As part of our ongoing work on flexible working, Mersey Care will be aligning to the national NHS England flexible working framework by using Electronic Staff Record (ESR) as a tool to request and record all formal flexible working arrangements.
As part of this initial pilot, colleagues can request a new flexible working arrangement through the employee self service (ESR) portal. This will allow the Trust to track all flexible working requests, monitor decisions, track compliance and drive towards embedding a flexible working culture in our organisation.
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TWSS and IM colleagues will be able to process flexible working requests via ESR from 11 March, via ESR
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All other divisions (Secure, Mental Health and Community) should continue to submit their flexible working requests using the process set out in the HR03 policy.
Support available
There are a series of workshops to support you during this pilot.
Come and learn more about flexible working, experience ESR demonstrations and get advice on additional resources available to you.
Please join Eva Wan at one of the upcoming workshops:
For each session, the first hour is for target colleagues only and second hour for all managers.
For more information or to book onto one of the sessions, please book via Learning and Development prospectus in section 4 (350: Flexible Working via ESR).
Date |
Time |
Venue |
Tuesday, 18 March |
2pm to 4pm |
MS Teams |
Thursday, 27 March |
12pm to 2pm |
MS Teams |
If you have any queries or require reasonable adjustments during these sessions, please email Eva Wan on: eva
- Flexible Working requests in ESR guidance document
- ESR Flexible Working requests – Employee walkthrough video
- ESR Flexible Working requests – Supervisor/Manager guide for processing flexible working requests video
- ESR Flexible Working requests – Supervisor/manager guide for inputting flexible working requests for staff video
- Employee Self Service online training – How do I request a new flexible working arrangement? National guidance (requires login to ESR to view)
Flexible Working via ESR: Part one for all colleagues
Flexible working via ESR: Part two for managers only