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NHS Employers

183 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago -

NHS Employers is the employers’ organisation for the NHS in England. We help employers to develop a sustainable workforce, improve staff experience and be the best employers they can be.

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Episodes

Compassion is a four letter word - the importance of teams in staff experience

March 19, 2014 09:38 - 19 minutes - 27.2 MB

Paul Taylor from NHS Employers explores compassion and the importance of teams in staff experience.

Virtual Board: Holding up the mirror - Amanda Oates

March 13, 2014 11:18 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MB

In the final podcast from our virtual board, Amanda Oates, director of workforce at Mersey Care NHS Trust talks about holding up the mirror and why staff should practise what they preach to patients in relation to health and wellbeing. Amanda also discusses how making health and wellbeing initiatives accessible, simple and fun can have a positive impact on staff engagement and how taking a strategic approach and embedding wellbeing into governance frameworks is also linked to success.

Dean Royles & Victor Adebowale – HR in the NHS

March 06, 2014 16:17 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MB

In this new podcast, Dean Royles talks to Victor Adebowale, chief executive of Turning Point and non-executive director at NHS England. They discuss the leadership challenges facing the NHS today and the important role of HR.

Virtual boards - Clive Lewis

March 05, 2014 11:01 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MB

In this podcast Clive Lewis, non-executive director at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust highlights the importance of the role that managers play in dealing with staff health and wellbeing. He talks about offering managers training in having difficult conversations with staff and how changing the focus from sickness absence to productivity can make staff feel valued.

Dean Royles talks about the new social media toolkit for the NHS

February 28, 2014 11:56 - 5 minutes - 7.28 MB

NHS Employers chief executive Dean Royles talks through the free social media toolkit for the NHS, which contains all you need as a communications lead, team or organisation for your first six months using social media.

Virtual boards: Claire Johnston

February 27, 2014 14:20 - 25 minutes - 34.6 MB

Listen to Claire Johnston, Director of Nursing and People at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust talking about the importance of not losing sight of the compassion you must show to your staff. In light of the recent Francis, Berwick and Keogh reports it is crucial to have health and wellbeing linked through all your organisational strategies.

Virtual Boards – Michael Marsh

February 20, 2014 11:46 - 10 minutes - 14.7 MB

Listen to Dr Michael Marsh, Medical Director at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust in our latest podcast talking about how playing to individuals' interests will increase engagement and how they have linked with their local university and community to launch their 'Life Lab'.

DoODcast episode two - February 2014

February 20, 2014 10:00 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MB

Episode two of DoODcast. In ten minutes or less we bring you a round-up from the Do OD team on what has happened this month and what's coming up.

Virtual Boards - Jeff Buggle

February 10, 2014 15:51 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MB

Listen to Jeff Buggle, Director of Finance & Performance Management at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust talking about how to build a robust business case for investment in staff health and wellbeing, the importance of learning to speak your boards language and showing the impact on the bottom line...

Virtual Boards - Steve Shrubb

February 03, 2014 11:33 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MB

Hear the personal stories of our Virtual Board members in a series of podcasts about how they have implemented staff wellbeing initiatives in their organisations and what has inspired them to lead the way. This week we feature Steve Shrubb, Chief Executive at West London Mental Health NHS Trust in his podcast titled 'Informed, Involved, Engaged.' Visit our latest news page for more details.

DoODcast episode one - meet the team, January 2014

February 03, 2014 10:09 - 9 minutes - 13.2 MB

Launching for 2014, DoODcast is our new monthly podcast from the organisational development (Do OD) team. In ten minutes or less each month we will be bringing you a round-up from the Do OD team on what has happened this month and what's coming up.

Overseas nurse recruitment podcast

January 28, 2014 12:50 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MB

Overseas recruitment may not be as commonly used as in previous years, but due to various NHS workforce shortages across the country, it remains a legitimate solution to ensuring safe staffing levels. Listen to how Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has used overseas recruitment to increase their nurse staffing levels.

Employing young people – addressing the mismatch between employers and young people

December 10, 2013 10:47 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MB

NHS Employers encourages organisations to help young people on their journey into work, but recognises there are certain barriers that can prevent young people from entering the labour market. In this podcast Gill Bellord (NHS Employers), Dr Anthony Mann (Education and Employers Taskforce) and Laura Mangan (Education Charity Brightside) discuss how employers can make their recruitment more youth friendly and highlight some of the benefits of employing young people.

NHS Employers virtual board - panel discussion

November 25, 2013 10:52 - 35 minutes - 48.7 MB

NHS Employers talks to members of the NHS Employers Virtual Board who took part in a panel discussion in August 2013. Questions were developed by members of the health and wellbeing network who attended the discussion session. This is one in a series of podcasts with the panel.

Recruit for values: Start as you mean to go on - University College London Hospitals

November 04, 2013 16:06 - 26 minutes - 36 MB

In this podcast, Hanna Murphy (NHS Employers) speaks to Claire London and Jeremy Over from University College London Hospitals about the work they have been doing to embed values in their recruitment (and other HR) policies for different staff groups.

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust recruitment of Healthcare Assistants with Jobcentre Plus

October 18, 2013 09:39 - 8 minutes - 11.5 MB

Head of Nursing and Patient Experience, Anne Cleary, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust knows how challenging it can be recruiting for the critical role of Healthcare Assistant. In this podcast, Anne talks about the ongoing and successful partnership the trust has with its local JCP along with Anna Bittle, Employer Adviser at JCP. Presented by Liz Eddy, Head of Skills in Employment at NHS Employers [email protected]

Podcast with Helene Donnelly, Ambassador for Cultural Change

October 14, 2013 11:49 - 8 minutes - 11.2 MB

Caroline Waterfield, Head of Employment Services at NHS Employers met with Helene Donnelly, Ambassador for cultural change at Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust to discuss Helene's Ambassador role. Helene talks about the role, why it was established, how it works in practise and the benefits of the role for encouraging staff to raise concerns at work.

Recruit for values: Start as you mean to go on - Bradford District Care Trust

October 14, 2013 11:27 - 21 minutes - 29 MB

In this podcast, we meet Steve Keyes and Lisa Michelangeli, and they tell us what they have been doing to introduce values based recruitment practices at Bradford District Care Trust.

Recruit for values: Start as you mean to go on - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

October 01, 2013 09:21 - 10 minutes - 14.7 MB

In a series of podcasts, NHS Employers talks to organisations who have implemented recruitment policies and practices which allow them to test candidates for their values, attitudes and behaviours. We find out what they have been doing, and what impact it is having for their staff, service and patients. In this episode Hanna Murphy (NHS Employers) meets Jo Durkin (Oxford University Hospitals) about how they have changed their interviews to assess people’s values.

Recruit for values: Start as you mean to go on - York Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

October 01, 2013 09:18 - 5 minutes - 7.68 MB

In a series of podcasts, NHS Employers talks to organisations who have implemented recruitment policies and practices which allow them to test candidates for their values, attitudes and behaviours. We find out what they have been doing, and what impact it is having for their staff, service and patients. In this episode Lydia Larcum (York Teaching Hospitals) tells Hanna Murphy (NHS Employers) how they are assessing prospective support and senior staff for their values.

Healthcare science apprenticeships, the benefits for trusts and apprentices

September 11, 2013 15:08 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MB

Rachel Dean, Programme Lead for healthcare science & international recruitment at NHS Employers meets Gill Crankshaw, Acting General Manager, Dorothy Walmsley, Pathology Training and Education Manager and apprentice Mark Bentley from the Royal Preston Hospital to discuss the benefits of apprenticeships and finds out what it is like to be an apprentice working in a pathology lab.

Do OD - The Art of the Possible

August 30, 2013 09:10 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MB

Our second Do OD pODcast tells the story of one organisation, Bradford District Care Trust, and how they have put Organisational Development at the heart of their business and patients at the heart of everything they do. It’s a fascinating story that involves opera singers, cheerleaders and working women. It’s a story about the art of the possible. Find out more and listen to the podcast.

Tri-panel call for evidence

July 03, 2013 13:14 - 10 minutes - 14.8 MB

We talk to Gail Adams, Head of Nursing UNISON and Kevin McAleese CBE, Chair for NHS Employers about the working longer review - call for evidence which launched on 24 June 2013.

Working longer review

June 14, 2013 11:32 - 5 minutes - 7.28 MB

The Working Longer Review group will be launching a national call for evidence from the 24 June until 5 September 2013. Find out more about the call for evidence and what kind of evidence could be submitted.

NHSE National Training Survey June 2013

June 11, 2013 14:38 - 12 minutes - 17 MB

Dean Royles talks to Niall Dickson, chief executive and registrar of the General Medical Council, about the findings of the National Training Survey 2013 and its implications for employers.

Capsticks - pay progression and appraisals: Kelvin Cheatle

May 31, 2013 14:38 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MB

Kelvin Cheatle from Capsticks talks about pay progression and appraisals from a practical perspective for NHS organisations.

Capsticks - pay progression and appraisals: Andrew Davidson

May 31, 2013 13:55 - 8 minutes - 11.3 MB

Andrew Davidson from Capsticks talks about the legal challenges around pay progression and appraisals for NHS organisations.

Dean Royles audio blog podcast, May 2013

May 28, 2013 13:06 - 4 minutes - 6.72 MB

The new NHS education body Health Education England (HEE), has been mandated to give training 'unprecedented importance', backed by a £5bn budget, the mandate will ensure NHS staff have the ‘right values, training, and skills to deliver the very highest quality of care for patients’. Dean's latest audio blog comments on the need for workforce planning at a local level and avoiding a national set ratio getting in the way of multidisciplinary care.

Auto enrolment consultancy service

April 25, 2013 10:05 - 7 minutes - 9.88 MB

Podcast promoting the automatic enrolment consultancy service from NHS Employers.

Defining Organisational Development in a single tweet

April 23, 2013 08:51 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MB

In this first episode , we send Julia Tybura on a mission to find out whether it's possible to define Organisational Development in a single tweet. Along the way Julia learns more about how to use Twitter to network with people all over the world. Special thanks to Jeremy Peters for his expert twitter coaching. We hope you enjoy the podcast. We had a lot of fun making it for you and can't wait for the next one. If you have ideas for future topics or would like to get involved please emai...

Dean Royles slays the five social media myths

April 04, 2013 12:05 - 7 minutes - 10 MB

Dean Royles slays five common social media myths that are preventing NHS organisations engaging with the medium and reaching staff.

Dean Royles blog podcast March 2013

March 28, 2013 13:37 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MB

Dean Royles, Chief Executive at NHS Employers comments on the key topics that are currently on everyone's agenda, including whistleblowing and what actions you can take to support your staff and the Government's initial response to the Francis Report recommendations.

Dean Royles and Jan Sobieraj talk Francis

March 26, 2013 10:34 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MB

Dean Royles Chief Executive at NHS Employers and Jan Sobieraj Managing Director at NHS Leadership Academy talk about the Francis report