Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Chief Nurse Fellow Programme

"Innovative Trust leadership programme the ‘chief nurse fellow programme’ cements links from ‘floor to board’. We’re the first NHS Trust to offer a multiprofessional training programme that is thinking outside the box when developing our future nursing leaders. The programme offers nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants, allied health professionals and healthcare scientists (bands 2 to 9) the opportunity to work with the chief nurse and senior managers for a week at our Trust. The programme has a huge success with frontline staff who have completed it being more confident about giving us feedback to improve our corporate/clinical decision-making processes. "

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Universal Family Programme

"Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (BWC) plays a critical role in supporting care leavers to flourish by providing pathways into employment and education. The programme recognises the importance of providing a welcoming, inclusive and progressive range of learning and employment opportunities for care leavers living in our local communities to develop their potential and flourish."

North West London Virtual Hospital
NWLVH workforce strategy

"The NWLVH workforce strategy is a ""yes"" based approach to all workforce domains, focussing particularly on: 1. the recruitment of clinical staff from any professional background who are otherwise unable to work in a frontline role due to ill health (or any other reason) 2. the promotion of and commitment to genuinely flexible working practices, including remote working, for all staff 3. an inclusive, proactive and practical approach to staff wellbeing 4. the development of a digitally skilled workforce for the benefit of the system and the wider NHS "

Practice Plus Group, Health in Justice (HiJ) division
Igniting passion, influencing perceptions, and promoting positive outcomes for all within Health in Justice at Practice Plus Group

"For our colleagues, Health in Justice (HiJ) is a passion; yet societal perceptions mean that the impact of our work often falls under the radar, which can impact staff wellbeing and morale. However, the pride we feel in our teams is unwavering. This is reflected in the support mechanisms, career development, and wellbeing offer we have put in place to protect our colleagues, to nurture their sense of purpose, and to promote their exceptional work. As a result, and despite working in often challenging environments, 91% of our colleagues enjoy the work they do within HiJ at Practice Plus Group."

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
A Joy in Work approach to Nurse Recruitment and Retention

"The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust fosters a supportive environment for Nursing Colleagues. We offer support for early career nurses including restorative clinical supervision, health and wellbeing and quality improvement. We support autonomy through our expending Team Rostering programme (9 inpatient wards and counting) and leadership development from Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW), and more senior nurses to have a continuous leadership development programme. We have also focused on the hierarchy of needs with a new colleagues changing room and lockers. Our support to nursing colleagues is demonstrating improvements in our clinical outcomes including the transformation of our patient experience. "

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Quality Strategy - a focus on our safety critical workforce

"Through the development of our new Quality Strategy we devised a structured programme to attract and retain staff to stabilise our safety critical nursing and midwifery (MW) workforce. In 2021/22 we had vacancies of circa 450 registered nurses, 300 healthcare support workers and 75 midwives; and turnover and sickness rates were consistently higher than peers. We have now achieved zero vacancies in all these groups. Over the last 2 years RN and MW sickness has reduced by up to 4.7%; turnover for RN’s, healthcare support workers and midwives has reduced by over 4%."