Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Nursing

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Nursing & Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Working in Partnership with your HR Department Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Staff Governance • staff are central to achieving the aims of NHSScotland good people management is vital • “staff governance focuses on how NHSScotland staff are managed, and feel they are managed, by one of Scotland’s largest employers” (SEHD, 2007) • staff governance is a system of corporate accountability for the fair and effective management of all staff and is key to the effective and efficient delivery of services Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Staff Governance (2) • staff governance standard sets out what each NHSScotland employer must achieve in order to improve continuously in relation to the fair and effective management of staff. • implicit in the standard is that all legal obligations are met, including NHS employers complying with current employment legislation, and that all policies and agreements are implemented (SEHD, 2007) Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Staff Governance Standards Staff governance has five key standards which employers will be required to deliver, entitling staff to be: – well informed – appropriately trained – involved in decisions which affect them – treated fairly and consistently – provided with an improved and safe working environment Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning PIN Guidelines • • • dealing with employee concerns dignity at work: eliminating bullying and harassment from the workplace equal opportunities policies facilities arrangements management of employee conduct personal development planning and review fixed-term contracts management of employee capability managing health at work redeployment secondment supporting the work-life balance Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Defined Components of HR Management • • • HR strategy change management organisational development day to day employee relations terms and conditions of employment resourcing workforce planning workforce remodelling job analysis and design • • • employee appraisal secondments absence management reward and recognition flexible benefits post grading pay and benefits administration employee recognition schemes health & safety policy and procedures Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning Defined Components of HR Management (2) • agency and other contingent labour • recruitment and selection • redeployment and transfers • individual performance management • redundancy • competency and skills planning/frameworks • performance standards • pay and reward strategy • • incident management compliance and inspection regime payroll administration equality and diversity in the delivery of services delivery of occupational health assessment and testing delivery of employee assistance and welfare Quality Education for a healthier Scotland