Staff Members Hospital Full Time Support Working Noun Stɑːf

• medical/nursing/teaching/coaching staff
• the hospital staff cared for me so well.
• there are 12 full-time researchers plus technicians and other support staff.
• female staff members

staff

1. all the workers employed in an organization considered as a group
• SEE ALSO ground staff
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ground-staff
• medical/nursing/teaching/coaching staff
• The hospital staff cared for me so well.
• There are 12 full-time researchers plus technicians and other support staff.
• female staff members
• part-time members of staff
• to employ/recruit/hire/train staff
• He joined the editorial staff in 2018.
• We are suffering from an IT staff shortage.
• The company has a good reputation for staff training.
• We have a weekly staff meeting.
• a reporter on the staff of ‘The Times’

Extra Examples

• Robbie Keane has joined the coaching staff.
• Junior medical staff take samples for blood grouping.
• The school has 1 300 plus students and just over 100 teaching staff.
• A spokesperson said that the bank expects to make 15  000 staff redundant over the next three years.
• There was a meeting of senior staff at the Home Office.
• The event was organized by staff from several museum departments.
• The bar staff are all young and cool-looking.
• The bar staff is very professional.
• A member of staff asked us to leave.
• Office staff arrived to find there had been a break-in.
• Some orchestras have had to cut the number of players and administrative staff.
• Highly trained staff have been laid off.
• They employ a staff of 40 researchers.
• They have difficulty recruiting and retaining staff.
• She has the power to hire and fire staff.
• Properly training staff is vital to the success of a small business.
• Universities were asked to report on research activity among academic staff.
• Companies who treat their employees right have lower staff turnover.
• Staff morale is very low.
• We had lunch in the staff canteen.
• He's a staff writer (= employed on a regular salary, not paid by the piece) for The New Yorker.
• a staff position at ‘Life’ magazine
• She's a staff scientist at the Research Institute.
• He's a staff attorney for the Federal Trade Commission.
• I've heard they're recruiting staff at the moment.
• She has been on the staff of the hospital for most of her working life.
• Some companies are struggling to retain skilled staff.
• Specialist training is necessary for staff carrying out this work.
• The company has a staff of fifty.
• The hospital is freezing staff appointments as part of its cutbacks.
• The staff are working under pressure.
• There are only four full-time members of staff in the company.
• There is separate staff accommodation for the housekeeper.
• They pay their staff by cheque.
• a staff person for a government agency
• a staff report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee
• staff appointed to the project
• the campaign staff of President Bush
• the medical staff who treated him during his confinement
• I have ten staff working for me.
• I tend not to eat in the staff restaurant.
• The store is closed for staff development.
• Three staff members were suspended after the incident.
2. the people who work at a school, college or university, but who do not teach students
• Students, faculty and staff were all men in those days.
3. a group of senior army officers who help a commanding officer
• SEE ALSO chief of staff
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/chief-of-staff
• a staff officer
4. a long stick used as a support when walking or climbing, as a weapon, or as a symbol of authority
5. a set of five lines on which music is written
6. a basic food, especially bread

Word Origin

• Old English stæf (in sense (4)), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch staf and German Stab.