Have you heard of the Derbyshire Health and Social Care Reservist Team?
The Health and Social Care Reservists are a Derbyshire wide bank of health and social care staff to be available for flexible working or pre-planned support.
Unlike most other system areas, Derbyshire is running its health and social care reservist workforce across its complete footprint and for both NHS and social care roles. In most areas local NHS Trusts are running their reservist workforce. Running across the entire footprint allows employers to draw from a single workforce pool. This provides greater flexibility for both workers and employers.
The workforce sharing agreement is an integrated care system-wide framework, replacing the national emergency legislation that enabled workforce sharing through the pandemic. The agreement enables colleagues to work on different sites, for different employers without being employed by each individual organisation, in a way that is safe for the individual and the employers. Your organisation will need to have signed up to this in order to access staff.
Here to help
The Health and Social Care Reservist Support Team is available to help your organisation sign up to access our workforce. We can discuss your current staffing shortages to explore role development opportunities that could benefit the system.
Where there are current bank worker roles in existence in your organisation, please continue to make that your first port of call. This team is here to help with agency avoidance that may be achievable via a slightly different offer to what you currently have, or through exploring sharing opportunities across the system.
This will reduce the number of places that workers need to approach to access a range of organisations. Through this exposure, it is hoped this team of workers will become a feeder workforce for the future system.
New health and social care reservist overview
Operational aims and goals
- Provide flexible support in times of need and demand, in a variety of health and social care settings.
- pre-planned support, as well as ad-hoc booking options you can book staff in advance.
- Support health & social care services to care for people in the most appropriate care setting for their needs at a given time.
- Avoid agency spend.
We are:
Not agency – we are an at cost, non-profit making service covering all health and social care settings. Most roles are at AfC rates
Not planning to replace any existing mechanisms for bank cover in place with our partners – only supplement where there may be additional resource requirements.
Other roles and specialisms being explored:
- Community Care Support Assistant
- Allied Health Professionals
- GP/Medical
- Pharmacy
- Mental Health support worker
Partners we work with:
- NHS Trusts, for example, UHDB, DCHS, DHCFT and CRH
- Care and nursing homes, both local authority and private
- General practices
- Home care services
- Hospice care services
- Pharmacies
- Other health and/or social care services
Underpinned by the JUCD Shared Workforce Agreement
Want to know more?
Email: Dchst.derbyshirereservists@nhs.net
Phone: 01332 564856 Option 1, Option 2, Option 3
Or use the link to register interest direct Derbyshire Reservists Service Registration Form (office.com)
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Views from those working as and with NHS and social care reservists
“The reservist workers are always polite, helpful and friendly, definitely welcoming more onto the ward and happy with the service provided.”
“I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity to work at Perth House as a Derbyshire Reservist. I found the assignment both enjoyable and rewarding and the flexibility fitted in with my other commitments.”
