Definition Of The Staff Governance Standard

3. Staff Governance Standard

Staff Governance is defined as:

“a system of corporate accountability for the fair and effective management of all staff.”

The Staff Governance Standard sets out what each NHSScotland employer must achieve in order to continuously improve in relation to the fair and effective management of staff. NHSScotland recognises the importance of staff governance as a feature of high performance which ensures that all staff have a positive employment experience in which they are fully engaged with both their job, their team, and their organisation. Not only will achieving such an outcome have a positive impact on organisational performance, and therefore on quality of service provision, but it is also an important component of providing all employees with dignity at work.

The Standard therefore sets out what staff can expect from their Boards. However, with rights come responsibilities and so the Standard also sets out corresponding responsibilities for staff (at any level within the organisation) in relation to their colleagues, managers, staff for whom they have responsibility, patients, their carers, the public, and ultimately to the organisation. Many, if not all, of these responsibilities will already be familiar to staff, and therefore should not be overly onerous.

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