5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Annual ... - Monitor

Workforce Management and Experience
This theme relates to how we to plan to attract and develop our people so that
they are able to deliver a high-quality service.
What have we done against this Strategic Objective in 2011/12?
Developing Future Workforce Resourcing and Development Plans
This objective has been fully met. During the reporting year the Trust
continued to work closely with all operational business streams to develop
workforce and resourcing plans. These plans facilitate the accurate prediction
of workforce requirements, ensuring that the Trust recruits, utilises, manages
and develops staff in the most effective way.
The Trust has successfully rolled out Electronic Self-Serve for the use of
inputting sickness absence and enrolling on training courses. Self-serve has
allowed managers to take greater control of managing sickness absence -
inputting real-time data in a timelier manner and having access to more up-todate
information. It has also greatly improved the ease with which staff can
manage their training requirements by having the ability to directly enrol on to
training courses.
Additionally, the Trust continues to utilise the North West Strategic Health
Authority’s Workforce Information Portal - electronic Workforce Information
Network (eWIN). This workforce portal for NHS North West healthcare
organisations has been developed to support North West organisations to
deliver high-quality healthcare and to continue to develop a world-class
workforce. It gives access to a wide range of intelligence including
benchmarking data, innovative case studies and research reports - helping to
demonstrate the wealth of workforce developments taking place across the
North West.
The Trust was shortlisted for an award for its use of e-WIN at the North West
Human Resources Development Conference annual Human Resources
Awards.
Ensuring our people are up-to-date with Mandatory Training
This objective has been partially met. In 2011-12 we introduced CAST (Core
And Statutory Training) a new way of delivering mandatory training. This
week-long programme has been designed following feedback from clinical
staff to make our training more flexible and therefore easier to attend and
complete. In addition to attending all the face-to-face core and statutory
training during the CAST week, staff are able to complete e-learning
programmes on-site. During the CAST week our colleagues from
Occupational Health provide health and well-being briefings and interventions
including drop-in flu vaccinations, weight management and general health
advice.
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