On 1 April 2019, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust was created following the merger of City Hospitals Sunderland and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trusts. We are now one of the largest NHS Trusts in the north east of England with an annual turnover of over £550m and a dedicated team of over 8,000 staff who provide acute hospital and community based healthcare services to a population of around 430,000 people in South Tyneside and Sunderland.
Why work for us?
We are a values based organisation that has a strong culture of openness and honesty and very much values every member of staff. We are a large teaching hospital with close links to our local universities.
Our team is the backbone of our organisation and ensures that we provide safe, high quality patient care and excellent patient experience. Working with us you will be fully supported, but encouraged to develop your skills and knowledge with the help of our experienced and friendly team.
We have a highly enthusiastic and experienced faculty of trainers who ensure a balanced workload and encourage trainees to develop autonomy with appropriate support. Learning and teaching are integrated into service provision providing trainees with numerous opportunities to acquire practical experience.
Educational opportunities across both sites are open to trainees at both of our hospitals, and training posts have been integrated where there has been potential to improve quality.
Our Path to Excellence transformation programme across South Tyneside and Sunderland is exploring new and innovative ways of delivering high quality, joined up, sustainable care that will benefit local people both now and in the future. It’s an exciting time to train with us.
We have a long standing ‘train the trainers’ programme, which is mapped to the new GMC requirement for trainers. We were also involved in the successful bid to develop a new medical school at the University of Sunderland.
Simulation training
Our trainees have access to first-class simulation training from our dedicated simulation suites. We also have access to University of Sunderland’s wonderful simulation facility and immersive suite.
First class research and innovation
We have a dedicated research and innovation team who support and develop ideas. The award winning work of our team is renowned regionally, nationally and internationally and many of our colleagues are involved in wider projects and sit on national and international boards and councils
Gold standard Armed Forces Friendly employer
We hold the gold award from the Ministry of Defence for the work we do to support colleagues who are involved, or want to be involved with the armed forces and have also signed the Armed Forces Covenant.
Unique opportunities
We offer our trainees a unique and valuable opportunity to undertake clinical programmes in Walawalkar Hospital in Dervan, on India’s west coast, as part of our partnership with SVJC charitable trust. The main purpose of the trips to Walawalkar Hospital is to educate, perform and assist surgical procedures as well as check medical equipment to improve patient safety in the hospital. Funds raised for SVJC Charitable Trust support some of the air travel costs and shipments of donated equipment.
