St.Vincent's Private Hospital

30/05/2024

St Vincent’s Private Hospital recently hosted a practice recognition, assessment and management workshop with over 100 of our nurses in attendance. Presentations were provided on cardiac arrests, management of a patient on telemetry; breathing & airway management; anaphylaxis management; neutropenic sepsis; blood transfusion safety and massive haemorrhage and safe preparation and patient handover prior to interventional procedures.
A huge thank you to all our nurses who organised the event which was gratefully received by all.

10/05/2024

St. Vincent's Private Hospital today celebrates International Nurses Day, which takes place on Sunday, 12th May. We are humbled by our wonderful nurses selfless commitment. Thank you for the endless care and attention you give our patients tirelessly every day and night.
A special thank you to our Prize Sponsors who have helped our nurses celebrate the event.
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17/04/2024

April 17th 2024 is Health and Social Care Professions (HSCP) Day!

Here St.Vincent's Private Hospital we have over 160 fantastic HSCP staff working across Key Departments providing Treatment and Support in Therapeutic, Rehabilitative, Re-Enablement, Health, Social Care, Diagnostic and Engineering Services. Our brilliant HSCP team are clinical professionals from across all of the following departments; Cardiology, Dietetics & Bariatrics, Medical Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Phlebotomy, Physiotherapy, Pulmonary, Physiology, Radiation, Radiology, Radiotherapy, Sat Lab, Sleep Services, and Sleep Lab.

The theme for this years HSCP Day is Working in Partnership, and as all of our HSCP Staff work across the Hospital throughout our Multidisciplinary Teams to help us provide the best care to our patients. We feel this is the perfect theme for today. This HSCP Day all of the Senior Leadership Team here St Vincent's Private Hospital want to Thank all of our HSCP staff and practitioners for their hard work, dedication, and professionalism.

To mark the day SVPH have organised an information stand in the Hospital to raise awareness of our amazing HSCP Staff and Departments. Our Senior Leadership Team have also organised a lovely lunch event for all of our HSCP staff today as a small gesture to show their appreciation and gratitude.

22/02/2024

St.Vincent's Private Hospital's new Pulmonary Physiology Department would like to welcome their first student intern who has started their clinical placement in Pulmonary Physiology at the Hospital. Our new intern joins us from the MSc programme in Clinical Measurement Physiology in Atlantic Technological University (ATU).

We are delighted to share that the SVPH Pulmonary Physiology Department has been chosen by the ATU Academic Council as one of their healthcare partners to host their MSc students for their clinical placement.

Our Pulmonary Physiology Department is now a training hub for both Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of Clinical Physiology for Atlantic Technological University, TU Dublin / OT Baile Átha Cliath, Ulster University. Our student interns will have access to our state-of-the-art Lab Facility and Advanced Practice in Clinical Measurement Science, as well as a great deal of CPD opportunities and staff wellbeing benefits offered to all of our staff here at SVPH.

In addition to this our Pulmonary Physiology Manager Anita Doggett Judge has been appointed the new Practice Placement Educator/Supervisor for the ATU programme for SVPH. Anita is delighted to have the chance to work with ATU in this capacity and looks forward to growing the programme and relationship between SVPH and ATU. Anita adds this position with ATU to her long-term work as a lecturer with Technological University Dublin, as well as her work with Ulster University as their Practice Placement Educator on the Healthcare Science Programme.

All in all, it is an exciting time for our Pulmonary Physiology Department and Clinical Measurement Team here at St. Vincent's Private Hospital.

22/01/2024

We are happy to announce that St.Vincent's Private Hospital has been awarded the Ibec KeepWell Accreditation for a 3rd year in a row.

The KeepWell Mark is a framework which provides businesses with a set of Health and Wellbeing Standards. These Health and Wellbeing Standards are achieved through the internal promotion of wellbeing in the workplace.

In order to secure this yearly accreditation SVPH has to promote and ensure all departments are adhering to the pillars of the KeepWell framework and provide evidentiary proof.

These pillars are: Health & Safety, Leadership, Mental Health, Physical Activity, Health Eating, Smoke Free, Intoxicants, Absence Management, and Diversity - a new addition for 2024.

These pillars are not only a way for SVPH to ensure a happy and safe working environment for all of our staff, but they are also in-line with our ethos, values, and culture as both an employer and a private hospital.

Finally we would like to thank both Ibec and the The KeepWell Mark, as well as our KeepWell Values and Wellbeing Committee, for all of their hard work in ensuring SVPH retained this accreditation. But most of all for ensuring SVPH is a great place to work and progress.

11/01/2024

St Vincent’s Private Hospital acquires New EggNest™ Radiation Protection System

Last week on Thursday the 4th January 2024: St Vincent’s Private Hospital (SVPH) has acquired the EggNest™ Radiation Protection System, to protect interventional staff from dangerous ionizing radiation.

Many interventional procedures in the cardiac catheterization laboratory use X-Ray fluoroscopy, which requires a continuous x-ray beam to be directed at the patient's heart. The image is then transmitted to a television monitor so the consultant can see the structures and function of the heart during the procedure.

Although this imaging modality provides significant diagnostic and therapeutic benefits, during the procedure, radiation is deflected from the patient’s body and scattered to all areas of the lab. This scatter radiation from the X-Ray beam may pose a safety hazard to Cath lab personnel.

The EggNest is a scatter radiation protection system that significantly reduces scatter radiation and provides protection for the entire medical team. By using the EggNest, scatter radiation at the knee, waist, and upper torso of Cath lab personnel is reduced by up to 97%. This protection system is fully integrated into the workflow of the modern Cath Lab and moves with the patient, reducing radiation exposure for Cath lab staff without compromising their workflow or patient access.

Brian Fitzgerald, CEO of SVPH said: “The most important element of the care we provide to our patients is the quality of staff we employ, and we are committed to providing our staff with an excellent working environment. In addition to the lead apparel, our investment in Egg Medical’s EggNest System will minimize radiation exposure for staff working in our Cath labs and we are very pleased that its installation will give both protection and peace of mind to staff working in our hospital”.

The EggNest System was developed by Dr. Robert Wilson, founder of Egg Medical and a practicing Interventional Cardiologist at the University of Minnesota, where he has been on staff since 1986. The System is distributed in Ireland by M3/Uniphar Medtech who worked with SVPH on its installation.

Brendan McConnell, Director of Sales at M3 Medical noted, "We are truly excited to introduce EggNest to St Vincent's Private Hospital, Dublin, as it represents a significant advancement in radiation protection. This underscores our commitment to ensuring the safety and well-being of healthcare professionals while optimal efficiency in critical cardiac procedures."

More information on the EggNest Radiation Protection System can be found at: https://eggmedical.com/.

22/12/2023

All of us here at St.Vincent's Private Hospital want to wish our staff, patients, visitors, business partners, and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We hope you all have a wonderful and peaceful festive season and that 2024 brings health and happiness to all.

20/12/2023

This Year the St.Vincent's Private Hospital Annual Christmas Raffle raised an amazing €7,510.70 for our 2023 Charity Partner Focus Ireland.

Focus Ireland have been providing advice, information, advocacy and help to those facing insecure housing situations and homelessness since 1985 - as well as a warm and welcoming space for vulnerable people to meet, socialise and enjoy a low-cost meal in their Focus Ireland Coffee Shop.

Focus Ireland also advocates on-behalf of Irelands homeless communities through continued and growing research and publications which ensures that the rights of people experiencing homelessness remain prominent in the political decision making process.

The SVPH Christmas Raffles is an annual initiate which is organised and promoted by our Keep Well Values and Wellbeing Committee and was a great success in raising much needed funds for the amazing and vital work Focus Ireland does in supporting vulnerable people in crisis.

It also provided our 26 lucky winners made up of SVPH staff, patients and visitors with a vast array of fantastic prizes just in time for Christmas!

Thank you all so much for your very generous support this year and a special thanks to all of our raffle sponsors who donated such wonderful prizes.

18/12/2023

St.Vincent's Private Hospital held its annual Charity Art Exhibition throughout November and early December this year.

Each year the staff and friends of SVPH are afforded the opportunity to showcase their artistic skills during our Charity Art Exhibition.

This exhibition is held in the SVPH Lobby and curated by one of our former staff members. The SVPH Charity Art Exhibition is an annual event organised by our Keep Well Values and Wellbeing Committee. It is​ always eagerly anticipated and was a great success, yet again.

Every year the artwork exhibited is even more impressive than the year before and there was a great deal of interest in all the pieces.

Through the sale of the artwork the SVPH 2023 Charity Art Exhibition raised over €1'000 for the Dublin Simon Community and the vitally important work that they do supporting some of the most vulnerable people in Dublin.

The Dublin Simon Community was founded in 1969 and since then has provided soup, sandwiches and hot drinks to people who are sleeping rough in Dublin city centre 365 nights a year. Dublin Simon also provides a number of additional services such as supported housing provision and advocacy and interventions for those who are at risk of homelessness.

The Dublin Simon Community supports people out of homelessness by supporting them to rebuild their lives through the provision of housing, health and wellbeing services. Dublin Simon Community also supports people by assisting them with accessing and retaining their own homes. ​

14/12/2023

Yesterday we were delighted to announce the launch of St.Vincent's Private Hospital’s new online learning platform SVPH EduCare, in partnership with LearnUpon. This platform will offer all hospital staff the opportunity to partake in elective upskilling opportunities as well as provide a new flexibility to mandatory training courses available on both desktop and mobile devices.

Our Learning & Development Manager and HR Staff, along with the fantastic team from LearnUpon organised an interactive information stand yesterday to promote the new platform and provide demonstrations for staff. Along with these demonstrations staff had the opportunity to login and use the platform for the first time.

Here at St Vincent's Private Hospital, we are committed to supporting our staff in achieving their learning and professional development goals, and to maximise their potential to meet the needs of our patients. Our new SVPH EduCare Platform and partnership with LearnUpon will help us guarantee this commitment.

A big thank you to all of the SVPH staff who helped to make yesterdays launch and demonstrations so successful.

A Special thanks to our Learning and Development Manager, Human Resources Director and to the LearnUpon team for making SVPH EduCare a reality. It was also great to have the LearnUpon CEO stop by and have chance to talk with our very own CEO.

07/12/2023

Here at St.Vincent's Private Hospital we celebrated Christmas today, with our fantastic annual Staff Christmas Lunch.

Each year our Senior Leadership Team asks the brilliant SVPH Catering Department and Support Services to arrange a complementary lunch for all of our staff, to say Happy Christmas and Thank You for all the hard work over the year.

It was a great success as always, with a delicious menu on offer and Santa even stopped by to help hand out goodie bags and spread the Christmas cheer.

All of the staff and our Senior Leadership Team here at SVPH want to extend a massive Thank You to our Catering Manager, Catering Department, Support Services, and all the SVPH staff who were involved in making today such a success!

30/11/2023

The St.Vincent's Private Hospital Risk Grading Committee kicked-off their International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs) Information and Awareness Campaign today.

Over the coming months the SVPH Risk Grading Committee will host a series of staff Information Stands and Engagement Events to highlight the importance of each of the International Patient Safety Goals (IPSGs).

These events will also be an opportunity for our Risk Grading Committee to facilitate knowledge sharing to all SVPH staff.

As today marked the start of this campaign the Staff Engagement and Awareness Stand provided our staff with important information and facilitated discussion and knowledge sharing on IPSG 1: Identify Patients Correctly.

The event was a huge success with great staff engagement, discussion and knowledge sharing taking place at the fantastic information stand.

A massive thanks to the whole SVPH Risk Grading Committee. We cant wait to see what you have organised for the next event!

20/11/2023

16/11/2023

Last Week St.Vincent's Private Hospital held its first World Radiography Campaign for Patients and Staff at The Hospital. This event informed patients and staff about the benefits of Radiography and its positive impact on patient care.

World Radiography Day is an annual event which commemorates the discovery of X-Rays in 1895 by Wilhelm Roentgen. The event now acts as an awareness campaign about the importance of radiography and the crucial role that Radiographers, Radiation Therapists, Radiologists, and Radiation Oncologists play in the healthcare system.

World Radiography Day also highlights the advancements in medical imaging and promotes the safe use of radiation for diagnosis and treatment purposes.

The SVPH World Radiography Day 2023 was a great success and The Hospital looks forward to seeing how this annual event grows and develops in the coming years. Well done to the fantastic team who organised the Campaign and Information Stand.



From left to right: Rebeka Ocsi, Medical Physicist, Georgia Fleming, Radiation Protection Officer and Aoife Ivory, Medical Physicist.

06/11/2023

The St.Vincent's Private Hospital Physiotherapy Department is pleased to announce a new Outpatient Musculoskeletal Service available to our patients.

We have welcomed Mhairi Clare Dooley, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Musculoskeletal Outpatients to The SVPH Physiotherapy Department recently. Mhairi brings 20 years of clinical experience working in this specialist field.

Our service is open to all patient with a Musculoskeletal complaints (joint, muscle, tendon, or spinal injury). This service will provide advice, rehabilitation, restoration of normal movement, strengthening programme, assistance to full function and recovery from injury based on patient needs.

This patient pathway will also build on our current follow up Physiotherapy service that all of our Orthopaedic post-operative surgery patients receive by allowing them to avail of one-to-one treatment as required.

Our aim is for each patient to achieve their own goals with a treatment plan tailored to their needs using evidence based practice.

Referrals to this service can be made via email: outpatients@svph.ie

19/10/2023

It was here St.Vincent's Private Hospital today!

Thanks to International Osteoporosis Foundation for all their amazing work and support and for continually raising awareness on and .

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Our Nursing Team arranged an Information Stand here at SVPH to raise awareness all around Osteoporosis. They were on hand to provide patients, staff, and visitors with lots of information on preventing, managing, and living with . Thanks to all involved it was really great.

12/10/2023

The 13th of October is World Thrombosis Day, but this year our wonderful Nurses and Pharmacists decided that due to how important it is to St.Vincent's Private Hospital should start our awareness campaign early.

Venous thromboembolism ( ) is often at times fatal, but the good news is that many, if not most cases are preventable. Know the risk factors & if you experience a sign or symptom seek immediate medical attention.

Knowing the most common blood clot signs and symptoms can help you spot or even prevent this potentially life-threatening condition. To learn how to spot these signs and symptoms see World Thrombosis Days website https://www.worldthrombosisday.org/. There you can find lots of information around and the campaign and help to .

Our awareness campaign ran all day here at SVPH, where some of our fantastic Nurses and Pharmacists were on hand to provide informational material and their expertise to staff and patients to raise awareness of and our campaign to .

05/10/2023

Some of our wonderful Nursing Team will be at the Nursing Jobs Fair this Saturday (7th October 2023) in Glasgow. This fantastic one day event is being held at the Hilton Glasgow, 1 William St, Glasgow G3 8HT, and will run from 10.00am - 4.00pm.

This job fair will give Nurses the chance to talk to one of our: Assistant Directors of Nursing, Clinical Nurse Managers, and our Nursing Human Resources Supervisor. Our team will be onsite all day to discuss the amazing benefits, opportunities, and relocation bonus' available to staff at St. Vincent's Private Hospital.

If you are interested in hearing about what it is like to work with us or want to inquire about specific job vacancies. Please stop by Stand to meet our team and find out more.

Nursing Jobs Fair Scotland is the premier career expo for all nurses and midwives in Scotland. Our next event takes place on 7th October 2023.