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Flexible Working Practices:

 

> Flexible working patterns

> Family-friendly Leave Schemes

 

 

We have a flexible working policy in place which includes a wide-range of schemes to help our staff balance their work with their home lives.

 

We are committed to assisting all staff to achieve Work-Life Balance regardless of their personal circumstances. However, our service to patients remains paramount; we hope that offering the opportunity for some flexibility will assist in the recruitment and retention of staff, which in turn helps the Trust to provide continuity of care.

 

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Example of flexible working patterns at Addenbrooke's:

 

Earlier start and finish times

An employee might ask to vary their hours to allow an earlier or later start or finish time, whilst still working the same number of hours.

 

Flexitime

An employee or department has some flexibility, within limits, with when to start and end their working day. There are usually one or more periods of 'core time' each day when the individual must be at work. If the department's workload allows this, some schemes might also allow individuals to take flexi leave of one or half a day per month.

 

Flexible retirement

We have a number of schemes that allow you to step down your hours or responsibility or return to work after retirement.

 

Job-sharing

Where two partners share a full-time job.

 

Longer working days/compressed hours

This pattern of working provides for longer working days, reducing the number of days attendance in a working week. Attendance to the minimum breaks and maximum hours under the Working Time Directive must still be followed. No shift should extend for longer then 12 hours.

 

Part-time work

This means working less than the basic number of hours per week eg working mornings, afternoon or scholl hours only; working on only certain days of the week or working alternate weeks.

 

Self-rostering

Employees can state their preferred working patterns prior to a rota being drawn up formally. The 'choice' is within agreed parameters and needs to meet the needs of the department.

 

Term-time working

The employee does not work in the school holidays; pay is averaged over 12 months.

 

Voluntary Time Working

The employee works reduced hours for an agreed period at a reduced salary and with a guarantee that s/he can return to full-time working when that period ends.

 

Working at home

Some posts do not require the employee to be permanently on site or be closely supervised. A combination of working at home and on-site is often an option.

 

Working flexibly via the Staff Bank

 

Our Staff Bank Services employ a wide range of staff working flexible hours across the Trust.

> Staff Bank

 

 

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Family-friendly Leave Schemes

Our Leave schemes help you plan time out for your home life and personal development:

 

 

Adoption Leave

This helps staff who are intending to adopt a child.

 

 

Annual Leave

All new staff will be entitled to annual leave plus General Public Holidays in the year of joining the Trust, on a pro-rata basis.

 

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Length of NHS service	Annual leave
On appointment	27 days
After 5 years service	29 days
After 10 years service	33 days

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Career/Service Breaks

The Career Break Scheme provides an opportunity for employees to have a break in service to fulfil domestic commitments or any other exceptional reason as agreed by their manager.

 

 

Eldercare and Caring for Dependents

The Trust recognises that many employees have caring responsibilities outside work. To ensure we deliver a first class service we want to help staff balance their work and family life by supporting those with caring responsibilities.

 

 

Maternity Leave

The Trust offers a comprehensive Maternity Leave scheme. For details, please contact the HR Benefits Advisor:

Tel: 01223 596 364

 

 

Paternity Leave

Paternity leave is for the purpose of caring for a new born child or children and/or supporting the mother. Leave can also be applied for if you are caring for a child or children newly placed for adoption or for supporting an adopter.

 

 

Special Leave for In vitro-Fertilization (IVF) and other Fertility Treatment

The Special Leave for In vitro-Fertilization (IVF) and other Fertility Treatment scheme provides special paid and unpaid leave for staff who decide to undertake fertility treatment.

 

Special Time-Out Scheme

The Special Time-Out scheme provides an opportunity for employees with over two years' continuous service to have time out from work for a maximum period of one year.

 

Leave may be granted for a number of reasons at the discretion of the manager, this includes: eldercare, voluntary work or travel.

 

All Leave policies can be obtained from the Human Resources/Personnel Office

(close to main reception).

The explanations on this website are necessarily brief and you should examine the full policy for the detail, which might be very important to your situation. The policies also have the necessary application form(s) attached to them.

 

Contact

To learn more about the Leave Entitlements available at Addenbrooke's please contact the HR Benefits Adviser

 

HR Benefits Adviser

Box 184
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hills Rd
Cambridge CB2 0QQ

 

Tel: 01223 596 364

 

 

 

 

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