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Staff Facilities

Drinking Water

Drinking Water is available from all cold water taps, hydro taps and from chilled drinking fountains located throughout the building. Please note individual rental of water chillers is not permitted.

Please do not drink from mixer tap outlets or hot water outlets.

Beverage Bays

Beverage Bays are located within the open plan office areas, Family Support, SPHERE and University of Edinburgh, Child Life and Health areas. They are equipped with a sink, hydro tap, fridge and cupboards. No additional electrical equipment is permitted.

Catering Facilities

All catering and retail services detailed below comply with the principles of a Health Promoting Health Service and meet the Healthy Living Award and Healthy Retail Award standards. Please ensure you support and promote the catering outlets in your new hospital, as with all non-patient catering within Lothian these outlets must operate on a financially viable basis otherwise hours of operation will be reduced or the outlet may be closed.

Grab & Go

Grab & Go is located on the ground floor next to the ECHC shop. Offering a selection of coffees, sandwiches, soups, paninis, and other menu items.
Opening times are Monday to Friday 7:30am to 3:30pm

Vending

Opening hours:
• 24hr Service

Vending machines are located on the:
• 2nd floor, in the Vending Bay, providing hot and cold drinks, snacks and confectionery with limited seating
• Ground floor staff room next to the seminar room, providing snacks and confectionery

On Call Rooms

Located on the first floor, accessed from the main corridor, there are 3 single bedrooms with ensuite facilities and a beveridge bay. These rooms are for use by on call staff only and may be booked via emailing below details to loth.oncallroombookingrhcypdcn@nhs.scot a reply email will be sent to confirm if booking has been accepted.
• Name
• Department
• Mobile contact number
• Day of stay requested
All personal items must be removed and rooms vacated by noon at the end of your stay.

Room Booking in RIE
The process is to email loth.overnightroombooking@nhs.scot for both Resident and Non Resident Doctors to book rooms across from Ward 104.

Staff Recliners

We have 4 recliners for staff to use for resting which are situated in the following locations in RHCYP:

Staff room on 2nd floor
Staff room on ground floor adjacent to Castle Mey & ED
Staff room on ground floor
Theatre staff room on Level 1 (shared between RHCYP & DCN).

 
Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity Shop

Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC) Shop

Opening times:
• 7:30am to 6:30pm, Monday to Friday
• 10am to 3:30pm, Saturday and Sunday

Located within the Atrium on the ground floor.

The shop provides a selection of healthy snacks, gifts, cards and a limited selection of groceries and toiletries and newspapers.

 
Staff Changing Facilities

Central Staff Changing Rooms

Male and female staff changing rooms are located on the east side of the second floor. Facilities include showers, toilets, hairdryers, mirrors and lockers. There are 4 types of lockers: handbag, standard, vented door and mesh. To operate the lockers, with the exception of the mesh lockers, insert £1 or token close the door and remove the key. To open insert and turn the key, £1 / token will be returned and the key retained. Mesh and vented door lockers are for use to assist with drying wet weather gear. Mesh lockers require the user to supply a padlock.

Lockers are to be used for the shift being worked, please be considerate to colleagues and clear the locker at the end of each shift. Please note padlocks may be removed (cut off) if staff fail to free up lockers at the end of each shift for use by other staff.

Lockers

In addition to the lockers in the central staff changing rooms, a range of different sized lockers are provided within Department Staff Changing Rooms and a number of departments. For guidance on how to access departmental lockers, contact your line manager.

Department Staff Changing Rooms

Some departments have dedicated changing areas located within their service areas. These include: Catering, Emergency Department, Theatres and Imaging Departments.