Building on Success - Shaping Opportunities Ahead

1. Building on Success - Shaping Opportunities Ahead Jan Maw PND Advisors OHN RCN

2. Building on Success • OHN Career and Competency Framework • Welfare Reforms • Health, Work & Wellbeing Strategy • National Director for OH • Witness for Work & Health Commissioning • Influencing decisions at NMC • Influencing debate at HSE • E-SOHN • Recognition and awards

3. OHN Activities • FOHNEU/ RCN OH Euro Group • HOHNEU project - as a member of FOHNEU and on the Research and Education group, we have been providing information and guidance to lead developers • Meetings with the RCN PH Nurses group - working closer together with them on mutual issues e.g. pandemic flu • RoSPA Awards panel • Professional Organisations in Occupational Safety and Health (POOSH) we continue to be actively involved in this group ensuring the voice of OH Nursing is heard. • RCN Forum Chairs day. • DPP/WiPP/Warwick Medical School debate panel on the 'In health and in work - effective alternatives to sickness certification' conference in Nottingham 8th November.  • Attendance at SOM Dinner and IOSH dinner and awards. • Meeting with Donald Bruce the new President of SOM to discuss working closer together and to discuss SOHN running a joint study day with SOM next year. • Bill Gunnyeon and Carol Black seeking meetings with SOHN Chair.

4. Health, work & well-beingShaping Opportunities • Skilled workforce – not enough qualified OHN therefore need to support non-qualified nurses working in OH settings through co-ordinated bridge of learning in core skills • Skills use – many OHN still tied to routine screening roles • Influence the OH Technician role, preparation & lines of accountability • Skills acquisition – need to influence NMC & OHN educators to include in curriculum for Registration as PH OHN the skills identified in the strategy. • CPD – need access to short, flexible, e-learning modules on key strategy issues such as Case Management; Mental health; Rehabilitation; outcome measures of HP programmes etc

5. Health, work & well-beingShaping Opportunities • Closer relationships with all other stakeholders who support working age population – GP, PN, CMHN, NHS in/outpatients services, Social Services Care etc • The Med 3 debate • Exploring ways to fast-track or implement workplace treatments & rehab • Tackling the tax burden “benefit in kind” • Dealing with minor health problems in work - ? prescribing role • Case management – supporting earlier, flexible return to work • Implementing AND Evaluating workplace health promotion strategies • Advise of workplace adaptations & flexi time • Support for older & migrant workers

6. Health, work & well-beingShaping Opportunities • Set a Corporate Attendance Target (95% - 97%) • Set “entry criteria” (number of days) for trigger of a “Capability Assessment” • Focus on “top ten” cases per Unit / Department • Menu of options for Managers • Build Attendance into Line Manager Appraisals • Support with local Attendance Management Groups, chaired by Senior Management • Action plans and strategic planning co-ordinated by Health, Work & Wellbeing Board

7. Health, work & well-beingShaping Opportunities • Increased skills in management & support of minor MH problems • Reporting occupational health & safety performance as part of business performance through HSE’s Corporate Health & Safety Performance Indicator • Focusing on health and ability apposed to ill health & incapacity • Working with and developing the roles of workplace safety reps • Better sickness absence monitoring & data collection • Working with HR & Managers to hep in early identification of health issues & earlier interventions

8. The X-FactorIn no particular order – the Summary • Champions – OHN Regional Nurse Consultants & OHN National Chief Nurse • Funded interventions = tax liability therefore negotiate tax exemption • Issue of employers attitudes to employment of disabled and sick people and their reluctance to see phased returns to work or adaptations to the workplace under the DDA • Absence management policies + training of managers in “return to work” interviews • Units and managers to budget for rehabilitation • Focus on functionality not diagnosis = diagnosis becomes almost irrelevant • Target through data analysis • Fast track benefits = ROI • Knowing what success looks like • OHN plus employment advisers in GP practices. • Training, support, capacity and competence to deliver the agenda – proper commissioning – national standards • National audit – consistency; use of skilled specialist; use of skill mix • CPD opportunities – think out of the NMC box!

9. The X-FactorIn no particular order – the Summary • Get political! • Get involved! • Get heard! • Make a Difference!