DGT People Strategy 2020 - 2025

Achieving our Journey to Outstanding through Joy at Work

Our People Strategy is central to the successful delivery of quality and safe patient care, set out in our Trust strategies as each relies on our talented and committed colleagues delivering outstanding care. This strategy seeks to support colleagues to be the best that they can be and to get the most out of their career here at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust. The strategy has been informed by: • the National Health Service People Plan; • our co-developed workforce plan for the DGS Integrated Care Partnership and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Strategy; • our colleague survey; • challenges and successes through the Covid-19 pandemic; • our partnership working with GSTT Healthcare Alliance; • and through engagement with our colleague The strategy focuses on the delivery of the strategic priority, ‘Joy at Work’, by supporting staff to be happy , healthy and heard , with a sense of belonging and fulfilment. The Joy at Work strategic objective comprises three outcomes that will be achieved through the delivery of the People Strategy as illustrated below.

Joy at Work outcomes:

Happy We will build, support and develop our colleagues, creating talented people for our organisation. Our colleagues will consistently report improved fulfilment at work, leading to; to local, regional and national recognition that DGT is the best place to work.

Healthy We will ensure our people are safe, healthy and will provide holistic health and wellbeing support to all colleagues to promote healthy living and provide emotional support at all times. Our employee benefits and recognition will support health, wellbeing and retention.

Heard Our colleagues will work in an open and transparent culture in which they are treated with dignity and respect and are listened to through active involvement in decision making through shared governance. Our leaders will embed our values and culture.

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People Strategy Summary