Rewards and Benefits
Hours of work – You have a contracted number of hours per week, which are exclusive of a meal break. The working pattern will be agreed with your Line Manager prior to your commencement. This working pattern can be flexed to meet your own and service provision requirements with reasonable notice.
Flexible working - The Trust has a commitment that all employees should be able to balance their working life with commitments outside of work. Our Flexible Working policy enables you to request a flexible working pattern that suits you. You can make such a request every 12 months should your commitments change.
Annual leave – The NHS offer favourable leave entitlements to support the importance of a good work life balance. The leave entitlement for a full year for full-time staff (37.5 hours per week over five days), are set out in the following table:
| Length of service | Annual leave + Public Holidays |
| On appointment to NHS | 27 days + 8 days = 5.4 weeks |
| After 5 years NHS service | 29 days + 8 days = 5.8 weeks |
| After 10 years NHS service | 33 days + 8 days = 6.6 weeks |
Health Service Discounts (previously NHS discounts) - An employee benefit provider for NHS employees and is also available to their families and colleagues. From holidays to car insurance, mobile phones to fashion they offer exclusive deals from top names like Superbreak, Very, Virgin and Apple. Signing up is absolutely free. https://healthservicediscounts.com/
Blue Light card - Provides those in the NHS, Emergency Services and Armed Forces with discounts both online and in store. There are hundreds of online discounts to help including many official discounts from large national retailers and there is a wide range of offers from categories such as holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones and many other items. https://www.bluelightcard.co.uk/
Our Values - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to delivering a health service where Equality and Diversity is embraced by everyone. For Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust promoting equality, inclusion and human rights is integral to our values and delivery of our services. We are fully committed to providing high quality services to everyone, irrespective of the gender individuals identify as, their ethnicity, those with or without disabilities, ages, sexual orientation, and those with or without caring responsibilities.
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care we will continue to strive to create an employment environment that is inclusive and supportive for all staff and to promote a health services’ culture in which:
- Diversity is valued and respected – an approach that embraces both visible and non-visible differences, where there are fair access and fair outcomes for all.
- Differences are recognised and fully utilised in delivering excellent services.
- The community works together effectively in an atmosphere of trust, harmony and respect
- Discrimination and prejudice are challenged and every individual feels valued.
- Both direct and indirect discrimination (associative, perceptive), harassment and victimisation will not be tolerated.
We recognise our responsibility to achieve the highest standards in equality and inclusion, and to be a proactive agent for change. We will continue to take every opportunity to strengthen our approach to equality and diversity in the design, delivery and review of all of our functions, policies and practices.
Read more about our EDI policy and hear from our own staff.
Wellbeing of our staff
Staff health and wellbeing is about ensuring that people feel good and function well both physically and mentally. It is about working in partnership to promote health and wellbeing to proactively prevent ill-health through education, promotion and encouraging participation in key activities.
Your health and wellbeing is extremely important to us so we have developed a number of intiatives to support you to be happy and healthy.
- Staff Mental Health Wellbeing Hub - this includes access to Self Help resources, referral links and links to National Resources for Healthcare Staff
- Staff Facebook Group - designed to share ideas, support each other and provide information for our Staff
- Now We're Talking - Our Trust campaign designed to reduce stigma and encourage more local people to access the Healthy Minds Service. We encourage all of our Staff with various awareness campaigns including the Worcester City Run
- Staff Benefits - we have a number of benefits available to aid your wellbeing, including Cycle to Work schemes, Free Eye Tests as well as NHS Discounts
