Pay rises are nice, but not the answer. To my
Mind the answer is spendIng more money ON the staff. I’m an nhs manager (who also works clinically in a different trust.) there is no money to support my team in training or development. If they pay for training or development to take place, then it is in their time as we have no money to cover gaps in Rotas. When opportunity to step up is there, there is no money or support to encourage that, it’s just expected (my boss is leaving next week, the replacement arrives in about 3 months, I’m expected to do 2 jobs for that time period, I will not be offered any salary increase or training to manage these roles. I’d like to develop one of my team leaders to do more day to day management, but her pay band prevents that, and as she is at the top of her band there is no point training her. She will soon leave and we’ll lose all her expertise and knowledge.
There is no flexibility in the service and staff are starting to get better offers, leading to the staffing crisis we now have. It’s getting like a football team, if you’re good, you leave, the new players take a while to develop and bond with the team, management changes every 6 months and we’re only 3 and games away from relegation.