janis2

Agenda for Change has been a huge, obscenely expensive con from start to finish. As a union activist I participated in the evaluation process. I was disgusted by the cynical manioulations to slot front line posts into predetermined bands to suit budget available, while "talking up" existing individual posts to maintain status and hierarchies. No sight of the robust, fair, open evaluation of skills, knowledge and efforts we were promised. Needless to say I don't sit on the panels any more, and am supporting my colleagues [both qualified and unqualified] in requesting a review of banding, that will honestly reflect what is expected of us in post. This best negotiation our union leaders can get for us is further insult. They colluded too much with the initial process, and now that the injustices and anomolies are rearing their heads they are trying to appear as though they still have some influence and motivation to correct the injustice. I hope other nurses are rejecting what has been imposed on them, despite lack of support. The NHS would collapse if we all worked to the national job description of band 5- where the majority have been placed regardless of what their job entails.