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Agenda for Change

Agenda for Change. Gloria Barber Workforce Lead. In this presentation. Why Agenda for Change (AFC) Headlines and overview Pay and Terms and Conditions Job Evaluation and the Knowledge and Skills Frame (KSF). Why Agenda for Change. FAIR PAY ; equal pay for work of equal value

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Agenda for Change

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  1. Agenda for Change Gloria Barber Workforce Lead

  2. In this presentation • Why Agenda for Change (AFC) • Headlines and overview • Pay and Terms and Conditions • Job Evaluation and the Knowledge and Skills Frame (KSF)

  3. Why Agenda for Change FAIR PAY; equal pay for work of equal value FACILITATING the -Development of people and their skills -Development of roles and career pathways -New ways of working to make better use of peoples’ skills for the benefit of patients EOC

  4. EOC Advertisement“Prepare your daughter for working life – give her less pocket money than your son” After 31 years of Equal Pay, women’s pay is still 18% lower than men’s

  5. Headlines • Modernisation of pay in the NHS • Will cover over 1 million • Doctors and Board level managers excluded • Common Pay Spine • Based on job evaluation • Harmonised terms and conditions

  6. Pay • 9 pay bands • Pay points within bands • Progression through bands normal but not automatic • ‘Gateways’ within bands linked to KSF • Protection for anyone who loses overall

  7. Terms and Conditions • Replaces Whitley Councils • Harmonised terms and conditions • Standard Working Week of 37.5 hours • Overtime at time and a half (Bank holidays x 2) • Annual leave 27 days rising to 33 plus bank holidays

  8. Premia • Fringe = 5% of basic pay with minimum £799 and maximum £1385 • Recruitment and Retention premia, long or short term, up to a maximum of 30% of salary

  9. Job Evaluation Consists of -Factors -Factor level definitions ( factors broken down into defined levels which reflect distinct and broadly equal steps in demand -Scoring system

  10. Job Evaluation • 16 factors • In 3 families • Knowledge and skills • Responsibilities • Effort and environment

  11. The Factors Knowledge and Skills 1. Communication and Relationship skills 2. Knowledge, Training and Experience 3. Analytical and Judgemental Skills 4. Planning and Organisational Skills 5. Physical Skills

  12. The Factors cont/d Responsibilities 6. Patient/Client Care 7. Policy/Service Development/Implementation 8. Financial and Physical Resources 9. Human Resources 10. Information Resources 11. Research and Development 12. Freedom to Act

  13. The Factors cont/d Effort and Environment 13. Physical Effort 14. Mental Effort 15. Emotional Effort 16. Working Conditions

  14. Agenda for Change • Provides - a fair pay system for all staff; improved morale, recruitment and retention - underpin new roles; help motivate and support staff to develop new roles and ways of working - enabling team working; facilitating patient access to services

  15. Assimilation • Following evaluation all jobs will enter new band at nearest point above current salary. • Basic salary before assimilation is the basic pay on the effective assimilation date plus any job evaluation related allowances.

  16. Protection Where the combined value of payments before assimilation remains greater than the combined value of the payments after assimilation, the former level of pay will be protected

  17. The way forward • Strong encouragement from Ministers that AfC should be implemented in Primary Care • Develop an infrastructure to support implementation • Consider realistic timescales • Benefit Realisation

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