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Most nursing staff are underpaid and undervalued. Learn about your pay, terms, and conditions. Know your value as a nurse and be your best advocate for fair compensation.
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Pay Tracey Roberts South West Regional Communications Manager Royal College of Nursing
Nursing pay • Most nursing staff are underpaid and many feel undervalued. • Pay isn’t everything but it helps. • It’s not just about the money ££, your terms and conditions matter too.
Knowledge is power • Do you know what your contract says about your pay, termsand conditions? • Does your job description accurately reflect what you do? • Do you know how your pay compares to others?
Know your value • Don’t minimise the impact your role and you have on your patients. • Realise your potential. • Delegate things you don’t need to do so you can do the things your patients need you to do. • Be your best advocate • Get help!
Current AfC pay rates https://www.rcn.org.uk/employment-and-pay/nhs-pay-scales-2017-18
Band 5 Job Evaluation www.nhsemployers.org/your-workforce/pay-and-reward/job-evaluation/national-job-profiles/nursing-and-midwifery
National pay negotiations • GPs are private employers so don’t pay AfC, however • National pay is a benchmark you can refer to in negotiating your own pay, terms and conditions • Austerity is a choice that we should challenge. • Joint union ask is inflation plus lump sum
Sustainability and Transformation Programmes (STPs) • Integrated services – ACO/ACS • Integrated services to serve the community of the footprint - theory v. reality • Health Select Committee is currently reviewing them
The RCN • RCN Direct 0345 772 6100 Seven days a week 8am – 8pm • Practice Nurse Forum • Regional newsletter
www.qni.org.uk/resources/general-practice-nursing-21st-century/www.qni.org.uk/resources/general-practice-nursing-21st-century/
www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-005336www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-005336
www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-004836www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-004836
www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-004583www.rcn.org.uk/professional-development/publications/pub-004583
Influencing the RCN • Get Involved • Join your forum • Lobby the forum • Lobby your representatives • Attend RCN Congress • Get active
Contacts • RCN Direct – for all advice and initial contact should you require representation 0345 772 6100 • Helen Hancox, Senior Regional Officer, RCN South West • Tracey Roberts, Regional Communications Manager, tracey.roberts@rcn.org.uk
Social media • Twitter • @RCNSouth West – Regional account • @RCNSWComms – Tracey Roberts • @SusanMastersRCN – SW Regional Director • Facebook – • Regional - www.facebook.com/RCNSouthWest/ • Devon - www.facebook.com/groups/RCNDevon/