This is your monthly round-up of important news and updates from the team at Lead Employer. Please do share these updates with your trainees as appropriate.
We're always looking to improve how we communicate our updates and would welcome any feedback about the news and tools you'd like to see. Get in touch by emailing the Communications team at lead.employercommunications@sthk.nhs.ukto share any suggestions.
In this month's edition you can find:
Mandatory training update
Website re-design
Important information for DFT hosts
Knowledge sessions - 2024
Host contact information update form
NHS Collaborative Bank - MWL
Weekly wellbeing resources and management referrals
Mandatory training update
New guidance to support the completion of mandatory training
Following on from our previous update about additional modules of eLearning, a helpful guide has been produced about how to complete these. It is important to note that your trainees will need to complete these modules in eLfH.
Please download and review the full guidance document below.
Following feedback from our annual surveys and through regular meetings with our hosts and LNC trainees we understood a need to revisit the functionality of our website. Over the last few months we have been working with our website developers to improve navigation and ability to search for information better, by introducing trainee-specific hubs. The look and feel of the website is also changing to align with MWL and other NHS organisation website designs. We look forward to this new launch and we'll keep you updated as it progresses.
DFT new starters
Important information for Dental Foundation Trainee hosts
With the start of a new Dental Foundation Training Year, we would like to share important information with you as you support your new starters. This includes:
ESR (Electronic Staff Record)
Annual leave
Sickness
Leave for other reasons
Handling concerns
Respect and dignity at work
Make sure to review the important guidance and key information here:
Supporting you with our policies and processes sessions
Thank you to those that have attended and engaged with our knowledge sessions this year. There is still time to book onto sessions happening between now and the end of December that apply to both hosts and trainees, so do spread the word with your cohorts.
Upcoming host sessions include:
Less Than Full Time (LTFT) training session
Work Schedules - process overview
North West Lunch & Lunch - Management Referrals
Managing Concerns - Roles and Responsibilities
For a full list of 2024 upcoming sessions including dates, times and booking details, please visit our dedicated knowledge session page below.
Thank you to those who have taken the time to update their contact details with us. These changes are actioned every week into our database for use of communications. While we continue to work on the launch of a new database system and process (more details to follow soon) we would be grateful if you could continue to utilise the Host Contact form for any changes to name, email, job position, host site or region, as needed.
This will include details on how to join the Bank and the benefits of being able to easily pick up additional hours/shifts. We can onboard new trainees to the Collaborative Bank within just one day!
Management referrals to HWWB
Our health, work, and well-being (HWWB) team offer a management referral service. Occupational health professionals (advisors or physicians) provide this service and offer managers an opinion on a trainee's fitness for work and any support a trainee may need.
If you need to submit a management referral form to Lead Employer, please see the link below for our supervisor referral form:
Alternatively, check out our wellbeing page, where you can find plenty of useful resources and support click here.
September calendar of online and in-person events
Please share with your trainees
To access the wellbeing hub and all its resources, head to the website using the button below and find wellbeing packs tailored to each region as well as a full list of events happening each month that you can mark down in their calendar.
speak to someone about any concern or issue you may have with your wellbeing. please also find contact details within the hub.
