Human Resources – Organisational Development

The directorate is represented at the board and led by David Wherrett, Director of Workforce​ and supported by a senior HR team responsible for HR strategy and operational services.    

Operational HR

This service provides expert advice on employee relations issues, organisational change, workforce planning and development provided by a small  team of OD Managers to the clinical divisions and corporate areas

HR Consult

An advice and support service to managers and staff, provided by a small team of HR Advisers it is available Monday to Friday as well access to a 24/7 e-HR  Consult information page covering all aspects employment

Recruitment services

This service provides a comprehensive central recruitment service (non medical)  to managers and candidates ensuring safe recruitment practices are in place

Working for us

HR Governance

• Policy:  Working with Staff Side to ensure a range of policies in place to meet legislation and best practice
• Equality & Diversity Ensuring the Trust meets its responsibilities as well as acting as an exemplar for best practice including co-ordination of E & D Steering Group and E & D Staff Group and external networking & corporate compliance and putting in place interventions/support to divisions.  Ensures HR evidence in place to meet national, regional and local Standards (NHSLA, CQC)
• e-HR Consult: Servicing e-HR Consult; its maintenance and developments

Learning and development

• Care team: Orientation and training of health care assistants and health care support workers
• Employee development: provide a wide range of training to managers and staff including co-ordination of mandatory training
• Work opportunities: provision of Apprenticeship/Cadet programmes, including support to participants, mentors and managers; liaison with schools/colleges, work experience co-ordination and widening access initiatives
• Leadership and management development: Provision of a range of programmes and interventions for supervisors and managers

Workforce Information

Provision of Trust’s workforce information including maintenance and development of the electronic staff register (ESR), Workforce CHQS database and reports for managers and KPI reporting for Board and Divisions/Corporate

Medical Staffing

Provides a full support service to all medical staff in the Trust.

Staff engagement and benefits

• Co-ordination of Trust staff engagement tool and  Annual staff survey
• Staff Award schemes
• Benefit schemes including Salary Sacrifice schemes

Childcare Co-ordination

• Ensuring provision of day nurseries & playschemes
• Childcare Voucher scheme (tax efficient scheme)

Occupational Health (Cambridge Health at Work)

Provides a wide range of services to the Trust as well as the provision of an occupational health service to external organisations/businesses
Cambridge Health at Work