Darent Valley hospital - DGT - People Strategy

Mapping of the Trust People Strategy

Mapping of Trust People Strategy against National People Plan 2020-2021 The following maps the Trust’s People Strategy, Joy At Work, against the key themes within the National People Plan.

Growing for the future

New ways of working & delivering care

Happy • Passports with GST Healthcare Alliance • Partnership with ICP/ICS for joint training and rotations • KentandMedwayMedical Schoolengagement and Health Care Academy • Community relationships to encourage school leavers in the National Health Service

Happy • International recruitment • Retaining staff for longer • Iterative divisional workforce plans to include longer term service changes • System wide working for rotational roles

• System leadership skills • Digital literacy increase • Volunteers • Potential / training at all levels

Healthy • Relationships with education sector to attract leavers to the National Health Service • Healthy staff enabling staff to return to the NHS • Happy staff enabling longer retention

Healthy • Staff feedback to improve safety and security • Community engagement with charities

Heard • Strengthening partnership working with staff side colleagues and unions • Improved equality

Heard • Externally-led training • Embrace Best Practice • Equal opportunities for all

• Less bullying and harassment • Freedom to Speak Up strategy

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Trust Strategy Summary