It is the last week for staff within the North and South university health and social care partnerships and the vaccination service to complete their iMatter staff experience survey.
Teams within these groups have until Monday 8 July to complete their questionnaire.
Completing the questionnaire – online, on paper or by SMS (text messaging) – allows staff the chance to give feedback on, and be involved in, influencing change and improvement in their workplace.
Staff can take just 10 minutes out of their day to fill in their questionnaire, completed anonymously. The completed questionnaires will then be processed by an external company making it totally confidential.
The purpose of using the iMatter staff experience tool is to help individuals, teams, directorates, health and social care partnerships and health boards understand, celebrate and work together to improve staff experience. Evidence shows that the better the experience of staff at work, the better the experience of patients and their families. iMatter is designed to help line managers understand what it is like for their staff as an individual at work, in their teams and in NHS Lanarkshire.
Professor Ross McGuffie, chief officer, University Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire, said: “University Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire fully recognises the sustained pressures our staff have faced over the last year and the importance of supporting staff wellbeing, given the unprecedented demands across all health and social care services. I would encourage teams within the North partnership to take the time to complete their iMatter questionnaire to ensure that everyone has their voice heard.”
Professor Soumen Sengupta, chief officer, South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership, said: “We really appreciate the significant efforts of our staff and their dedication to all our patients – particularly given the demands over the last year and the most recent winter period. It is important that we hear how our staff feel and learn from their experience of what it’s like for them as an individual at work, in their teams and in NHS Lanarkshire. Completing the iMatter survey is an important way to enable that to be done and to inform any support that may be required to ensure that our colleagues feel motivated, supported and cared for at work.”
Tobias Tipper, general manager, vaccination programme, said: “Our staff have been under a tremendous amount of pressure over the last year to deliver the various vaccination programmes and I would encourage teams within the vaccination service to take time to complete their iMatter questionnaire. It’s really important to understand the levels of satisfaction of our staff so that we can share areas of best practice and help in areas where a bit more support may be required.”
Staff can take just 10 minutes out of their day to fill in their questionnaire, completed anonymously. The completed questionnaires will then be processed by an external company making it totally confidential.
Please take the time to fill in your iMatter questionnaire by Monday 8 July. If you are in one of these groups and have not received your questionnaire, please speak to your line manager.
For further information, visit the dedicated iMatter page on FirstPort at: http://firstport2/staff-support/learning-organisational-development/imatter/default.aspx or, alternatively, contact:
- Sharon Rodgers, local iMatter champion (North Lanarkshire University HSCP), Sharon.rodgers@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
- Jacqueline Cringles, local iMatter champion (South Lanarkshire University HSCP), Jacqueline.Cringles@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk;
