Hello, my name is Mark
Mark Cubitt has joined us from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust as a divisional matron. He was previously with Enfield Community Services, which have transferred to North Mid and has worked in the community since 2010. He led on the community inpatients service for Magnolia, Cape Town and Canterbury wards, managing both therapists and nurses.
Mark’s nursing history began as a volunteer in 1982, which led to a HCSW post. From there he started nurse training in Romford and qualified as an Enrolled General Nurse in 1989. He later did a bridging course and registered as a General Nurse in 1991.
Prior to working in the community, he worked in CCU, cardiothoracic surgery and acute admissions (ED) and held ward manager and matron roles in acute medicine at Chase Farm Hospital and Addenbrookes. He became a Queen’s Nurse in 2022.
“Since joining North Mid on April 1, it has been a delight to sense strong engagement and support from people here. The NMUH values are clear, and we are exploring the staff and patients’ welfare agenda. Our teams are welcoming the opportunities being part of North Mid will bring.”
Mark’s memories of nursing in Covid are vivid and he is proud of his team for the way they gelled and for the project work they undertook during the emergency.
“We had over 50 staff deployed to our inpatients team from another Trust and this naturally brought challenges on how to support them while delivering quality care. A spirit of collective working helped us succeed and we also continued with QI projects on reducing the length of stay, falls reduction and delayed discharge. This ethos of collective working and empowering staff is typical of the strength we have in the community and is something we all value and want to keep.
“Some of the additional challenges we had just prior to Covid was that we had just adopted Cape Town ward from the Royal Free into our service and that many staff continued to have a degree of trauma following the sad death of several team members. This sense of loss was further compounded after one of the HCSWs died from Covid. Her story has proved a source of inspiration and in many ways Covid helps us all re-evaluate what nursing means and the need to strive for excellence.”
Here, Mark is relishing an emphasis on developing clinical care, exploring support for patients and developmental opportunities for both staff and services.