Pay rate increase incentive

Great news! 

We are pleased to announce that for any NHSP bank shifts worked at Croydon Health Services, a bonus is payable to the Nursing & Midwifery staff group, for registered nurses and healthcare assistants who work during the month of January 2022 to support the winter period to ensure that we can continue to deliver high-quality patient care.

Criteria for Bonus payments are as follows for January 2022:

Registered nurses & midwives’ criteria:

• Substantive registered nurses who work an additional 45 bank hours within the calendar month, one bonus payment of £500.
• Bank registered nurses who work over 90 bank hours within the calendar month, one bonus payment of £500.

Healthcare assistants’ criteria:

• Substantive healthcare assistants who work an additional 45 bank hours within the calendar month, one bonus payment of £250.
• Bank healthcare assistants who work over 90 bank hours within the calendar month, one bonus payment of £250.

ED & ITU Nursing for 24th – 28th December

From the 24th December 2021 to the 28th December 2021 including the night shift on the 28th December nursing staff both qualified and unqualified working in ED and ITU will be paid at a band higher.

ITU paid one band higher from LD 23rd December until Night shift 28th December.

All ED & ITU nursing shifts are paid at one band higher from 31/12/2021 – 31/01/2022.

Allied Health Professionals

From the 1st January 2022 Theatre staff, Therapists and Therapy Assistants will also be included in the bonus scheme. Bands 5 and above will receive a £500 bonus and therapy Assistants will receive £250, subject to 45 hours worked by our substantive staff and 90 hours bank registered staff.

Please note that if you are asked to move wards (be redeployed) to an alternative ward where clinically appropriate and decline, incentive payment will not be paid for that calendar month. 

This is across all wards and community sites for registered nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants (including Health Visitors).

Bonus payments will be made as per below, it is very important that you release all timesheets worked no later than the dates highlighted below under “Timesheet Release date” in order to be paid any bonuses earned.

Effective start date Month	Effective end date Month	Timesheet Release date	Payment Date
01/12/2021	31/12/2021	09/01/2022	28/01/2022
01/01/2022	31/01/2022	06/02/2022	25/02/2022

 

Each bonus scheme runs separately for the month of December and January, your hours worked in December cannot be counted for January.