Partnership Lead
Jenny Allen, Workforce Director, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Purpose
- Improve workforce efficiency across health and care partners through a Team Leeds approach.
- Enable seamless staff sharing and cross-project collaboration across the Leeds system.
- Support system-wide retention by creating flexible and mobile career pathways.
Strategic Drivers
- Integrated Workforce: Connect organisations to work in a joined-up way, reducing duplication and improving collaboration.
- One Workforce: Build capacity, share expertise, and enable staff to navigate roles across organisations seamlessly.
Approach
- Facilitate cross-organisational project working.
- Remove barriers such as honorary contracts and limited system access.
- Provide shadowing, work experience, and secondment opportunities across partner organisations.
Focus
- Streamline workforce deployment across Leeds health and care.
- Increase flexibility, mobility, and collaboration across teams and organisations.
Academy Role
- Coordinate opportunities and processes for staff sharing and mobility.
- Support cross-organisational learning and knowledge exchange.
- Promote workforce retention through career development and flexible pathways.
Expected Impact (Healthy Leeds Plan Alignment)
- Improved efficiency and collaboration across the Leeds health and care system.
- Increased workforce capacity, mobility, and retention.
- A more connected, resilient workforce contributing to sustainable health and care outcomes.
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