Jobshares for experienced nurses

Naughton, Maureen; Leonard, Shelagh

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“…So far, the literature on job-sharing in the NHS is very limited and highly speculative. On the one hand, there are reports of successful experiences of job-sharing at different levels of different functions in the delivery and provision of health care (see Buchan, 1991;Jackson, 1990;Jackson and Cooper, 1994;Naughton and Leonard, 1992;Thornicroft and Strathdee, 1992). On the other hand, many cases where requests for job-sharing were refused have been reported (see Corby, 1991;Goss and Brown, 1991;Someren, 1992).…”

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The logic of job‐sharing in the provision and delivery of health care

Βranine

1998

Health Manpower Management

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By definition the practice of job-sharing starts from the premiss that there is a full-time job to be shared by those who want to balance their work with other commitments. In a public sector institution, such as the National Health Service (NHS), where most employees are female, it seems logical to believe that a job-sharing policy would be able to promote equal opportunities, to increase employee job satisfaction and to reduce labour costs. Hence, this paper attempts to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of having a job-sharing policy, and to analyse the reasons for the limited number of job-sharers in the NHS despite the apparent benefits of job-sharing to both the employees and the employer. This study was carried out in 15 NHS Trusts in northern England and Scotland, by the use of questionnaires and interviews, and found that most NHS managers did not see the practice of job-sharing as a major cost-saving opportunity or as a working pattern that would enhance employee satisfaction and commitment. They saw job-sharing as just a routine equal opportunities request which did not deserve such managerial attention or long-term strategic thinking. It is argued in this paper that job-sharing is a potentially useful option against a background of demographic and other social and economic changes which require the development and use of long-term strategic policies. Therefore it is concluded that, in the NHS, there is a need for a more active and creative approach to job-sharing rather than the reactive and passive approach that has dominated the practice so far.

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The logic of job‐sharing in the provision and delivery of health care

Βranine

1998

Health Manpower Management

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The implementation and evaluation of a job-share

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Tregunna²

1999

Int J Palliat Nurs

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The Department of Health has acknowledged that the quality of health care delivery within the National Health Service (NHS) is closely associated with the quality of the employment practices in operation within the trusts. It is suggested that: ‘we will not get the best for patients unless we develop more family-friendly employment policies. They are essential to allow the NHS to make the best possible use of our resources as well as increasing the attractiveness of the NHS as an employer’ (NHS Consortium, 1998). Job sharing is an ideal way of fulfiling this proposal. This article reports on the implementation and evaluation of a recently introduced job-share in the Cornwall Macmillan Service. The authors conclude that job sharing can be successfully introduced in practice and that it may provide a valuable means of addressing some of the current manpower shortages within the NHS.

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Jobshares for experienced nurses

Abstract: Performance audit from a clinical perspective has been widely accepted. Within Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust, a review of hours worked on day and night duty, coupled with a review of skill mix in one area, led to the successful introduction of a jobshare scheme for experienced nurses.

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The logic of job‐sharing in the provision and delivery of health care

The logic of job‐sharing in the provision and delivery of health care

The implementation and evaluation of a job-share

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