Qualified/registered nursing workforce survey

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1 Qualified/registered nursing workforce survey Guidelines for completion Please use this document as a guide to complete the online survey at Each NHS provider is asked to submit one response. The survey asks HR/ nursing directors for information about the supply and demand of qualified/ registered nurses in all areas of nursing (for example adult, mental health, child and learning disabilities). Your details *Organisation type (drop down list: Hospital Trust, Community Trust, Mental Health Trust, Ambulance Trust, Other-please specify) *Organisation name (free text box) *Region (drop down list: East Midlands, East of England, Kent Surrey & Sussex, National, North Central & East London, North East, North West, North West London, South London, South West, Thames Valley, Wessex, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber) *Your name (free text box) *Your job title (free text box) *Your address (free text box) NHS Employers nursing workforce - survey questions 16/11/2015 1

2 Nurse establishment 1. Please complete your qualified/registered nurse staffing establishment as best you can with the Full-Time equivalents (FTEs). Please also provide a breakdown by pay bands. Established posts Posts occupied (permanent) Posts occupied (fixed-term) Posts occupied (agency) Posts remaining un-occupied Overall (nursing) Band 5 Band 6 Band 7 Band 8+ Retention 2. Please tell us the overall turnover rate for your qualified/registered nursing workforce as a percentage of your total nursing workforce for the period between 01 November 2014 and 31 October % 6-8% 9-11% 12-14% 15-17% 18-20% 21-23% 24-26% 27-30% Over 30% please state (free text box) 2

3 3. What action(s) are you taking to retain your qualified/registered nursing workforce? Please indicate which of the following apply (select all relevant options) Recruitment strategies (for example values based recruitment, realistic job previews) Working environment strategies (for example flexible working, health and wellbeing) Employee relationship strategies (for example staff engagement) Employee development strategies (for example skills development, training and career progression) Employee compensation strategies (for example reward and recognition schemes) Please detail additional information below 4. From the action(s) you have taken retain your qualified/registered nursing workforce, what has been the most successful and why? Nursing vacancies 5. Are you experiencing any qualified/registered nursing workforce supply shortages? (i.e. post(s) vacant for over 3 months) Yes No If yes please give details for each area or specialism of nursing you are having difficulty filling (up to 10 areas) using the options below. 3

4 Position 1 Adult nursing Children s nursing Learning disability nursing Mental health nursing Accident & Emergency Cardiac Community Critical & intensive care Endoscopy Elderly Haematology & oncology Neonatal Orthopaedics Surgical AfC Band 5 AfC Band 6 AfC Band 7 AfC Band 8 AfC Band months 3-6 months 6-12 months 12+ months Theatre Other (please state free text box Position 2 Position 3 Position 4 4

5 Position 5 Position 6 Position 7 Position 8 Position 9 Position 10 5

6 Please detail any other hard to fill qualified/registered nursing roles or additional information below Supply of nurses 6. What action(s) have you taken to ensure your qualified/registered nursing workforce supply meets current and predicted future demand on services (please select all relevant options) Skill mix review / service reconfiguration Increased emphasis on workforce planning Workforce retention strategy Return to practice scheme Expanded practice placement capacity (pre-registration/return to practice placements) Development of non-commissioned nurse training Local recruitment campaign Active recruitment within EEA Active recruitment outside EEA Agency / temporary staff Recruitment and retention premia Planned overtime Other (please specify below) 6

7 7. From the action(s) you have taken to ensure your qualified/registered nursing workforce supply meets current and predicted future demand on services, what has been the most successful and why? 8. Are you currently OR have you actively recruited from outside of the UK during the last 12 months to fill qualified/registered nursing vacancies? Yes No If yes, where have you targeted your recruitment activity? EEA countries Non-EEA countries 9. Please detail which countries outside of the UK you are currently OR have actively recruited qualified/registered nursing staff from in the last 12 months and numbers of staff. Please be as specific as you can. Country Number of staff planned to recruit (headcount) Number of staff offered employment (headcount) 7

8 10. If you are currently in the process of recruiting qualified/registered nursing staff from outside of the EEA, when do you expect your candidates will have passed the NMC CBT and be ready to travel to the UK? Total received offer of employment Passed Part 1 and ready to travel now Anticipate ready to travel before end of 2015 Anticipate ready to travel from Jan - March 2016 Anticipate ready to travel from April 2016 onwards Headcount 11. If you are currently OR have actively recruited qualified/registered nurses from outside of the EEA during the last 6 months have you had any Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship applications rejected? Yes No If yes, please provide details about the number of rejected applications. If yes, what impact has this had and what you have done to address your vacancies as a result? 8

9 12. Are you considering actively recruiting qualified/registered nursing staff from outside of the UK in the coming 12 months? Yes No Don't know If yes, please detail which countries you are considering recruiting from in the coming 12 months and numbers of staff. Country Number of staff planned to recruit (headcount) 9

10 Demand for nurses 13. Please tell us about the factors that are driving demand for increased numbers of nurses and if these are considered to be short, medium or long term? 14. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about the strategies you have in place to ensure your qualified/registered nursing workforce supply meets current and predicted future demand on services? 10