Access resources collated by NHS Improvement to help improve staff retention. The online hub includes improvement guides, policy documents and case studies highlighting the work taking place to tackle NHS-specific retention challenges.

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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust achieved 98 per cent appraisal compliance, through implementing staff feedback on how to improve the process. Find out how it was done in our latest case study. 

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Get ready for the roll out of this year’s Total Reward Statements and make sure your staff benefits schemes are up to date. Released in August, the statements provide an opportunity to highlight the overall benefits for working for your organisation. 

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Access a new report from the Mental Health Foundation that highlights ten key actions for helping employees manage, reduce and prevent workplace-related stress. 

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Health Education England is encouraging young people to consider degrees in nursing and the allied health professions, highlighting the high employment rates and the chance to make a difference to people’s lives.

Access resources to promote these careers to undergraduates here 

Join in with the NHS Leadership Academy social media campaign which encourages NHS staff at every level to share pictures, videos and posts of the qualities and values they think future leaders will need for tomorrow’s NHS.

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Are you a new or aspiring leader?
Are you looking for a development opportunity?
 
The Mary Seacole Programme for Cheshire and Merseyside is now open for applications

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The NHS constantly needs to attract people with the right skills and values to fill the many vacancies and roles it supports. In order to do this we need to help people making career choices and job decisions to understand what working in healthcare is really like and the opportunities available in the NHS.

Talking honestly and enthusiastically about your job role can make a real difference for those thinking about working for the NHS. This guide will give you a brief outline of the role of an NHS Careers Ambassador and hopefully help you to decide whether it’s a role you would like to take on.​
NHS Careers Ambassadors act as a role model to young people, offering them the chance to find out as much as possible about jobs and professions in the NHS and particularly the role that they play in providing excellent patient care. If you're interested contact Nathalie Usher ​

​All too often interpersonal conflict, especially harassment cases go unattended or end up with costly investigations (time, money, resources and personal trauma). 

Mediation offers an alternative process (not instead) to conflict resolution, allowing parties to resolve problems and let go of their sense of grievance and mend broken relationships.

Mediation Skills Training is a 4 day programme which will cover the entire mediation process from first contact with the first party to closure and review. It aims to give participants a solid foundation in fundamental Mediation Skills, such as active listening, impartiality, rapport building with disputants, managing conflict and facilitating negotiation. It aims to develop an understanding of mediators own responses to conflict, so that they can manage their own feelings and assumptions and interact constructively with disputants. Read more here 
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Interested? Complete the application form and return it to Debbie Baxter, HR Manager and Mediation Lead