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Staff from the hospital's Intensive Care Unit have challenged their colleagues to a dance-off in a bid to keep spirits up among frontline workers.
After showing off a routine to the tune of 'You've got a friend in me' from the Toy Story soundtrack, the ICU team have passed the baton to their colleagues in Raynor Ward to strut their stuff.
The Government of Jersey shared the video on its Facebook page, saying: "Colleagues in the General Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are showing the importance of keeping their spirits high and team morale by taking part in the Dance Off Challenge.
"The challenge is aimed at teams within Health and Community Services, and ICU have nominated Raynor Ward as the next team to show off their dance skills."
Video: The ICU got creative with their video, creating a backdrop and clouds mirroring the Toy Story style.
The videos will be shared with the #DanceOffJSY tag, and islanders will be invited to vote for their favourite video and the care team with the best moves by giving it a ‘like’.
The ICU video has already been seen over 11,000 times and received over 350 likes.
But the dance-off isn't the only way health workers have been keeping positivity levels high in the hospital.
Colleagues on the Sorel Ward, which is looking after covid-19 virus patients, come together to destress each day for three minutes.
Described as the 'Sorel Covid Shakedown', the daily session involves staff ranging from doctors and nurses to physios, health care assistants and even chefs, join together for a relaxing stretch, squat and shake.
The Sorel Covid shakedown. We are incredibly busy but self care matters - each day we de-stress for 3 mins. Physio, Drs, Nurses, Hcas, Domestics and Chef coming together. At a distance #moveovercorona @lvjourneaux @GovJersey @becksherrington @ChiefNurseJsy @AliceHa24691387 pic.twitter.com/d3kvrTEfbj
— Sorel Ward JGH (@WardJgh) March 31, 2020
But as well as spreading joy among each other, staff also hoping to still keep patients smiling - something trickier when PPE gets in the way of usual facial expressions.
To overcome this hurdle, staff have since started attaching photos of themselves to their gowns.
"A smile can make the world of difference. We want our patients to be comforted and see our faces, not just a wall of PPE," Sorel Ward tweeted, praising Chief Nurse Rose Naylor for the "brilliant idea".
A smile can make the world of difference, We want our patients to be comforted & see our faces, not just a wall of PPE, brilliant idea shared by @ChiefNurseJsy to attach a pic to gowns #wecare @GovJersey @becksherrington @jessiem11898218 @AliceHall100 @ceri39717927 @laurenlowe_ pic.twitter.com/dgHhibyZpv
— Sorel Ward JGH (@WardJgh) April 8, 2020
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