Derbyshire Health United (DHU) has a dedicated
and highly motivated workforce with a strong history of attracting and retaining
loyal and committed staff. Our staff have backgrounds in other parts of the health
community and many of them retain their skills and knowledge by also working with
us. A high percentage of the General Practitioners (GP) we use are local based practitioners.
Successful delivery of our range of services is dependent on having our motivated
and skilled staff and we continue to review the skills mix in the company through
the active recruitment of appropriate and diverse staff. We believe DHU is a great
organisation to work for.
We strive for excellence and have a proven commitment to training and developing
staff, ensuring that company-funded training is targeted at the skills that the
company needs now and in the future, across all staff groups, both clinical and
non-clinical.
Our substantial Education and Training Division encompasses all mandatory training
within the company which includes training on Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable
Adults and Information Governance. We also offer our sessional GPs supported training
days, a system of alerts on clinical issues accessed via a login-protected area
of our website and other professional support services.
Programmes of targeted clinical training have been developed to ensure ongoing professional
development so that clinical staff are up to date with recent developments including
the Unwell Child, NICE guidelines, mental health and responding to learning outcomes
from complaints and incidents.
Within the DHU staff appraisal process, individual objectives and targets are set
which are related to the Company’s corporate objectives. The overall aim of this
scheme is to maximise individual employee effectiveness and potential.
