Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Work with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust runs acute hospital services, community services, mental health and learning disability services and a quarter of Somerset’s GP practices. It runs services from two acute hospitals Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, Yeovil Hospital in Yeovil services in the community and services from the 13 community hospitals in the county, a range of mental health and learning disability services and Symphony Healthcare Services runs a quarter of GP practices in the county.

Our trust is the result of two mergers. The first merger in April 2020, between Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, brought together acute services, community service and mental health and learning disability services. The second merger brought together acute services from both acute hospitals in the county and a large proportion of the county’s GP practices.

We believe that the broad range of services that we offer within one organisation put us in a better position to provide mental and physical health services for our population, helping people to enjoy healthier lives with improved equitable access to the specialist care and treatment they need, when they need it.

We are an integral part of the Somerset Integrated Care Board and work with NHS, social care and voluntary sector partners in Somerset to plan and deliver services. We care for patients predominantly from Somerset but also from North Somerset, the west of Dorset and north of Devon.

We’re building a trust that reflects the communities we serve. We’re strongly committed to equality and diversity, both in our organisation and in the services we provide. We want everyone here to be proud of and valued by our community. So, we’ll support you, your health and wellbeing in every way we can, every day.

With our support, the support of your colleagues, and by supporting them in return, you can develop and achieve your full potential. That support and respect includes offering you the option to work flexibly, enabling you to better achieve a genuine balance between your work life and your personal life.

Our people are key to our success, ensuring we deliver quality care and continue to innovate so we can be even better. So, while you’re looking after the people of Somerset, we’ll look after you with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package. That includes:

Working at the heart of people services, our learning team were among the first to merge and create exceptional opportunities to share experience and learning across disciplines. The team comes from a wide breadth of professional backgrounds and offer a wide range of mandatory and development courses for all our colleagues.

All our learning opportunities are free to all employees and many can be used towards revalidation for those with a professional qualification. We offer a diverse range of courses from essential training such as health and safety, infection control and the management of violence, through to courses aimed at your personal development, helping you to be the best you can be, including management training and professional coaching.

The learning team can also help colleagues develop specific courses, offering practical guidance on the running of a course and the presentation itself. As well as offering support in getting a session approved for wider trust delivery. And, of course, we’re also committed to our own learning, keeping our skills and knowledge up to date across our technology enhanced team, resuscitation and clinical skills teams.