Caring for You

Refresh 2022
Action plan SMART
Specific – well-defined and clear

Measurable – include measurable

indicators to track progress  

Attainable – realistic and achievable within the

budget time resources, & experience available.

Relevant – align with your other goals 

Timely – has a finishing date 

Action plan top tips
1. Partnership working as a team decide group members and allocate
individual roles/tasks.
2. Objectives: know what you want to do, try to specifically define what you
want to achieve as early as possible.
3. Realistic in every aspect of the plan, state specific and achievable
schedules, milestones and final outcomes.
4. Milestones set as measurable; create by starting at the end (what you
hope to achieve) and working backwards to the present day.
Having Milestones helps you keep everyone motivated and breaks
actions/tasks in to smaller chunks and tangible goals, so you are not waiting
for the plan to be completely finished to feel as though you’ve accomplished
something
Action plan top tips
5.Time Don’t leave too much time between milestones, spacing them
realistically will help you focus on what need to be done.
6.Publications and resources Work related stress, Working with the
menopause, Standing up for High Standards, Flexible working standards.
RCM website hubs.
7. Involve members share ideas and discuss at branch meetings feedback to
the group.
Members will feel valued and heard by being consulted throughout
planning and implementation and evaluation.
You said - we did.
Action plan monitor, evaluate and update
Allocate some time to monitor and evaluate the progress you’ve made with your team. 

You can mark tasks that are completed as done on this final action plan, bringing
attention to how you’ve progressed toward the goal.
This will also bring out the tasks that are pending or delayed, in which case you need to
figure out why and find suitable solutions.
Then update the action plan accordingly. 

The plan can be very fluid and interchangeable – evolving depending upon issues.
 RCM Action plan template
 
Objective Outcomes Actions Progress Lead   Target Finished
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RCM Action plan example
Caring for You -
Employer evidence
• Evaluate at start on signing
charter
• Regular updates from action
plan
• Re Evaluate after
12months /year on year
Caring for You -
Employer Award
Charter Theme Policies required Practices and Public Statements
with regular reviews behaviours and Commitments
Culture We commit to promote a positive,      
inclusive culture where staff feel valued,
respected and invested in, ensure a safe and
effective learning environment for students
Action We commit to work to in partnership      
with RCM branch and workforce business
partners, to implement bespoke action plans
based on local issues, identified by the
maternity team.
Responsibility We will implement robust      
H&S strategies to prevent damage to staff
wellbeing, ensuring zero tolerance of
violence and/or aggression. As an employer
we are committed to providing a safe and
healthy working environment.
Part 2 – example of implementing
Caring for you in FT. – 2016 -2021.
Example – partnership working

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St Mary’s Manchester University NHS FT
Action plan 2016 - 2018

First UK Maternity Unit to sign up for the RCM Caring for you campaign in 2016.
• Staff survey action plan agreed.
• Speak out safely campaign shared.
• Staff engagement forums established.
• Staff side engagement and HR commitment
• Staff Health and Wellbeing action plan drawn up.
• Recruitment of staff to be increased
• Staff support & retention.
• Focused Educational support for revalidation & appraisals.
• Divisional HR and E&D leads providing support.
• To establish RCM Caring for You and St Mary’s What Matters to Me Campaign
through partnership working.
Going from good to great
Recognise the
Each area introducing
challenges in different
•! more opportunities to
areas to make it
ask What Matters To
meaningful & not
Me.
tokenistic.

Supporting our Celebrating

Champions / leaders achievements

Listening and
Inclusion in
responding to areas of
transformation &
concerns – more local
service Improvement
resolution and you
activities
said / we did.
MFT 2021- during pandemic
HOM door is always
PMA’s have continued to
open and visible in the
support RCS sessions
unit everyday talking to
which have had really
the staff and keeping
positive feedback.
them updated.
Wythenshawe have led
the way in offering full
Excellent preceptorship
preceptorship in
program with bespoke
community which we
support from our
hope to follow on all sites
Education Team.
as this is something
some staff wanted.
DOM & HOM’s meet with Recruitment and
the teams and RCM returners very positive –
regional officer - very MFT a very popular
positive. choice.
HOM safety walk round
every month and ask Keep in touch with all
staff re any concerns and staff who are offered a
address every concern job pre commencing at
which is fed back to the Trust
them.
Staff kept up to date re
Celebrate excellence
staffing and recruitment
through excellent
progress - via posters ,
reporting and each area
core huddles and team
support staff member of
meetings via the ward
the month.
managers.
HOM meets with the
RCM reps each month Awaiting staff survey
which going incredibly results yet but overall the
well as the team were culture in the units feels
very visible with roving positive.
rep days each month.