Næstved, Slagelse and Ringsted Hospital offers HR-ON Wellbeing to all employees
In the hospital world, the core task is to have the patient in focus. In order for the healthcare staff to give their best effort towards the patients, they need to thrive. To support the wellbeing of their employees, NSR – Næstved, Slagelse and Ringsted Hospital have chosen to offer HR-ON Wellbeing as a wellbeing tool to all of their employees.
The agreement means that all employees at NSR are offered access to HR-ON Wellbeing with a proactive responseteam of psychologists and physiotherapists.
Slagelse Hospital has for a number of years successfully used HR-ON Wellbeing as a wellbeing tool for the employees in selected departments. Hear about their experiences in this video:
This is another good example of how HR-ON Wellbeing’s technological platform connects with the customer’s existing solutions, thus supporting them in becoming a real proactive offer for employees.
“Both management and employees are concerned with increasing wellbeing and job satisfaction at NSR Hospitals. With HR-ON Wellbeing, our employees now have a new tool in their toolbox, which gives them the opportunity to self-assess their wellbeing and be contacted by an occupational psychologist. We hope this can be beneficial in their working life.“ – Niels Reichstein Larsen, Hospital Director at NSR
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Employees at Næstved, Slagelse and Ringsted Hospitals are now offered personal tests of their well-being and mental health. Ongoing tests paired with psychological counseling have made both employees and patients happier at the surgical departments.
Sabina Lund has been a nurse at the surgical department at Næstved, Slagelse and Ringsted hospitals since 2017, where her department went through large changes that involved the well-being of employees:
“We experienced many people on long term sick leave and suffering from stress”, said Sabina Lund. So something had to be done in order to create a better working environment.
One of the new measures was an alert system where the employees in 30 seconds were able to test their wellness through an app – in order to then be offered a dialogue with occupational psychologists if necessary.
“We noticed a decline in sick days from the very beginning, and we have not had any employees on long term sick leave since we started measuring. It has been a massive benefit for us,” says Sabina Lund, who believes that the alert system has created a form of robustness in the department, because the employees are experiencing a better focus on their professional skills when the management deals with the responsibility of well-being:
“What we get out of these tests are a form of “temperature measurement”, providing and overview of: How many people have responded, where the general levels of well-being are at, and how many people have made use of the help from an occupational psychologist. I do not see any details for individual employees,” explains Sabina Lund and concludes:
“In this way we have created a safe space in the working environment, because we as management with this tool for well-being are signaling: It is not a problem of the individual if there are low levels of well-being,” says Sabina Lund.
And it is not just the employees who can feel an improvement in their daily lives:
“When we started, we got many complaints from both patients and relatives who did not feel properly heard or seen by the staff. That is almost gone now, despite there being vacancies in our department.”
“Now we are being praised instead,” says Sabina Lund, who works as head nurse and has been an active proponent of the HR-ON Wellbeing alert system, which is now being deployed to all of the roughly 3,000 employees at the hospital.
Hospital Director Niels Reichstein Larsen is hopeful in regards to the project:
“We believe that with this offer for our employees, we will be able to further the positive development we have experienced in the surgical department. The hospital is a busy workplace, so in order for us to retain and further develop our skilled employees, it is necessary to invest in our employees’ well-being and working environment,” says Niels Reichstein Larsen.
Summary
– NSR offers HR-ON Wellbeing to all employees to strengthen wellbeing and job satisfaction.
– Employees can self-assess wellbeing through the app and receive proactive support.
– A responseteam of psychologists and physiotherapists provides counseling when needed.
– Management receives an overall, anonymized overview to support an open dialogue on wellbeing.
– The surgical departments experienced fewer sick days and improved patient satisfaction after implementation.
FACTS
NSR – Næstved, Slagelse and Ringsted Hospital offers HR-ON Wellbeing to all employees.
Employees get access to proactive wellbeing checks and a responseteam of psychologists and physiotherapists.
The solution supports early action on stress and strengthens the working environment.
