Staff will soon be invited to take part in this year’s cycle of iMatter.
From Monday 19 May, teams within the corporate directorate will be the first area to be asked to participate in this year’s cycle of iMatter – North and South health and social care partnerships (HSCPs), the vaccination service and interface directorate will follow shortly thereafter.
Staff will be asked to complete their questionnaire by email or in paper format by Monday 9 June. Staff can also receive their questionnaire via text messaging service (SMS) by notifying their line manager.
Look out for details of the dates for your area in the staff briefing. The full timeline of this year’s iMatter cycle is provided below:
Area Questionnaire Period
- Corporate teams – 19 May to 9 June
- Strategic planning (including PSSD) – 19 May to 9 Jun
- Acute teams – 2 June to 23 June
- Interface directorate – 2 June to 23 June
- North and South HSCP and vaccination service – 9 June to 30 June
The iMatter continuous improvement model has been designed with the input of staff throughout NHS Scotland to help individuals, teams, directorates, HSCPs and health boards understand and improve staff experience – the extent to which employees feel motivated, supported and cared for at work. iMatter puts the focus at team level – each one has their own iMatter team report.
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.
Completing the questionnaire – online, on paper or by SMS (test message) – allows staff the chance to give feedback on, and be involved in, influencing change and improvement in their workplace.
Please take the time to fill in the iMatter questionnaire. If you have not received your questionnaire, please speak to your line manager.
If you are a member of staff within the corporate directorate, look out for your iMatter questionnaire on 19 May.
For more information, including details of your local iMatter champion, visit the dedicated iMatter page on FirstPort at: http://firstport2/staff-support/learning-organisational-development/imatter/default.aspx
