Our staff are engaged and well supported Staff are engaged and well supported to deliver safe, reliable, person-centred healthcare and equipped to respond to a changing healthcare environment
Why this is important Our people are our most valuable asset and the health and wellbeing of our workforce is key to ensuring they provide the very best healthcare services to our community. This requires a positive workplace culture where staff feel safe, valued, respected and are encouraged and supported to perform at their best. During the COVID-19 pandemic our workforce adapted to a changed healthcare environment and continued to provide excellent services and patient care. While this period presented many challenges, it also positively influenced our ways of working through greater multidisciplinary collaboration across teams, and the introduction of new technologies and roles. It is important to learn the lessons from this period and also leverage the changes to prepare us for the future. Staff health and wellbeing have never been more important.
Our workforce being future ready and able to accommodate rapid advances in scientific and technological innovations ensures that we can meet the challenges of rising demands for healthcare services, an ageing population with increasing complexity, and finite resources. This will require workforce planning and redesign looking at new and expanded roles and different ways of working. Learning and development will be crucial in preparing a digitally enabled workforce. We also need to increase diversity in our workforce, continue growing our pipeline of future leaders, and empower staff to speak up for patient, carer and staff safety in a culture that promotes the physical and psychological wellbeing of our workforce.
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NSLHD Strategic Plan 2022-2027
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