the Boat Show and the Ideal Home exhibition; and Olympia. The cultural diversity of
Hammersmith and Fulham is reflected in a range of venues. These include Hammersmith
Irish Centre, the Polish Centre in Kings Street, Bharatiya Viaya Bharan-Indian Cultural Centre
in Castletown Road, and the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.
The Shepherds Bush Empire was built in 1903 and, in its heyday, attracted audiences of more
than 2,000. Today, most people associate it with the BBC, as it was here that many popular
television programmes were recorded.
NHS staff have access to free audience tickets to shows being recorded at the BBC’s White
City centre.
The Lyric Theatre boasts a plush Victorian Frank Matcham interior. Performances in their
main and studio theatres range from experimental to classical and musical, with a major
children’s programme. Backstage tours are also available.
Riverside Studios is a renowned arts and media centre for TV productions, theatre, films and
special events.
The London Apollo is a listed art deco former cinema that has become one of London’s
premier live music venues. Recent bookings have included Riverdance, Heathcliff, Dr Dolittle
and a season by the Royal Ballet.
5Sports facilities
Hammersmith and Fulham Council run two recently renovated fitness centres, Broadway
Squash & Fitness Centre and Lillie Road Fitness Centre, and have also entered into an
innovative venture with Holmes Place health clubs to rebuild Fulham Pools.
The centres offer a wide range of facilities:
Broadway Squash & Fitness Centre Five squash courts, gym, cardio theatre and
spinning, exercise studio, sauna, sports and
beauty therapy
Lillie Road Fitness Centre Gym, exercise studio, sauna, sunbed, sports
and beauty therapy, creche, children’s
parties
Holmes Place / Fulham Pools Three swimming pools, gym, exercise
studios, and sauna
Discounted membership is available to NHS employees at all the above health/fitness
centres.
The Council also runs the Linford Christie Stadium, home to Thames Valley Horners and a
number of athletic events. The stadium is also available to book at a discounted fee to NHS
employees.
Parks and Gardens
Bishops Park, with its 15 tennis courts (nine floodlit) and boating lake, is situated alongside
the Thames. The park originally formed the grounds of Fulham Palace, the historic
residence of the Bishops of London. The gardens at Fulham became famous in the 17th
century when Bishop Compton imported rare species such as the magnolia, and grew them
in Europe for the first time. Although none of his original plants survive, many fine trees
remain. Visitors can also enjoy the botanic beds, herb garden and wisteria pergola within the
old walled garden.
The Hurlingham Club in Fulham offers rugby, football and tennis; and the athletics stadium
was used for the film ‘Chariots of Fire’. The 200-acre Wormwood Scrubs is one of the
largest areas of common land in London. The common has pitches for football, rugby,
softball and bicycle polo. The main park in Hammersmith is Ravenscourt Park, which has
tennis, netball, basketball, crazy golf and bowls facilities. Children’s attractions include
paddling pools, a sandpit and many other play areas. Ravenscourt Park also has an annual
fireworks event, which attracts crowds of over 30,000.
6Entertainment
There are three main libraries in the Borough, plus three branch libraries, a mobile service, and
a Borough archive department.
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham offers a lively night out with a range of
pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants. There is a broad range of international cuisine to suit all
tastes and budgets.
There are new Warner Village Cinema complexes in Shepherds Bush and Fulham Broadway,
as well as UGC cinemas in King Street, Hammersmith, and on the Fulham Road.
Hammersmith and Fulham in context
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham lies to the west of Central London. The
Borough is well served by public transport , with Hammersmith Broadway and Earls Court
being major hubs for the bus and tube networks. The Piccadilly Line provides a fast link
between Heathrow airport and the West End and beyond. The District Line offers services to
the shopping centres of Richmond, Ealing and Wimbledon.
The River Thames, which runs through the borough, offers an exciting mix of leisure facilities
including pubs, restaurants and riverside walks, and is also the setting for the world famous
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Other attractions within easy travelling distance include
Kew Gardens and Richmond Park, as well as the All England Lawn Tennis Club
Championships (“Wimbledon”), and Twickenham (home of English rugby)!
Recruitment Service
Human Resources Directorate
5-6 Vencourt Place
Hammersmith
London
W6 9NU
Tel: 020 8383 8614/8621
Fax: 020 8383 8658
Email: Recruitment@hf-pct.nhs.uk
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