Advice for staff

The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are recent onset of new continuous cough,  and/or fever/high temperature and/or loss or changed sense of normal smell or taste (Anosmia).

Up-to-date information for professionals is available at NHS Inform.

Up-to-date advice on self-isolation, social distancing and shielding is available from NHS Inform.

Face Covering requirements from 5 August 2020 

Face coverings must be worn to enter and move around all Hospital and Hotel public areas from
Wednesday 5 August 2020.

Staff, contractors, patients and visitors must wear a face covering:

• to enter the Hospital or Hotel,
• in corridors, lifts and stairwells, and
• in Golden Bistro*, Cafe Latte and the Shop

Clinical staff should continue to wear fluid resistant surgical masks throughout their shift.

Thank you for your cooperation.

* Face coverings should only be removed when eating/drinking in the Golden Bistro dining room.

Contacting Occupational Health

Any member of staff who has symptoms must stay at home and call their line manager and, during office hours, call Occupational Health.

To help triage calls to best support all of our staff, please contact the Occupational Health Department either by telephoning extension 5435 and leaving a message including your name and contact number or emailing occ.health@gjnh.scot.nhs.uk

The team will aim to return calls and reply to emails by the end of each day.

Priority Testing Requests

NHS Golden Jubilee is following national guidance for testing of essential workers and members of their household who have symptoms.

Testing of staff and household members should take place in the first three days after the onset of symptoms and no later than five days after onset.

To help ensure the earliest identification of clusters/outbreaks of COVID-19 relating to staff, all staff must:

• Contact their manager as soon as they develop any symptoms that may be related to COVID-19, even if they are currently off shift or on leave.
• Arrange to be tested as soon as possible through the following link:
• https://www.gov.uk/get-coronavirus-test
• Advise their manager and Occupational Health as soon as they have their results, even if they are off shift or on leave.

COVID-19 Vaccine

Information about the COVID-19 Vaccine

Useful links

Advice for NHS Golden Jubilee patients
NHS Inform guidance and self-help tool
Scottish Government daily updates
Travel advice and country specific information
UK Government response
Joint statement with Scottish Government in response to recent media reports
Changes to visiting
NHS Golden Jubilee staff Health and Wellbeing Resources Directory

Coronavirus (COVID-19) documents for staff

Download individual files of a full zip package by clicking on the zip file at the top of the list.