SLIDE 3 Proposal 1 – Maintain & strengthen the EBE model
Proposal Progress
Review & clarify the role A number of meetings have been held regarding this. Our EBEs are happy with how their roles have evolved and the support they are receiving. At the next meeting we will review the current job description to see if it accurately captures what they are now doing for the Trust. Maintain seats on Governance & Quality Committee – specific agenda slot This has now been agreed and implemented. Our EBEs prepare a short written report that is circulated with the meeting papers. A log is being kept of issues raised and any actions planned or taken so that we can feed into our “You said, we did”. Recruit to full establishment There are two vacancies. We are in the process of confirming that those EBEs in post wish to continue. Recruitment of any remaining vacancies will commence in Q4 with a drop in session to meet our current EBEs. We also have a register of people who have expressed an interest in becoming involved with the Trust. Improve awareness & understanding
A leaflet has been produced to be distributed to wards and sites. It explains who our EBEs are, what they do and where their specific interests lie. An article was included in Team Brief in September. Develop clear work programme, in partnership with the EBEs, which reflects our strategic & quality priorities. We are now meeting EBEs regularly each month, which they value greatly. EBEs are reviewing the quarterly service experience reports and together identify gaps for them to focus on. They also have areas of specific interests and projects are allocated according to these, for example one EBE is now involved in the PbR clustering project.
Whilst we do need to raise awareness of our EBEs so that they are recognised whilst out and about, we need to be careful about overloading them. Tracy Cross is the point of contact for access to EBEs and will gate keep to ensure their workload, whilst fulfilling, is not too onerous. Recruitment to vacancies and encouraging the use of other service users and carers across the Trust will also help.
