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There has never been a more important time to focus on Nursing Retention in the NHS. With staffing at crisis point in many organisations and a backdrop of nursing strikes and the cost of living crisis it is vitally important for NHS Trusts to focus on retaining the high quality nursing workforce within their ward, directorate and organisations. This conference will support you to improve retention in your service and develop and implement an effective nursing retention strategy. Case studies will focus on practicalities and advice from NHS trusts who have improved nursing retention in their organisations.
The UK nursing workforce is voting with their feet, and services across the UK are at risk of experiencing an exodus like never before. Tens of thousands of skilled and experienced nursing staff are leaving the profession. Thousands more say they are planning to leave nursing because they cannot afford, personally or professionally, to remain… Losing valued nursing staff means a sharp increase in vacancy rates across all specialities and sectors that has a significant impact on providing safe and effective care for their patients… This is devastating for patient safety, and for the health and wellbeing of the UK population.
Employers must: Design and implement retention strategies. Employers should take action to identify and tackle the issues across the diverse nursing workforce as the basis for a robust retention strategy. This should be developed in collaboration with nursing leaders including the RCN. Strategies should address barriers to retention, such as improving pay and career progression, creating safe and effective staffing levels to ensure patient safety and reduce the stressors and improve the psychological safety of nursing staff, there should also be measures to reduce the costs of accessing work, greater provision of flexible working, and improving workplace culture. All strategies must address inequity in nursing workforce experience and outcomes, including responding to the needs of staff with protected characteristics.
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve nursing retention
- Understand current national trends and evidence
- Learn from outstanding practice in developing and implementing a nursing retention strategy at ward, directorate and organisational level
- Reflect on why nurses leave the NHS and what their needs are
- Ensure a supportive culture and develop your skills in compassionate leadership
- Understand what drives job satisfaction, experience, wellbeing and therefore retention
- Use data and tools to predict the employees that are at high risk of leaving and implement actionable insights to address these risks
- Identify key strategies for targeted interventions at different career stages and risk points
- Improve wellbeing and psychological safety
- Improve career and leadership opportunities and promote flexible working
- Explore case studies from organisations that have improved nursing retention
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Gain cpd accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
