How can organisations best manage as the changes outlined in the Health Bill come into force and they need to protect services whilst striving to meet its challenging targets?

Healthcare organisations are entering a new era where financial pressures and new operational models need to be balanced with the need to provide quality care.

Making efficient use of existing resources - whether those are staff or expensive facilities and equipment - will be crucial for organisations, whether NHS or independent, in this new, more commercial environment which will demand a flexible response to an unpredictable future.

Effective use of the workforce can significantly help all healthcare organisations to rise to the challenge; to deliver improved productivity and higher quality services in an increasingly competitive environment.

Planning how you deploy your workforce - and making certain you have staff with the right skills - is essential to meet the financial challenges within the healthcare sector and deliver patient centred care.

Workforce planning has traditionally been seen as the role of human resources; however this is changing. Understanding the importance of planning the workforce to deliver service for today’s requirements and for the future is essential whether you are in a service, clinical, financial or planning role.

Training your workforce for the future – how best to manage your resources whilst training budgets are being sliced and deal with the restrictions on the length of the working week

This webinar will look at how you can plan and deploy the workforce you need.

Areas looked at will include:

  • protecting delivery of care through these challenging times,
  • how to ensure that your staff are in the right place at the right time,
  • how to boost your staff morale whilst improving care,
  • increasing the productivity of your workforce by eradicating waste
  • how to identify the staff you need to deliver the service you want to deliver
  • how skill mix will change in the future
  • providing for our future service givers - the importance of rostering for service and rostering for training
  • adapting to the shorter working week for junior doctors, and protecting skills development within budgetary constraints
  • how good rostering enables trusts to reduce agency spend
  • the use of technology to ensure the right staff are in at the right time
  • how this can be integrated with making optimal use of facilities such as theatres

HSJ’s expert panel will also answer questions submitted by readers. Panelists include:

Mandie Sunderland, chief nurse Heart of England Foundation Trust

Jonathan Parsons, associate medical director (Junior Doctors Workforce), Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

Paul Scandrett, director of healthcare, Allocate Software

Ruth Warden, deputy head of employment services at NHS Employers

NHS Alliance chief executive Mike Sobanja will chair the session.

Details:

  • When: 12.30pm, Wednesday 28 March
  • Duration: 45 minutes
  • Where: Your computer
  • Cost: FREE

Who should watch:

  • chief executives
  • HR directors and leads
  • service and ward managers.

Register now to view this webinar

Effective use of the workforce can significantly help all healthcare organisations to rise to the challenge; to deliver improved productivity and higher quality services in an increasingly competitive environment.

Planning how you deploy your workforce - and making certain you have staff with the right skills - is essential to meet the financial challenges within the healthcare sector and deliver patient centred care.

Workforce planning has traditionally been seen as the role of human resources; however this is changing. Understanding the importance of planning the workforce to deliver service for today’s requirements and for the future is essential whether you are in a service, clinical, financial or planning role.

Training your workforce for the future – how best to manage your resources whilst training budgets are being sliced and deal with the restrictions on the length of the working week.

This free webinar will look at how you can plan and deploy the workforce you need.

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