Our Staff

Oldham Community Health Services employ around 950 staff. Our clinical staff include district nurses, health visitors, school nurses, specialist nurses, doctors, dentists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, dieticians, podiatrists, audiologists, specialist therapists, physiotherapists, health promotion and improvement practitioners and mental health workers.

They provide services in people’s homes, and services from over 40 community  based venues across Oldham including health centres and clinics, GP practices, community centres, children’s centres and the local acute hospital. Our health practitioners work closely with our skilled finance, human resources, training and information teams to ensure that our services are best quality and value and are continuously improving to meet the needs and choices of local people. 

OCHS' recent transformation of services into Clinical Networks fundamentally supports the principle of service integration and provides a clear statement about the importance OCHS places on delivering patient-centred services. The transformed model was co-produced through a wide programme of patient/service user engagement. Some specific examples of integrated service provision, delivering high quality outcomes are:

• Single assessment process - incorporating a range of specialist clinical assessments ensuring a holistic approach to individuals and their carers needs.
• Self care and self management programmes are being actively promoted within long term condition management and tier 2 services promoting independence and well being for this patient group.
• Development of communication dictionaries for people with learning disabilities - the creation of the dictionary is OCHS led, but involves the multiple agencies and personal/social contacts who relate to the individual, ensuring an integrated and meaningful method of communication is established in all areas of the service user’s life. Their use facilitates person-centred care planning and delivery ensuring clients are fully engaged to the level that they wish.
• Telecare and Telehealth technologies. Introduction, development and evaluation of shared telecare and telehealth technologies which will complement and enhancement care delivery in the future.
• Health Improvement and well being. All of our practitioners are trained and encouraged to offer health improvement advice as part of every interaction that they have with the patient - OCHS recognises and wishes to promote the “staying healthy” agenda at every opportunity – promoting healthy communities, independence and self care, and taking opportunistic approaches to narrowing Oldham‘s health inequalities.