Ask Caroline Staff Q&A Episode 10

Long service awards, Job Train delays, bank vaccinators and two-metre physical distancing in health care settings are all on the agenda in the 10th episode of "Ask Caroline".

Caroline also commits to continuing the Q&A sessions following the results of the survey in the daily brief last month in which 85% of colleagues said they’d like her to continue. She acknowledges the Q&A doesn’t work for everyone and commits to freshening things up by exploring additional ways of making herself and other members of the senior team more visible, in person and virtually.

Recognising it has been a particularly tough week for many, Caroline commented following the completion of this edition, saying: "Towards the end of another busy week for colleagues right across the spectrum of health and social care, I just wanted to say thank you for all you continue to do in these challenging times. Colleagues continue to show incredible commitment to every person we care for whether in a care delivery role or a role which supports care delivery. It's important to recognise even when we are stretched, we are making a huge difference to people's lives each and every day despite perhaps feeling currently we can never quite do enough."

Time-stamped question links below allow you to see the topics that are of most interest to you:

00:00 Introduction
00:55 150th "Ask Caroline" question: Reflections on this series.
07:21 Long service awards *
10:14 Job Train Delays
13:07 Christmas annual leave requests **
17:10 Bank vaccinators from September
19:20 Bottled drinking water for staff (Fraserburgh Hospital)
21:34 Cycle-to-work scheme ***
23:41 Progress on HCSWs banding?
26:15 Two-metre physical distancing in health care settings and Chalmers Hospital
28:23 Keeping the Intranet up-to-date
31:59 Re-induction of reception staff at ARI main concourse
33:26 Staff transferring to another health board

More info on long service awards can be found at http://nhsgintranet.grampian.scot.nhs... (NHSG networked devices only) or by emailing [email protected]

** The NHS Grampian HR Hub can be contacted on 01224 552888 (Monday to Thursday 9.30 am to 4.30 pm, Friday 9.30am to 4pm) or emailed at: [email protected]

*** More info on the cycle-to-work scheme can be found at http://nhsgintranet.grampian.scot.nhs... (NHSG networked devices only)

Thank you for your patience as we work through the questions, please be assured you will receive a reply, either on the video or directly. Some questions have been held for themed sessions with Caroline and June Brown, Executive Nurse Director (provisionally 14th July) or Paul Allen, Director of Infrastructure & Sustainability (Provisionally 21st July).

An audio version is available to listen to on SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/nhsgrampian/as....

Unfortunately due to a technical issue a transcript is not available for this session.