Workplace adjustments

As part of the NHS People Promise, the wellbeing of our staff is a key priority. We are committed to helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance and to making reasonable adjustments wherever possible.

We create an inclusive environment where everyone is empowered to thrive in their role. We value diversity, support individual needs, and encourage all colleagues to develop and contribute to their full potential, regardless of background or circumstances.

Hear from our staff:

Tasneem, CBT Therapist in the Talking Therapies team

I have had a number of workplace adjustments made to enable me to remain in work, both on-site and at home. For example, an electronic sit to stand desk, ergonomic split keyboard, cordless vertical ergonomic mouse, specific screen filters and bespoke IT software, a heating and cooling fan for temperature regulation. I had a bespoke orthopaedic desk chair made to my specific health issues, needs, and body size. As I am non-patient facing in the community, I have also had adjustments made to my uniform requirements to enable me to wear my own clothes that go to support my symptoms and personal dignity. I have protected timetabled breaks and movement breaks. Specialist office furniture, like a kneeling chair has also been supplied, as requested by my physiotherapist. I have a flexible working plan that is reviewed and changed as needed, along with a hybrid working pattern.

I have regular catch ups with my line manager where improvements or stressors are identified, and fluid changes are made to support me, surplus to my supervision and yearly SDR's. I have regular Occupational Health referrals, and my line manager will review the Trust's Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Me Form along with a bespoke wellness plan that is more tailored to staying mentally healthy at work. My line manager is acutely aware of the close link between my physical disability and my mental wellbeing and actively seeks to support both aspects for my personal wholistic wellbeing which enables me to deliver the high standard of work our patients deserve. 

Some of these adjustments are small and inexpensive, some adjustments are bigger and more costly, but all together they help me stay in work with a positive outlook for my future, the reassurance that I matter and I still have a contributing place in society, and the security that my work family have my back. 

Allina Hamilton-Jones, Senior Medical Secretary