Nottinghamshire Healthcare, the county’s mental health and learning disability service provider, has been named as one of the top 100 healthcare providers to work for in the UK.
The Trust was rated as the 12th best employer in the country, moving up in position from last year, and the third best in terms of mental health and learning disability organisations and the top such provider in the East Midlands.
This is the second year of the Healthcare 100, run by HSJ and Nursing Times and research partner Ipsos MORI in association with the Department of Health and NHS Employers. The list is based on polling of employees of registering organisations and is open to both NHS and independent healthcare providers in the acute, primary care, mental health and ambulance sectors. The 2010 field was bigger than last year, with an increase of 39% of organisations involved and 35,000 staff responding.
Organisations featured in the Healthcare 100 are applauded for their leadership and for empowering and engaging staff. Nottinghamshire Healthcare was highlighted for its training and development opportunities and staff praised the working atmosphere with one respondent reporting: “We work hard but there are also opportunities to laugh.”
Mike Cooke, Chief Executive of Nottinghamshire Healthcare said: “I am delighted that once again we have been identified as a top organisation to work for. The fact that our rating directly reflects the way staff feel about working in the Trust means a great deal. I think we are an outstanding organisation and this is purely down to the hard work and commitment of our staff who work to ensure we provide the best quality care to our services users and their carers.”
The Top 100 list was announced at a special awards ceremony held in London on 7 July.
