Working for us
Talk to anyone who has used the NHS, and it is the people who looked after them that they will remember. Those working in the NHS will talk about the amazing people who provide care and treatment. We are proud to have been awarded a range of accreditation in recognition of our positive employment practice. Alongside being a Disability Confident Employer, we've also signed the Armed Forces Covenant and our People Strategy sets out our plan for delivering One Culture of Care for all our colleagues.
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values will be at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They have been developed with input from our colleagues and they provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work, set the tone for our culture, and identify what we care about.
They will help build a common purpose and understanding which will ultimately support inclusion, belonging and great working relationships.
You will see these values and behaviours pop up in your regular discussions with your manager, your appraisal, in recruitment, and your development. We will even be developing our own values and behaviours charter around how we want to support one another and our patients.
Find out more - Our Vision, Values and Behaviours - CHFT (cht.nhs.uk)
Our People Strategy
This People Strategy sets out our plan for delivering One Culture of Care for all our colleagues. It’s been co-created with feedback from colleagues who have told us ‘lets create an organisation that is known for One Culture of Care’. It’s a bottom-up, co-created, document that supports our patients, service users, colleagues and the community.
The People Strategy focuses on 6 main chapters.
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Health and Wellbeing
- Engagement
- Improvement
- Talent Management
- Workforce Design
One culture of care is about caring for each other in the same way we care for our patients. That means that it is as important for us to look after ourselves and be kind and compassionate to our colleagues as it is to provide compassionate care to our patients.
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Colleague benefits
Salary
- Clear, transparent & rewarding pay structure, rising each year with your experience
Taking a Break
- Excellent annual leave entitlement: 27 days, rising to 29 after five years’ NHS service and rising to 33 after 10 years’ service.
- Career breaks available
- Special leave policies (carers, compassionate, study, medical, public duties, jury, military)
Saving for Retirement
- NHS Pension Scheme – excellent package of pension benefits, fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
- Flexible retirement scheme
Flexible Benefits
- Car Scheme
- Childcare (Childcare Vouchers for existing staff, Tax Free Childcare for new staff)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Training and Development
- Professional leadership arrangements
- Multi-disciplinary libraries and learning centres
- Fantastic opportunities for enhancing your learning and development
- Staff newsletter, intranet and internet access widely available
- Mentors
- Staff networks
Discounts
- Variety of discounts from local attractions and businesses
- Long service awards and gifts
- Staff lottery
Health and Wellbeing
- Occupational health service
- Health and wellbeing support
- Wellbeing Ambassadors
- Confidential staff counselling service
- Flexible working practices
- Chaplaincy service
- Childcare facilities, including childcare teams, nurseries and out of school clubs
- Membership and close working relationships with staff side organisations
The Workforce Benefits Services provides support and information for colleagues across the Trust. They administer all applications for maternity/paternity/shared parental leave/adoption leave and help staff access high quality, affordable childcare. There are a number of salary sacrifice/benefit schemes which are managed by the service, including the Car Scheme, Childcare (Childcare Vouchers for existing staff, Tax Free Childcare for new staff), and Cycle to Work Scheme.
The Benefits team also works with local business to offer colleague discounts from gym memberships to meals out. As a CHFT colleague you are also entitled to Health Service Discounts and the Blue Light Card.
Health and Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing covers things like the quality and safety of our working environment, right through to how we feel about our work and our contribution to our organisation. Good health and wellbeing makes us more productive at work as well as being strongly linked to happiness and life satisfaction.
Good health and wellbeing results in better morale, involvement and motivation. If we are unwell, we’ll be supported to recover or to help us to not go off sick in the first place. We’ll be better at supporting people with disabilities or people who are at the older end of our workforce to continue to add their value and contributions.
From the outset, all new starters complete an occupational health questionnaire to ensure that any necessary adjustments are made to the working environment based on any mental or physical health issues or disability. Ongoing, the Welling Advisers and Occupational Health are on hand to provide ongoing support for any acute or chronic health conditions that may arise during employment.
There is also a dedicated Health and Wellbeing space for colleagues to access to get support with a number of different services and advice, including smoking cessation, sleep, increasing physical activity, mindfulness, mental health support and specific men and women’s health.
Our one culture of care is able ensuring we wrap support arounds our colleagues and make it clear that it’s ok not to be ok and support is available when you need it.
Inclusivity and Staff Networks
We recognise that the people who work for us are our greatest asset and when they feel supported and happy in work this positivity reaches those very people we are here for patients.
We are committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive organisation and ensuring that we harness the talents of all our staff fully. One of the ways we wish to support this is through the development of specific staff networks that contribute to addressing and solving problems for all under-represented and disadvantaged groups and individuals within our organisation.
We believe our staff networks offer a place for staff to come together, share experiences and facilitate learning and development. Networks assist in the shaping and delivery of our strategies, policies and worked with us to improve staff experience.
We’re committed to ensuring Equality and Diversity (E&D) is at the heart of what we do at CHFT. That’s why E&D is one of our 6 priorties in our People Strategy.
We are a Disability Confident employer where applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the role are guaranteed a job interview. CHFT engages with the disabled community too via Project Search; a Transition-to-Work Programme for young people with significant learning disabilities (school or college students who are in their last year of education). This is a business-led, one-year employment preparation programme that takes place entirely on our CHFT footprint with the aim of securing employment for 70% of the interns.
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