Making BTHFT a great place to work

People Strategy 2025 – 2030

Our aim is that

People chose to work at BTHFT because we have a reputation for developing their potential, recognition and reward as well as doing what we say we will and living our values.

What we will do

Living our values and Our People Charter
  • Be clear about expected standards and the roles everyone needs to play
  • Embed our values and behaviours in all our processes
  • Enable our people to feel safe to speak up when standards fall short
Reward and recognition
  • Focus on how we reward and recognise everyone
  • Offer a best in class NHS benefits package for all our people
Supporting our leaders, managers and teams to shine
  • Deliver team development programmes
  • Provide training and ongoing support to our managers for the role they do
  • Make our people management processes simple, accessible and easy to confidently follow
    Support leaders at all levels of the organisation to develop, personally and professionally
Careers our people feel excited by
  • Develop everyone’s talent through clear career pathways, conversations and succession planning
  • Ensure all our people have Personal Development Plans in place, have regular 1-1 conversations and an annual appraisal
Make continuous improvement a priority
  • Enable our people to contribute to quality improvements within their working area

We’ll know we’ve been successful when

We hear our people say:

  • I am proud to work at BTHFT
  • I feel safe to raise concerns
  • I want to complete my NHS Staff Survey because I know what I share is listened to and acted upon
  • I had a great appraisal
  • I have accessed good quality development
  • My talents are recognised and I am supported to develop my career here
  • As a leader/manager, I am supported to be the best I can be
  • What I think and say matters
  • I have regular conversations with my manager about the things that matter to me
  • I am thanked, recognised and rewarded for what I do
  • I know what the Trust values and Our People Charter expects from me and my team
  • Policies are really simple to follow and designed to help me do my job better
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