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Employment Relations The Issues - Autumn 2011

Employment Relations The Issues - Autumn 2011. Stewards Conference 12 November Josie Irwin Head of Employment Relations. Context. Exceptional and extraordinary times The only constant is change Perceptions Of Nursing Of nurses Relationship between staff and patient experience

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Employment Relations The Issues - Autumn 2011

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  1. Employment RelationsThe Issues - Autumn 2011 Stewards Conference 12 November Josie Irwin Head of Employment Relations

  2. Context • Exceptional and extraordinary times • The only constant is change • Perceptions • Of Nursing • Of nurses • Relationship between staff and patient experience • Staff feeling positive about their working environment are more likely to work efficiently and effectively • Patients report more satisfaction with care • Achieving the best possible deal for members the goal

  3. Changing working lives • Scale of change • 17% experienced new shift patterns, 20% expected it • 15% experienced new roles, 20% expected new roles • 3% down-banded, 7% expected to be down-banded • 32% said nursing would provide secure job for the future (74% 09) • 44% would recommend nursing as a career (60% 09) • 52% said levels of RNs had decreased • 54% said too much time on non-nursing duties (44% 09) • 92% reported regularly working extra hours • Violent assaults on nurses up again

  4. Achieving the best possible deal • NHS Pensions • Pay terms and conditions • Locally holding the line • Nationally seeking to ‘compromise without being compromised’ • Pay Review Body • Challenge of ongoing restraint in inflationary times • Reforms, structural change • Managing transition • Retaining and valuing reps

  5. Proposals for change to AfC • Employers • The system/processes for incremental progression – more explicit link to performance • Effective management of sickness absence – no unsocial hours pay for sickness absence • ‘Flexing the working week’ – changing the time at which USH start and finish • Annual leave - less • Staff side • Sustainable staffing levels – process and principles to support re-profiling & prevent down-banding • Learning and development – protected time

  6. Round Table Discussion

  7. Round Table Discussion

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