University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) has been shortlisted for four Nursing Times Workforce Awards.
Teams from Aintree, Broadgreen and the Royal Liverpool hospitals are finalists in the following categories:
- Workforce Team of the Year
- Best Employer for Staff Recognition and Engagement
- Preceptorship Programme of the Year
- Best Staff Wellbeing Initiative.
The Temporary Staffing Department has been shortlisted for the Workforce Team of the Year Award.
By exploring and implementing new ways of working, the Temporary Staffing team has delivered targeted learning and development opportunities, further improving the standard of care delivered to our patients, whilst seeing a 20% increase on the number of shifts allocated to bank staff, reducing spend on agency staff.
The team is now also the only NHS provider to be awarded a place on the HealthTrust Europe Framework for bank and agency supply. The service has been given a gold standard.
The Clinical Research Facility at the Royal has been shortlisted for the Best Employer for Staff Recognition and Engagement Award.
The team’s development pathway, aimed at entry level research nurses, has empowered and upskilled those who have taken part. It has helped develop a culture of continuous improvement, with better patient safety standards and staff morale. Half of programme participants have progressed into more senior roles and staff retention is at an all-time high.
The Corporate Practice Development Nurses team is up for both the Preceptorship of the Year and Best Staff Wellbeing Initiative awards.
The Multi-professional Preceptorship Programme has been redesigned, with more than 1,300 colleagues benefiting to date. It promotes shared learning, wellbeing and clinical readiness through face-to-face workshops, a dedicated app and pastoral care that has improved staff engagement and retention.
The team’s wellbeing initiative, Together, WE RISE (Wellbeing, Resilience, Inclusion, Support, Empowerment), has also been successful in providing newly qualified staff with a dedicated space to prioritise their wellbeing. In collaboration with Mary’s Place and supported by the Amin Abdullah RCN Foundation, the initiative has expanded, helping provide support to preceptors, those who support newly qualified staff find their feet. Colleagues have described it as “transformative” and “restorative.”
Winners for the Nursing Times Workforce Awards will be announced on 26 November. To find out more, please visit the awards website.