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Induction and onboarding process

March 16, 2023

A good quality induction and on-boarding experience is an essential part of making sure new starters receive a positive, welcoming experience and settle in quickly and easily. It also helps to ensure the Trust is able to retain the people we have invested in recruiting and training.

Our organisational data shows that a high number of colleagues leave within the first 2 years of service, often quoting a lack of support, training and guidance within the first weeks/months of service as a contributory factor.

Our new induction and onboarding framework sets out the key points of contact that managers should have with new starters throughout the induction and on-boarding process; from the point of formal conditional offer, through to the first anniversary of starting in post and beyond.

The new local induction and onboarding checklist details the specific actions to be taken by managers throughout this process to ensure the individual has a welcoming and thorough local induction.

We have also created an electronic New Starters Induction Handbook, which will be provided to all new starters when they join. This contains key information about working for the Trust and complements the information they will receive via the New Starters Welcome page and Corporate Welcome.

In addition, a ‘Local Induction Information Pack’ template has been created for departments/directorates to use to develop your own local induction information for new starters. This is intended to complement, not duplicate the corporate New Starters Induction Handbook.

Our new ‘Manager’s New Starter Induction Help Page’ on Connect contains all the information and templates managers need to help your new starter settle in: https://connect2.swbh.nhs.uk/learning-development/managers-new-starters-induction-help-page/

Managers are reminded that the completed induction and onboarding checklist (Parts 1-3) and medical devices form must be submitted to ESR: swbh.esrhelpdesk@nhs.net at the end of the first week in service for monitoring purposes.